Then, you were required to eat at least one meal at the law school, so there was a group of us who met in the mornings. Mostly kids who lived in the dorm. We needed breakfast and i thought that was one of the delightful times. I also had some study groups that were just delightful. The rule was if you did not contribute, you were booted out i found those interesting, but i must admit i did not get as much out of the law school as i should have and thats simply because of my which i encouraged students this morning not to replicate. It was a very difficult time and there was a lot of negativity on my part. Soanya . Clarence . How toy did not know take full advantage of law school. Good point. Given our background and the fact we did not have anybody in law or related to law, i did the things that sounded like you had to do through the law journal. Like too much writing, so i did rarest ors union. But until jose talked to me about clerking in my third year of law school, i had not heard
Good afternoon and welcome once again to alumni weekend. Each year, the Yale Law School Association Provides an award to an outstanding graduate. It is our way of recognizing extraordinary alumni that have made contributions to the legal profession. We are a tiny school but we have exercised an outsized influence on the development of american law and public life. Our award of merit has gone two president s like gerald ford and bill clinton. It has gone to senators like Jack Danforth, arlen specter, joseph lieberman, and paul tsongas. It has gone to cabinet officials like hillary clinton, edward leavy, robert rubin. Governors like scranton, mayors like john lindsay, and outstanding state judges. Today we continue that tradition by honoring three alumni who, without any question, have contributed immensely to the substance of american law. Today we honor three justices of the United States Supreme Court. The tale of each of these justices is a quintessentially american story, a story of
People who care deeply red we deeply. E we need more bipartisanship. I am a conservative and he is a moderate, let me put it that way. But we like each other. And we still like each other. I think you will need to find a little bit more. But these are difficult times. And i think the American People are unhappy and the media is not particularly helping not is so, but everything fast, so hot, so instant. Sometimes you have to reflect and think and now it is just, to immediate too immediate. Our time has gone by so quickly and there is so much of your career that we have not touched on, but my closing question will be, what will you miss the most . The people. I have made some great friendships over the years on both sides of the aisle. A lot of people that i know one like and respect are here and like and respect are here and i will not be here because i am not coming back on the hill day after day after day. Part of the reason i have been able to do a good job are the great staff. I wa
For example the fair land fair labor standards act case. I believe they were would unit be unanimous in. Unanimity. Theres agreement, broad agreement on the method of looking statues and you might see more agreement in those areas in the hotbutton issues that have more interpretive play. It ebbs and flows. Other panelists know these cases better than me but in cases involving the Voting Rights act and affirmative action or Campaign Finance the court and justice it brought robbers was able to achieve near unanimity only to find issue basically returned to the court a couple of years later when the court fractures deeply over the constitutional role. I think some of the justices were not pleased with how things played out in the long run. The dynamic changes over time. I agree with some of the legal cases does factor in. People get lawsuits by the frustration but when they take extreme positions that causes the unanimity as to some of the cases they were considering. They tend to unanimo
University of California School of law. We are here because rick has written a terrific new book cheap speech how disinformation points as ouron politics and how to cure. Were going to ask rick a number of questions about the book. And then want to get your questions. Please be sure to send them into the youtube chat. Rick, i find the title of the book quite provocative. You call it cheap speech what you mean by cheap speech . Firstly think the Commonwealth Club for putting this form together. I would have helped by the samba could do it in person hopefully next time wet are together havig conversation will be able to do it facetoface with thank you irwin as always for agreeing to be here. The term cheap speech is not mine it originates with a student professor he wrote an article in the yield law journal back in 1995 where he was talking about the upcoming information revolution. And many ways it was a pressing discussion and that piece great talks about things like what would now see