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. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four 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 Oconnor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Susan would you say a bit more about the chief Justice William rehnquist and his approach to leading the court . David well, he had, you know, he had been on the court for a lot of years b
As comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four 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 Oconnor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Susan would you say a bit more about the chief Justice William rehnquist and his approach to leading the court . David well, he had, you know, he had been on the court for a lot of years before he became a chief justice.
Officials on the presidency and law. Ule of the Federalist Society hosted the 90 minute event. Judge jones good afternoon. And i am ajones judge on the fifth Circuit Court of appeals. This conferences on the powers of the executive office into the the powersce is on of the executive office. Constitution prescribes that the president will make sure the laws are effectively executed and swears an oath to that effect upon taking office. Norms have developed the control the exercise so presidency is not used as a tool to punish enemies or reward political friends. The questions our panelists will be addressing is how does the rule of law constrain the presidency, what role do these norms play, have norms surrounding the president s and ife of power eroded so, what role has the media, publicmedia and the played in the our guests jack goldsmith. He is a senior fellow at the harvard. Professor at to have his most recent wellknown books include after trump reconstructing the presidency and inh
David savage, it is the 20th andversary of bush v gore 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. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four 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 Oconnor were middle of the ro
Time was up. We had to follow the schedule called for by the constitution and our laws. Host we take you live down to a discussion hosted by the Federalist Society on the presidency and the rule of law. This is on the powers of the executive office and the limits of those powers. Panelscussion among the was centered around the following proposition, the constitution prescribes the president take care that the laws be faithfully executed and swears an oath to that effect on taking office. Many believe that the constitution says the president has discretion in handling his office. Norms have developed to control the exercise so that the tooldency is not used as a to punish enemies or reward political friends. The questions our panelists will be addressing our how does the rule of law constrain and protect the president . . Hat role do these norms play have norms eroded . If so, why . What role has congress, the media, social media, and other factors played in the exercise of president ia