Its often not in the parties briefs, but there will often be amicus briefs that do this. Yeah. So, again, a little bit on outside sources. Our friend on the seventh circuit who i believe is not here tonight so i get to say this judge richard posener, has recently published a book called divergent paths in which he argues that the a academy and the judiciary are rapidly drifting apart. So my question for you, Justice Stevens, is whether you think hes right, whether you agree with chief Justice Roberts that people in the Legal Academy are writing arcane and useless things like the state of the law in 17th century bulgaria, if there were a bulgaria at the time, which there wasnt [laughter] so, basically, are legal scholars just out there in their own corner useless to you, or did you find academic writing helpful sometimes . Well, academic writing covers an awful broad subject. [laughter] and i do share john roberts view that very often the law reviews are filled up with what happened in
Good afternoon. This is our first panel after lunch. I hope everybody is full of energy and fresh from a delicious sandwich, so you talk about constitutional law and the future of the Supreme Court the we have an excellent panel. I am hadley heath manning, and im proud to be a today with three distinguished lawyers. Allocated as our panelists starting with megan brown come a partner at wiley. We have with us today erin hawley who is our ifw legal fellow. We have worked together on some amicus briefs that independent womens forum occasionally filed with the Supreme Court. And most recently filed an amicus brief so if you have any questions about the unsigned opinion that came from the court in the past couple of weeks, im sure aaron will be happy to take those questions for you. Importantly she is a former clerk for chief justice john roberts. And, finally, were joined today by susan engel who is partner with kirkland and Ellis College is a former clerk of Justice Scalia. We will of cou
Outgoing president of the chapter and were grateful for the gracious support youve given us throughout the year. Youve meant so much to us. We are endebted to our distinguished panelist who have come together to celebrate the distinguished legacy of justin Antonin Scalia. Todays stewardship spence, mr. Kevin walker and mr. David derek. Todays event is an existence to the brilliant and storied legacy of Justice Scalia. He served on the Supreme Court nor nearly three decades, one of the langest tenures on the institution. Marking one of the milestones on the court, chief Justice Roberts said since scalia came on the Supreme Court, the place has not been the same. Indeed, kagen remarks that Justice Scalia will go down in history as one of the most transformational Supreme Court justices of the nation. His views on interpreting texts have changed the way we think and talk about law. All interpretation and sub species originalism and constitutional construction, his principle and courageous
Representation because of how the prison system works. Meanwhile, as mobility remain stagnant, Public Schools are more segregated today than they were before the civil rights movement. You can watch this and other programs online epic tv. Org which heres a look at whats on prime time tonight. We kick off the evening of Linda Greenhouse is look at the Supreme Court under chief Justice Warren burger. Then at eight, alain kmart talks about her book why president s fail and how they can succeed again. At nine eastern a recount of the social and political upheavals that took place in the u. S. From 1969 to 1970. At ten on book tvs after words program, they argue that elitists dont understand the impacts their policies have on americas heartland. At 11, we wrap up our prime time programming with the life of cosmopolitan editor and how she impacted the womens movement. That all happens tonight on cspan2 tv. First up Linda Greenhouse Linda Greenhouse is one of the Supreme Court best and most e
Ground that isnt compromised that is building a coalition. Host flyover nation, thank you very much. Linda is one of the Supreme Court test and most experienced observers. She covers the course of the New York Times for decades and teaches at yale where she is the distinguished journalist president. Shes written at Oxford University press introduction to the Supreme Court which is sold out and wrote. She turns her attention to the court between 1969 and 1986 when the chief justice was nixon appointed Warren Burger. They were discussing this period in the courts history. There were some Big Decisions that was good. Greenhouse takes that idea apart. She and her coauthor show the ways of the conservatives mainly nixon appointed Court Reversed or undercut the liberal court led by the chief justice curbing civil rights and individual liberties while extending First Amendment rights businesses for the first time. I could draw some connections here but you have to listen to me talk about the