The shakespeare theater hosted a mock trial in june based on a scenario of William Shakespeares play macbeth. Panel a federal Appellate Court judges and Supreme Court justices including Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer heard oral argument in the case of the weird sisters versus kingdom of scotland. At issue is whether or not the sisters were guilty of using witchcraft to assist macbeth in the murder of king duncan of scotland. This event is one hour. [applause] thank you everyone, for joining us in this event which is not our 25th mock trial. [applause] this is one of the events that we do that is a labor of love and it is, that it becomes that way. This is produced and sponsored by the Bar Association which many of you are members and those are not i hope you will become. It is the Affinity Group of lawyers in washington, d. C. , Bard Association to try to sport not on arts in general but this terrific theater in specific. As you know tonight argument is based on the text when S
This is produced and sponsored by the Bard Association which many of you are members and those who are not i hope you will become. A group of lawyers in washington dc and elsewhere to try to support not only arts in general but this terrific theater in specific. As you know, tonights argument is based on William Shakespeares macbeth which was produced by the theater this spring, directed by lisa tommy on this very stage. It was a wonderful event and im sure many of you attended. I want to start by thanking the people you with the on stage, the people who are not on stage but make this possible. This event comes together in large part because a group of people with whom i am honored to work, who work on coming up with the idea, coming up with which play we are going to do, figure out what the legal questions can be, these are the people who year in and year out make this possible and i realized after last winter i want to thank them in specific. I want to be the front guy but they do th
Larges and also by and they are some legal resource ability for causing the deaths, who is more legally liable for the deaths of romeo and juliet . Please vote. Blue for thee parents. Let me know introduced the participants for this evening. First, and a special thanks always to the help we get from the United States Supreme Court justices marshall, pamela token. [applause] and counsel for the defendant, elizabeth b. Prevager, assistant to solicitor general and debbie solicitor general michael j. Aden. [applause] plaintiff, for cue. And lady monta [applause] in the Supreme Court of the principality of verona, u. S. Supreme Court Justice send alito , presiding united court of appeals for the d. C. Circuit judge thomas griffith, judge kavanagh, judge robert wilkins, and from the District Court please welcome judge jackson. And now i turn it over to the marshall. All rise. The Supreme Court of the principality of verona is now in session. Please be seated. We will hear argument in the cas
Japaneseamerican database. They are using the word registry but it is the same thing as what came down on us. A database. How many lived in that household and what we did. Database, theye came down with a curfew. All japanese have to be home by 7 00 p. M. And stayathome until 6 00 a. M. We were imprisoned at night in our homes. Our bankwe discovered accounts were frozen. Our life savings became inaccessible. That was followed by the soldiers coming to take us away. That must never happen again today. [applause] can watch the rest of that event from the Muslim Public Affairs council at 9 00 eastern on cspan. The president ial inauguration of donald trump is friday, january 20. Cspan will have live coverage of all the events and ceremonies. On cspan and cspan. Org. Listen live on the cspan radio app. Tonight on cspan, from the shakespeare theater, a mock trial on the deaths of romeo and juliet. That is followed by a discussion of the life and legacy of sandra day oconnor. Later, a look a
Jury for participating tonight. And i know youre just dying to know how it turns out, so lets not hesitate any longer. Youll remember the red chips that thought Friar Lawrence was more reliable and the blue chips were those that that the families were. [applause] with that verdict, i have heard that Friar Lawrence is considered to be appointed as the head of the fda. [laughter] [applause] this concludes the presentation of the mock trial. We hope you have enjoyed the evening. Enjoy the rest of your evening and there will be baskets at the door to place your unused tokens. Or you can wait until next year. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the president ial inauguration of donald trump friday, january 20. Cspan will have coverage of all the events and ceremonies. Watch live on cspan and cspan. Org. Listen on the cspan