Former federal prosecutor sidney howell. She talks about misconduct and what can be done about it. This is about 90 minutes. Good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. Find the director of the project on criminal justice. Today we want to examine some distressing legal trends that are at work in the criminal law area. Our guest speaker today Sidney Powell has written a new book entitled license to lie exposing corruption in the department of justice. The book recounts several cases in which ambitious prosecutors used a legal and unethical tactics to win their cases. Before we get to the panel of experts, i want to take a minute or two to a something of a foundation for the discussion thats going to follow but before i do that, let me ask those of you that came with cell phones if you would take a moment to quickly doublecheck and make sure that they are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. That includes our panelists. [laughter] the first point i think that needs to be unde
Thats the second part of my answer to you. Thank you. [applause] did i go on too long . [laughter] finish [inaudible conversations] youre watching, booktv. Television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see here online at booktv. Org. And booktv continues now with former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell. She talks about prosecutorial misconduct and what can be done about it. This is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. My name is tim lynch, im the director of catos project on criminal justice. And today we want to examine some distressing legal trends that are at work in the criminal law area. Our guest speaker today, Sidney Powell, has just written a new book entitled license to lie exposing corruption in the department of justice. And the book recounts several cases in which ambitious prosecutors used illegal and unethical tactics to win their cases. Now, before we get to our panel of experts, i want to take just
Making changes sub rosa. If the court is going to make a change that actually changes the meaning of what was initially announced it should have an obligation to make that clear with some kind of supplement. [inaudible question] thank you, professor, for your presentation and your work. I was struck most of all for the freedom of speech in a deposition of the court in Citizens United. And i believe that the criticism about the individual judges raised a more profound question, and that is the as american democracy turning into a plutocracy, is the court a reflection of that kind of change . Well, some think it is a partial cause of that kind of change. Others think it is a reflection. I think it is more complicated ultimately than that. The reason that the court rules as it does in Citizens United is not a belief in that Corporate Power and wealth should dominate our society but a belief that government cannot be trusted to decide whose voices should carry weight. It is an antigovernme
Former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell on what can be done about prosecutorial misconduct. She was at the Cato Institute to discuss her book i sent to my exposing corruption in the department of justice. This is about an hour and a half. Good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. Im the director of the project on criminal justice. And today we want to examine some distressing legal trends that are at work in the criminal law area. Our guest speaker today has just written a new book entitled license to my exposing corruption in the department of justice and the book recounts several cases in which ambitious prosecutors use illegal and unethical tactics to win their cases. Before we get to the panel of experts, i want to take a minute or two to lay out a discussion that is going to follow but before i do that let me ask those that came with cell phones if you take a moment to doublecheck and make sure that they are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. Thank you. The first po
Before this senseless racial hatred can be completely uprooted. Okay. What do we take away from this little its not the answer itself but sort of a summary of the answer. One thing i noticed, tells him to go to the united hebrew trades, and then use them as his help to talk to the machinist union. Kind of like theyre saying the whole idea of like selfpreservation, if they dont want us to be a part of them, fine, well do it ourselves. Dont go to the aflcio, perhaps, go to even though the American Federation of labor, its president was a jew for quite a long time, but go to the hebrew trade union. Anyone struck by going there instead of somewhere else . We a in a different world, where might jews go . Other labor organizations that are not jewishspecific. Labor or civil rights organizations. Probably like synagogue . Yeah. They dont go to the rabbi. Dont go to your religious leader. Right . Maybe a few generations ago, before the labor movement, if jews have a problem and theyre turning