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Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 i used to tell the students on the advice of counsel i will not answer that. I talk to Justice Brandeis on campus every day. That should not make you nervous. When i tell you hes talking back to me that should make you nervous. When questions emerge as to the constitutionality of the search of a cell phone i am confident Justice Brandeis with would not ask what James Madison thought about the use of a cell phone. I am equally confident with regard to what jeffrey said with regard to business business, i think it is important the power of big business in 1905 was not because they were providing substantial amounts of money to fund campaign, the power of big business came because they were paying off ledgislators through patronage. That was the means by which big business, there was enormous business, the names mentioned today are museums in new york, melon, guggenheim, enormous concentration of wealth which we are once again re
Sunday, october 4th, a at noon eastern on book tv on cspan2. And now, Georgetown University law center previews the Upcoming Supreme Court term including one case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care act. They also talk about the potential for lawsuits concerning the 2020 elections that may reach the Supreme Court for consideration and reflects on the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her legacy in the court and the legal profession. This is about two hours. Welcome, everyone, to our annual Supreme Court term preview. Im executive director of the Supreme Court institute at georgetown law. Before we get started with todays scheduled program, i want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the passing of Justice Ginsburg. She was a trail blazing civil rights lawyer, a giant of a juress and a larger than life human being. But what i will remember most about her is her indom spirit. That and the devastate iing ser of questions she hurled my way at oral argument in the wi
Cofounder of the robert h. Jackson center we are thrilled to have this opportunity to commemorate one of Justice Jacksons foremost opinions, if not his number one, West Virginia v. Barnett. We have history with individuals we will be interviewing. To kind of recap back in 2002, i believe, i tracked down marie and Lillian Barnett and had a chance down in the charleston area. I didnt know you knew what was happening but all of a sudden this guy with a camcorder tracked you down, went to a kingdom hall and had a chance to chat. You were gracious enough to put up with me. Some of the interviews you just saw in 2006, we had a chance to bring the barnett sisters here and together with our friends at cspan filmed a presentation with professor barrett that Robert Jackson biographer and bennett bossski, the law clerk for justice stone during the barnett case. That was really cool. And a few years ago i had the privilege, together with phil donahue you saw clips on, to meet judith and to intervi
Stevens. My name is ben feuer. Im also the chairman of the appellate section of the Bar Association of the San Francisco which organized this event. I would like to extend a welcome to members of a few groups who are cosponsoring tonights program, the ninth judicial Historical Society and the American Constitution Society bay area chapter. Id like to welcome cspan which is brother aadcasting the discu tonight. In ten years or so that ive been putting on programs like this, this is the first time cspan has come. So weve made it. But truthfully, i think cspan has some of the most interesting programming on all of television, at least when congress is out of session. And so i recommend you check it out, if you dont already. Before we begin, i would like to ask everyone to put their phones on vibrate. The next program that were going to be putting on, on january 28th, is on settling cases in the ninth circuit. If that interests you, be sure to sign up. Were also going to save time at the e