I can see we have a few things to talk about today. Good morning. I am caroline. Im the president of the American Constitution Society and i would like to welcome you to our annual Supreme Court review. We are as all of you know and to our viewers on cspan, we are the nations leading progressive Legal Organization with over 200 students and lawyer chapters in almost every state and at almost every single law school. We originally formed as the progressive response after the bush versus gore decision. Acs was founded on the principle that law should be a force to the lives of all people. [applause] saye should not have to that is an aspiration but that is. That brings us to the Supreme Court term that ended yesterday. It left us with quite a number of Unanswered Questions and some that were answered in ways that we may not have liked. But, it all leads us to the conclusion that courts really matter. Whether you care about the environment, immigrants rights, an accurate census, or fear a
Good morning, we are going to get started. Welcome to the interamerican dialogue. Thank you for coming. Tomorrow at 5 00 pm, the new Progressive Party, no longer the islands governor. He came under enormous pressure after highly sensitive, outrageous chat messages between him and close aides were leaked on july 13th touching off massive street protests across the island demanding his resignation. As is the case throughout many latin american countries these days with anticorruption movements, journalists played a key role as these letters were published by the center for Investigative Journalism. It first rose cello resisted but it became clear that what had been dubbed as wikileaks was the last straw and the situation was unsustainable. Rose cello has named pedro really lussier secretary of state who have confirmed would then probably step in as rosellos successor. For Many Puerto Ricans the messages exposed the corruption and cronyism of the islands government that together with long
Long as they have in essence extra funds. Another possibility could be that the Supreme Court could hear oral arguments at the beginning of october if it wanted to. Theres a lot of speculation and a lot of uncertainty right now. The next we will take you live now to that discussion on the just completed Supreme Court term. We are live at the National Press club for a panel hosted by the american constitution society. After the bush v. Gore decision and acs was founded on the principle that law should be a force to improve the lives of all people. Now, the Supreme Court term that ended [ applause ] i know, it shouldnt we shouldnt actually have to say that thats an aspiration, but unfortunately it is. And that brings us to the Supreme Court term that ended yesterday and left us with quite a number of Unanswered Questions and some that were answered in ways that we might not have liked. But that all lead us to the coulden collusion that courts really matter and whether you care about the
Here was, first, a white man, admitting that he was prejudice, which for people of color was, we kind of just say finally. We take you live to the washington counsel of lawyers. Well hear about some of the Big Decisions this last term. Introductions began just a moment ago. Paul has argued before the Supreme Court 21 times. I was lucky enough to be in the chamber of the Supreme Court when he argued on behalf of the plaintiffs in the landmark gay rights case. As a young man gay man considering whether to attend law school, i had slept on the sidewalk outside the Supreme Court for the chance to enter the chamber and observe a pursuit of justice. I would have been really bummed if i hadnt gotten in. It paid off and i was able to hear the oral arguments which were amazing. In addition, paul has argued a number of important voting ri t rights cases. One involving partisan jerry man gerrymandering. Paul has been honored nationally by a variety of publications and organizations in recognition
The subcommittee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on the federal judiciary and the 21st centuryideas for promoting ethics, accountability and transparency. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning and welcome. Today we begin the first in a series of hearings on the state of the federal judiciary in the 21st century. This hearing we will investigate ideas for promoting ethics, accountability, and transparency in the federal courts. We focus on these ideas and our first hearing on the judiciary because they flow from two foundational principles of due process. First, that no one can be a judge in his own case. Second, to quote former Supreme Court Justice Felix frankfurter, justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. Both rules embody the understanding that the constitutions implicit promise of equal justice under law depends on at least two things that our court must be