The Tie Goes to Freedom

Mar 23, 2009

Cato Institute

Helen Knowles talked about The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; January 28, 2009). In her book she gives a full examination of the jurisprudence of Justice Kennedy, who has been the tie-breaking vote in 5-4 decisions more often than any other Justice since the retirement .. Read More
Helen Knowles talked about The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; January 28, 2009). In her book she gives a full examination of the jurisprudence of Justice Kennedy, who has been the tie-breaking vote in 5-4 decisions more often than any other Justice since the retirement of Justice O'Connor. Her mentor, Professor Randy Barnett, made comments afterward, and then Professor Knowles responded to his remarks and audience members' questions. Ms. Knowles received the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society Hughes Gossett Award as a teaching fellow at Boston University, where she also earned her Ph.D.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:36 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE HERE TO MARK THE PBLICATION OF A NEW BOOK, THE TIE GOES TO FREEDOM, WRITTEN BY PROFESSOR HELEN...
00:05:12 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, ROGER. AND THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS AT THE CATO INSTITUTE FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY. I...
00:20:06 Unidentified Speaker NOW, KENNEDY IS CLEARLY OPPOSED TO RACE-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS, BECAUSE THEY DISRESPECT THE DIGNITY...
00:32:16 Unidentified Speaker
00:32:25 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PROFESSOR KNOWLES, AND LET ME NOTE THAT THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE OUTSIDE FOR...
00:34:04 Unidentified Speaker HE'S CO-AUTHORED AN AMICAS BRIEF IN TEXAS. RANDY APPEARS FREQUENTLY ON RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS,...
00:34:46 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:34:53 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU ROGER FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE, AS ALWAYS, TO BE BACK AT CATO, AND IT...
00:48:45 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:48:48 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU RANDY, AND AS I WAS LISTENING TO YOU, IT STRUCK ME THAT ANOTHER REASON WHY THE CONSERVATIVES...
00:51:26 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU HELEN. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT CHAPTER ONE OF THE BOOK IS AN EXCELLENT PRIMER ON LIBERTARIANISM,...
00:53:28 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IT'S A FASCINATING QUESTION, AND I'M AFRAID MY RESPONSE IS GOING TO SOUND A BIT LIKE I'M A SUPREME...
00:53:44 Unidentified Speaker BUT I'M GOING TO SORT OF TAKE A POINT THAT RABDY MADE IN HIS -- RANDY MADE IN HIS COMMENTS AND SAY...
00:54:13 Unidentified Speaker I SHOULD PROBABLY -- THIS IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO OBSERVE WHEN I WENT ON A BOOK TOUR FOR RESTORING THE...
00:54:32 Unidentified Speaker OKAY, NEXT QUESTION. YES. RIGHT HERE. JOE HENCHMAN FROM THE TAX FOUNDATION. A COMMON CRITICISM LEVIED...
00:55:03 Unidentified Speaker LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WAS JEFFREY TUBIN PUBLISHED A BOOK CALLED THE NINE WHERE HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T...
00:57:31 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS STEVEN SHORE, WITH THE PBGC. MY QUESTION IS SOME PEOPLE WOULD DIVIDE JUSTICES RATHER --...
00:58:24 Unidentified Speaker WITHOUT HAVING TO PRONOUNCE THE WORDS THEMSELVES OR IF HE BELIEVES STRONGLY ABOUT SOMETHING YOU ARE...
01:00:16 Unidentified Speaker YES RANDY.
01:00:18 Unidentified Speaker RANDY WITH THE PRIEST IT FOUNDATION, THIS SORT OF FALLS ON THAT, HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY SOME AS BEING...
01:01:14 Unidentified Speaker INTERESTINGLY, WHEN I STARTED THIS PROJECT IF YOU'D ASKED ME THAT QUESTION OF WHEN I STARTED THIS...
01:03:39 Unidentified Speaker NIGEL, YOU'LL HAVE A QUESTION IN YOUR MOTHER TAUGHT.
01:03:46 Unidentified Speaker HAD DONATED TRANSLATION. I'M WITH THE INSTITUTE OF HUMANE STUDIES, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BOOK, IT'S...
01:04:25 Unidentified Speaker WHAT A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK THERE IS SOME SPILLOVER IN TERMS OF AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF...
01:05:07 Unidentified Speaker COULD I ASK YOU A QUESTION, HELEN? WITH RESPECT TO BOTH THE JUSTICE KENNEDY AND JUSTICE PRYOR, BUNK...
01:05:39 Unidentified Speaker THE ONE EXCEPTION IS I RECALL WAS WITH RESPECT TO THE FLAG-BURNING CASES IN JUSTICE KENNEDY'S CASE....
01:05:50 Unidentified Speaker DO THEY DO JUST ENOUGH TO GET THEIR OPINIONS OUT?
01:05:55 Unidentified Speaker NO, IT IS THEIR OVERARCHING APPROACH JUST A BIG ENOUGH SO THAT IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO REACH PRETTY MUCH...
01:06:26 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF A LOT IS DEFINITELY COLORED BY THEIR APPROACH TO THE LAW. I...
01:07:03 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF MY REACTIONS IS THAT COULD BE ASKED TOO VIRTUALLY EVERY JUSTICE. UNFORTUNATELY REGRETTABLY,...
01:08:06 Unidentified Speaker I EXPECT TO HAVE IN MIND FOR EXAMPLE JUSTICE SCALIA AND THE RAGE CASE WHERE WITH LOPEZ, MORRISON ETC....
01:08:19 Unidentified Speaker AND JUSTICE KENNEDY IN THE RICH CASE WHERE HE DID NOT, OR IN LOPEZ AND MORRISON HE HAD CONCURRING...
01:09:25 Unidentified Speaker SHAPIRO FROM KATO, ARE THERE ANY TRENDS IN JUSTICE KENNEDY'S OF MODERATE LIBERTARIANISM? DOES HE ROLLED...
01:09:45 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF JUSTICE KENNEDY'S FORMER CLERKS IN AN INTERVIEW MADE AN OBSERVATION ON THOSE LINES. A VERY...
01:11:19 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET ME REMIND YOU ONCE AGAIN, THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE, IT IS "THE TIE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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