Here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align id logically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a leader of that court. Ohn stephens, david sutter and Ruth Ginsburg and steven briar, on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Connor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Would you say a bit more about William Rehnquist and his approach t
Politics of president ial with the fulcrums editorinchief david hawkins. Watch live at 7 00 eastern monday morning. Join the discussion. Host who we get to talk about the Supreme Court history for an hour. I want to start by understanding the court today. The way our court is structured and evolved, how does the chief justice in this area will authority . What tools do they have . The question is, in this era, as always, the chief justice, first and foremost, is of one ofnd steward our three branches of government. I think there are some unique aspects about that job, in the sense that the court is not a political branch. It was deliberately designed not to be. Has a difficult job, because im sure you have had heard this expression. He is they are the chief among equals. They cannot control the other justices. The power to cajole, but not control. Specifically, does the chief have a role in what cases are heard, and who writes the opinions . Elizabeth those are probably two of the exti
We will get started as folks continue to wander in from class. I am the director of the institute here at georgetown and on behalf of of the executive director and the assistant director, we are happy to welcome all of you here to what promises to be a very interesting discussion of the pending nomination to the u. S. Supreme court. I will introduce the moderator, who is a Supreme Court correspondent, adam liptak. The New York Times purveyor of genuine news. He will introduce other panelists. Take it away. Thank you all for being here. Mr. Liptak thank you. So i see in the flyer that we promised you an engaging roundtable of experts. Im going to introduce the panelists and then talk a little bit about the formatting and get under way. So to my right is mr. Dvoretzky, from jones day where he wanders the empty hallways. Looking for his colleagues that have joined the trump administration. Hes a graduate of law school and a former law clerk to Justice Scalia. And to his right is caroline
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