We take you live to Georgetown Law School in washington, d. C. For the nomination of neil gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Its just getting under way. Ill introduce our moderator who is the Supreme Court correspondent for what i like to call the New York Times purviewer of genuine news. He will introduce other panelists. Take it away. Thank you all for being here. Thank you. So i see in our 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. To my right is a partner from jones day where he wanders the empty hallways. Hes a graduate of law school and a former law clerk to Justice Scalia. To hit right is the president of the american constitution society. Shes a graduate of Columbia Law School and works at the aclu. Then christine lucias who is a graduate of georgetown law and has served as chief counsel of the Judiciary Committee working for senator Patrick Lahey in a variety of
So i guess well get started as folks continue to wander this from class in from class. Im joy bernstein, i direct the Supreme Court institute here at georgetown, and on behalf of our executive director and assistant director, we are, were 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. Ill introduce our moderator, adam liptak, who is a Supreme Court correspondent for what i like to call the new york times, purveyor of genuine news. [laughter] and he will introduce our other panelists ask take it away. Thank you, i just call it the failing new york times. [laughter] so we promised you an engaging round table of experts. The expertise real and the engaging, well find out. [laughter] im going to introduce the panelists and then talk a little bit about the format and then get underway. To my right is shay def relates sky whos a partner be at jones day where im guessing he now wanders the hallways. H
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
What better way to celebrate Constitution Day and let me talk about the supreme with two outs any experts on the subject. No president had a more Significant Impact on the Supreme Court than fdr. He appointed eight justices during his administration, some of whom helped change american democracy for the better. He had to point none during his first term, which is a point of extreme frustration for him. Well get around to talking about that later. The roar of the Supreme Court has changed over the years and certainly todays it has played a central role in our political process. Make no mistake, the court has always been political. Joining me today, as john q professor latte Johns University and the Elizabeth Roberts sure he is the buyout. Right of the jackson listed papa him a letter and website website. And editor of jacksons acclaimed 2003 posthumous book, quote that man. An insider portrait of franklin d. Roosevelt. The last new deal insider memoir. Also with us today Ralph Blumentha
And surcharging Medicare Coverage for smokers and the obese. You can watch this and other q a interviews all this week at 7 p. M. Eastern here on cing span 3. Cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your its provider by your television provider. Host and this week on the communicators, gordon smith who is president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters, our guest reporter is paul kirby of telecommunications report. Senator smith, you started at nab nearly four years ago. How have the issues changed in those four years . Guest well, it seems like the issues just keep on coming, and they tend to be very major issues affecting both radio and television. But clearly on the radio side, the whole issue of performance rights, performance tax, whatever you want to tribe it as, is an ongoing challenge. Hopefully, the day will arrive when both the digital and the terrestrial platform can come up with a model that actually gr