Hello. My name is robert barnes. I cover the Supreme Court for the washington post. Thanks for coming on this crisp, fall day to hear about the Supreme Court. Id like to thank the federalist society, particularly the Facility Division and practice groups for putting together what we think will be an interesting panel on what looks to be a very interesting term at the Supreme Court. After the trauma of last years confirmation hearings, theres been a thought from those who watched the court that it went out of its way not to look partisan last term, to look for ways to bust up the ideological divide on the court in some cases and to slow walk some controversies to keep them off that years docket. Its been welldocumented that each of the conservative justices at least once joined the four liberals to make up a majority in a case. And it went the other way, too. Each of the liberals at least once abandoned his or her usual voting partners and joined the conservatives in a case. Harmony cou
Well get started. Good morning, everyone ip im elizabeth slattery, legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation and this is a panel on the past Supreme Court term. So the Supreme Courts next oh, im sorry. The top one . Okay, there we go. The Supreme Courts next term starts . Just a few weeks but were here to reflect on the past term. I submit that the october term 2018 will more likely be remembered for Justice Brett kavanaughs confirmation hearings than for any particular case the court decided, and its too early to make sweeping statements about the impact of president Donald Trumps nominees to the court, though the rapid destruction of america, their opponents foresaw has yet to occur. Justices Brett Kavanaugh and neil gorsuch have however lived up to the chief justices declaration that we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges. Like their predecessors, kavanaugh and gorsuch are their own men at times bucking expectations of how a trump judge will vote. T
Of the law and we will explore some of that today. This panel will focus on the highlights of the past term. The most important cases such as the census citizenship case and the political gerrymandering case and if you missed opportunities like the cases involving the nondelegation doctrine and deference to a ministry of agencies. Enough from me. We are fortunate to have with us today four distinguished panelists. And if i devoted the time there many achievements and positions deserved that would easily take about 90 minutes here. So i will keep their introductions extremely leave. Professor at Amherst College and founder and director of the James Wilson Institute on National Rights and the american founding. He has authored many books on politics, political philosophy and jurisprudence and his articles have appeared in professional journals as well as popular outlets including the wall street journal and national review. The henryan is salvatori professor of law and director of the ce
Okay. The Supreme Courts next term starts in a few weeks but we are here to reflect on the past term. I submit the october term 2018 will more likely be remembered for Justice Brett cavanaugh confirmation hearing and for any particular case the court decided. In and its too early to make sweeping statements about the impact of president Donald Trumps nominees to the court though the rapid description of america has yet to occur. This is Brett Kavanaugh and neil gorsuch have lived up to the chief justice declaration that we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges. Kavanaugh and gorsuch are their own men, wrecking g expectations of how a trump judge will vote you are not tt cookiecutter republicans but local jurists with independent views of the law and will explore some of that today. This panel will focus on the highlights of past term, the most important cases such as the census Citizenship Question case and the political gerrymandering case and if you
Will most likely be remembered for Justice Brett kavanaughs confirmation hearings than for any particular case the court decided. It is too early to make sweeping statements about the impact of President Trumps nominees to the court, though the rapid destruction of america their opponents foresaw has yet to occur. Justices Brett Kavanaugh and neil gorsuch have, however lived , up to the chief justices declaration that we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush edges or clinton judges. Like their predecessors, kavanaugh and gorsuch are their own men at times bucking , expectations of how a trump judge will vote. They are not cookiecutter republicans, but thoughtful jurists with independent views of the law. And we will explore some of that today. This panel will focus on the term thes of the past , most important cases such as the census citizenship case and the political gerrymandering case, and a few missed opportunities, like the cases involving the nondelegation doctrine and