Violated the law by seizing steel mills. this is a time of war where lots of americans were killed. and the supreme court is under pressure to defer to the president s war effort. and in a 6-3, but what is interesting to me justice clark, we don t usually talk about justice clark in that decision. why is he important? he was appointed by president truman to the supreme court. what a moment of judicial independence there to rule in that case. you think about justice jackson who had been working for president roosevelt and he dissents and says letting racism like this is like letting a loaded weapon lie around. dissents against president roosevelt s decision. [ yelling ] justice jackson s ask him to suspend.
A time of war where lots of americans were killed. and the supreme court is under pressure to defer to the president s war effort. in a 6-3 decision. what s interesting to me, justice clark don t usually talk about justice clark in that decision. why is he important? he was appointed by president truman to the supreme court. what a moment of judicial independence there to rule in that case. you think about justice jackson who had been working for president roosevelt and then he dissents in the matsu case. letting racism like this is letting a loaded weapon lie around. dissents against president roosevelt s decision. [yelling in the back of the room]
Violated the law by seizing the steel mills. this is a time of war. a time of war where lots of americans were killed. the supreme court is under pressure to defer to the president s war effort. in a 6-3 decision, what s interesting to me, justice clark, and we don t usually talk about him in the decision, but he was appointed by president truman to the supreme court. what a moment of judicial independence there, to rule in that case. you think about justice jackson, who had been working for president roosevelt. he dissents in the korematsu case. says, letting racism like this is like letting a loaded women lie around. dissents against president roosevelt s decision. justice jackson s justice
Where the court came together and knew they were going to face political pressure. and still, enforced the promise of the constitution. you think about united states versus nixon which i have identified as one of the greatest moments in american judicial history where chief justice burger who was appointed by president nixon brought the court together in a unanimous decision to order president nixon in response to a criminal trial subpoena to disclose information. those great moments of independence and unanimity are important. respect for precedent is another one. we are a system of constitutional precedent. precedent is not just a judicial policy. it s sometimes stated that it s just a policy. precedent comes right from article 3 of the constitution. article 3 of the constitution refers to the judicial power. what does that mean? what does judicial power mean?
As if you re making all the decisions, as i said yesterday, i m joining a team of nine if i were fortunate enough to be confirmed and that means something. it means something in sports. it means something in judging. i have not been making decisions by myself. every case is in a panel of at least three judges and you learn from each other when you re deciding cases. you work with each other when you re deciding cases. and so, having c [ shouting ] that s very important. because those great moments that i was talking about at the beginning like united states versus nixon, like brown v. board, the court came together in unanimous decision and the uninam i have tried to be a very