Next, from the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute, six former law clerks recall working with Supreme Court Justice Sandra day oconnor. This is part of an allday conference commemorating the 38th anniversary of Justice Oconnors senate confirmation. [ applause ] thank you. Its really an honor and a privilege to be here. So, i was asked just to say a few words to introduce the next panel. And i think i would start by saying something that probably we all know, which is the court is a fairly powerful institution. Now, of course, it wasnt always so, though. One of the signs of how powerful it is is that you really do see in any president ial election people saying it matters who you vote for. You should vote for x rather than y because theyre going to pick the next Supreme Court justices. But if you think about why that really is so, the Court Decides about 80 cases a year. And about 75 of them need to be decided, but theyre not the reason the court is such a powerful inst
Really is so, the Court Decides about 80 cases a year. But and about 75 of them need to be decided but theyre not the reason the court is such a powerful institution and not the reason people say that about who you should vote for in the president ial election. In any given term theres typically five or six cases really the reason we care about the court. And those are the cases that have truly Significant Impact on our politics, on our society, on our government. There are also, though, typically cases, the reason theyre so hard and part of the reason that makes them so important is the law runs out before you get to the decision. So how do we justify giving so much power to what amounts to a kind of monarchal institution in cases like that . And its not actually so easy to do if you think about it. But one of the ways we do it is by who we appoint. Who we give that kind of power to. So we look ideally for people who have experience in politics, who have been in a position where theyv
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall discussing his personality and skill as a storyteller and impact on their careers well hear from judges and harvard law professor and elena kagan. Im Doug Ginsburg and since nobody else seems here to do it, ill introduce our panel for this evening. This look back at Justice Thurgood marshall. To my immediate left if you have not guessed it Justice Elena kagan. Justice kagan was with Justice Marshall in what year. 87. Seems like yesterday, after having attended princeton and then oxford and then harvard for law and serviced in judge mcvaus chambers and all of our panelists served on a court. It was a good court. It was a great court. And was in the White House Council office and then Clinton Administration and then in the policy council as deputy director. Couldnt she keep a job apparently. Taught at university of Chicago Law School and then after getting tenure there moved on and settled at harvard. Not very long after that became the dean of Har
Next to be here to do it, i will introduce the panel for this evening. In this look back of Justice Thurgood marshall. To my immediate left if you have not guessed it is justice alayna kagan. 87. 87, seems like yesterday. All of our panelists this evening clerk for one judge or another in the d. C. Circuit. It is a good court. It was a great court. It was in the White House Counsels Office and the Clinton Administration and then in the policy council as deputy director. She settled at harvard not long after that became the dean of harvard law school. She became associate justice of the Supreme Court. Judge Paul Engle Meyer at the far end. You came on the court in 2011 in the southern district. He went to harvard and to harvard for law school as well. He was in private practice before going on the bench. Professor randall kennedy. He was a road scholar, a graduate of yale law school. He clerked for judge scully right on the d. C. Circuit. He joined in 1984 and has been a very productive
Ballroom tonight. Sometimes personalities clash. The bansoff. Were doing this. Ye, we are. Hey, hey, hey, hey. This is entertainment tonight. Oscar winning movie mogul Harvey Weinstein fired, ousted by his own company, after a string of allegations of Sexual Harassment came to light. A stunning knockout blow. Could this be the turning point when the culture finally changes in hollywood . One of the most acclaimed actresses of our time is speaking out. Reporter oscarwinner meryl streep is slamming the hollywood mogul, calling Harvey Weinsteins behavior inexcusable. In a lengthy statement, streep wrote i did not know about his financial settlements with actresses and colleagues. I did not know about his having meetings in his hotel room, his bathroom, or other inappropriate, coercive acts. Steep also praised the actresses who spoke out against weinstein, including ashley judd who told the New York Times weinstein sexually harassed her 20 years ago. During the time she was making the movi