I am joined by my colleague paul clement its good to see you. Likewise it is good to see you. We served as Solicitor Generals Office during past transition so we should probably start by digging in a little bit what is happening on that front and how this transition might be different than past transitions. Maybe we will talk about the specific cases that could be impacted by the change in the administration. And given there is another impeachment trial about to begin maybe we should talk about thatouri also. Would you mind introducing yourself to the audience . I would be happy to. I will spare you the biography and just talk about two things that are relevant for todays presentation. First is the georgetown connection both m eo and undergrad and somebody who has been teaching at the law school since the clinton impeachment thats my first started teaching separation ofol power at the law school so that affiliation runs deep and i am delighted to be here. The second aspect of my bio th
Priorities in the first hundred days. My name is neil and i am joined by my colleague paul. Paul, always good to see you. Likewise neil, great to see you. It will be fun. We both served in the Solicitor Generals Office during past transitions i think we should probably start by digging in a little bit on to what is happening in the front and how this transition might be different than past transitions. Maybe we will talk about specific cases that could be impacted by the change in the administration and you know, i think given that there is another impeachment trial about to begin maybe we should talk a little bit about that too. Maybe before getting into that carl, would you just mind introducing yourself to the audience. Sure, i would be happy to neil. Im paul clement and i will talk about two things that are relevant for todays presentation. First, just the georgetown connection. I am both a georgetown undergrad and somebody who has been teaching at the law school in various capacit
What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Oconnor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Susan would you say a bit more about the chief Justice William rehnquist and his approach to leading the court . David well, he had, you know, he had been on the court for a lot of years b
As comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Oconnor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Susan would you say a bit more about the chief Justice William rehnquist and his approach to leading the court . David well, he had, you know, he had been on the court for a lot of years before he became a chief justice.
David savage, it is the 20th andversary of bush v gore here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Oconnor were middle of the ro