Of the law and we will explore some of that today. This panel will focus on the highlights of the past term. The most important cases such as the census citizenship case and the political gerrymandering case and if you missed opportunities like the cases involving the nondelegation doctrine and deference to a ministry of agencies. Enough from me. We are fortunate to have with us today four distinguished panelists. And if i devoted the time there many achievements and positions deserved that would easily take about 90 minutes here. So i will keep their introductions extremely leave. Professor at Amherst College and founder and director of the James Wilson Institute on National Rights and the american founding. He has authored many books on politics, political philosophy and jurisprudence and his articles have appeared in professional journals as well as popular outlets including the wall street journal and national review. The henryan is salvatori professor of law and director of the ce
Journal live at 7 00 eastern friday morning per join the discussion. Friday morning. On the discussion. With the next Supreme Court term scheduled to begin october 7, panel of legal experts review the courts most recent term and preview the next term. Speakers analyze the Court Rulings on gerrymandering, Citizenship Question on the senses, other major cases involving freespeech and prison sentencing. The American Political Science Association hosts this 90minute event. We will go ahead and get started. Im elizabeth slattery, legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation. The past panel on Supreme Court term. The Supreme Courts next oops, im sorry. The top one . There we go. The Supreme Courts term starts in a few weeks, but we are here to reflect on the past term. I submit the october term 2018 will most likely be remembered for Justice Brett kavanaughs confirmation hearings than for any particular case the court decided. It is too early to make sweeping statements about the impact of Presid
Will most likely be remembered for Justice Brett kavanaughs confirmation hearings than for any particular case the court decided. It is too early to make sweeping statements about the impact of President Trumps nominees to the court, though the rapid destruction of america their opponents foresaw has yet to occur. Justices Brett Kavanaugh and neil gorsuch have, however lived , up to the chief justices declaration that we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush edges or clinton judges. Like their predecessors, kavanaugh and gorsuch are their own men at times bucking , expectations of how a trump judge will vote. They are not cookiecutter republicans, but thoughtful jurists with independent views of the law. And we will explore some of that today. This panel will focus on the term thes of the past , most important cases such as the census citizenship case and the political gerrymandering case, and a few missed opportunities, like the cases involving the nondelegation doctrine and
Efficient to give responsibility or congressional districting to political actors. They consciously chose to give the primary authority to state legislatures and then to police the possibility that state legislatures which the framers knew to be partisan institutions would engage in too much partisanship. They chose to Structural Solutions by giving authority. Decided the one person, one vote concept, we were pretty much saying certain acts by the legislature are unconstitutional, including race discrimination and others. Be that simply because the constitution says that a particular act is in the hands of one branch of government that that deprives the courts of reviewing whether that action is constitutional or not. Questionose the whether that ship has sailed is one way of presenting the question in front of the court today. I would submit you dont have a onesizefitsall solution for disability and i dont think this fits that. I took the central lesson to be the same claim, essential
Send a form to these places. So i dont see where thats any harder for younger people. And the other thing that i kind of disagree with annual Supreme Court roundup. Great to see such a robust gathering for this event. Please keep in mind theres an opportunity for q a after the remarks from our speaker. Well ask you to line up at the mics here and here in order to ask questions. I have the honor of introducing todays speaker who will be regaling us with his always fascinating insights on the Supreme Courts just completed term. It was certainly an eventful term so there should be no shortage of fascinating material. For example, as you know, chief justice blackmon, i mean, roberts [ laughter ] continued his solemnic approach to controversial cases. Splitting the baby and sending mixed messages in ways that left everyone unhappy in one way or another. One thing that has become Crystal Clear this term is that for good or ill, the court now truly deserves its moniker as the roberts court. A