Carson v. Makin. Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. Like all discrimination based on religion it should be subjected to strict scrutiny and held unconstitutional unless maine can show it is necessary to achieve a compelling government interest maine cannot make such a showing the First Circuit never held that it would. Instead they held there are two kinds of religious discrimination, the bad kind and the good kind. The First Circuit recognized maine cannot discriminate against schools because they are religious but held it is free to discriminate because they do religious things such as teach or receive instruction in religion. If First Circuit was wrong. Religious discrimination is religious discrimination. And unless it can survive strict scrutiny, it is unconstitutional. The First Circuits refusal to apply strict scrutiny on stats use distinction was baseless. No basis for there is no basis for it in the courts free exercise precedent and there is no basis for it in com
the seventh annual supreme court determined event. our first event was held in a closet. we are expanding. the event brings together law school, university, and the broader orange county community to talk about what is most important but neglected institutions, the supreme court. before turning to the program, i want to thank a number of people and organizations who made this possible. the special events team, from .he law school thanks also to c-span for recording this event for the first time. i also want to single out for special thanks the man in the middle of the stage. [no audio] it is no exaggeration to say that none of us would he here today, this event or the law school with such a reputation for teaching and the cause of justice. it was your hard work that made it flourish, your kindness which made it a joy to go to work each day. we will always be in your debt. thank you for everything you have done. [applause] two years ago at this event, there were comments on th
good morning. my name is rick hassan. i am pleased to welcome you to the seventh annual supreme court determined review event. our first event was held in a closet. [laughter] we are expanding. this event brings together the law school, university, and the larger and broader orange county community to talk about one of the most important but publicly neglected institutions, the u.s. supreme court. we have an outstanding group of scholars, journalists, and judges to talk about the supreme court and the major changes to come. before turning to the program, i want to thank a number of people and organizations who made this possible. the irvine theater, including robin darling and jeff stamper the special events team, from the law school, our new erim dean, and thanks also to c-span for recording this event for the first time. i also want to single out for special thanks the man in the middle of the stage. uci laws founding law school dean. [no audio] [applause] as you all k
[applause] good morning. i am pleased to welcome you to the seventh annual supreme court determined event. our first event was held in a closet. we are expanding. this event brings together the law school, university, and the broader orange county community to talk about what is most important but neglected institutions, the supreme court. before turning to the program, i want to thank a number of people and organizations who made this possible. the special events team, from the law school. thanks also to c-span for recording this event for the first time. i also want to single out for special thanks the man in the middle of the stage. [no audio] it is no exaggeration to say that none of us would he here today, this event or the law school with such a reputation for teaching and the cause of justice. it was your hard work that made it flourish, your kindness which made it a joy to go to work each day. we will always be in your debt. thank you for everything you have done.
[applause] good morning. i m from the school of law and pleased to welcome you to the seventh annual u.c.i. law supreme court determined review event. our first event was held in the closet. so we re expanding. this event brings together the law school, the university, and the larger and broader orange county community to talk about one of the most important but most publicly neglected institutions, the united states supreme court. we have a unusually bright group of scholars to talk about the changes to come in the terms ahead. i ore turning to the program want to thank the organizations that made it possible, the irvine buckley theater, the special events team including amanda stegall and from the law school on new interim dean, son richardson and colleen, and ryan hadusk, jimmy lee, javier miranda, lou alvarez and victor quadros and for c-span for recording this event for the first time. i also want to single out for special thanks the man in the middle of the stage, u.c