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
And academics are part of this discussion hosted by american Political Science association. Routinely congress pulled very portable people as whether they approved of the job it is doing. This trend is bipartisan whether democrats or Republicans Control Congress most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also a longstandig peer over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this way. During the 1990s congress Approval Rating typically were in the 40s and 50s. Today they hover in the teens and the 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican Principles Congress is now referred to as a broken branch. Why exactly has Congress Come to this point . What are the causes of the dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeover of the house . Can this longstanding state of affairs be changed . Can congress be reformed, it is so what do we need to do to reform it . To answer these q
Okay. The Supreme Courts next term starts in a few weeks but we are here to reflect on the past term. I submit the october term 2018 will more likely be remembered for Justice Brett cavanaugh confirmation hearing and for any particular case the court decided. In and its too early to make sweeping statements about the impact of president Donald Trumps nominees to the court though the rapid description of america has yet to occur. This is Brett Kavanaugh and neil gorsuch have lived up to the chief justice declaration that we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges. Kavanaugh and gorsuch are their own men, wrecking g expectations of how a trump judge will vote you are not tt cookiecutter republicans but local jurists with independent views of the law and will explore some of that today. This panel will focus on the highlights of past term, the most important cases such as the census Citizenship Question case and the political gerrymandering case and if you
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