Law and Judicial Duty

Oct 6, 2009

Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Philip Hamburger talked about his book Law and Judicial Duty (Harvard University Press; November 1, 2008). In the book he looks at the history of judicial review in the United States. He talked about how ten years of research of previously unexplored evidence challenges the theoretical concept of judicial review and leads to a theory of .. Read More
Philip Hamburger talked about his book Law and Judicial Duty (Harvard University Press; November 1, 2008). In the book he looks at the history of judicial review in the United States. He talked about how ten years of research of previously unexplored evidence challenges the theoretical concept of judicial review and leads to a theory of judicial duty. Professor Hamburger responded to questions from members of the audience. Professor Hamburger spoke after accepting the 2009 Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Book Award from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. at the Greenville Country Club, in Wilmington, Delaware. Philip Hamburger is a professor of law at Columbia University Law School. He is the author of Separation of Church and State.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:07 Unidentified Speaker PUBLISHED BY PAUL GREGG MCMILLIN MICHAEL SIGNER IS THE AUTHOR, A DEMAGOGUE THE FIGHT TO SAVE DEMOCRACY...
00:06:09 Unidentified Speaker I REALIZED THERE MIGHT BE A FEW MORE THAN I'D THOUGHT SO I STARTED DRIVING DOWN THE EAST COAST FROM...
00:10:25 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE JUDGES' MISBASICALLY. -- MISBEHAVIOR. ANOTHER LITTLE CASE ALTHOUGH...
00:25:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:25:25 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS. AND WE HAVE A ROVING MICROPHONE. IF ANYONE WOULD CARE -- AND OF...
00:25:52 Unidentified Speaker PROFESSOR HAMBURGER --
00:25:57 Unidentified Speaker LET'S GET A MIC. [FEEDBACK NOISE]
00:25:59 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU WANT ME TO STAND UP AND ASK A QUESTION.
00:26:05 Unidentified Speaker I WON'T TOUCH IT.
00:26:13 Unidentified Speaker IT'S NOT WORKING, I GUESS. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA NOMINATED SONIA SOTOMAYOR TO THE SUPREME COURT, HE...
00:27:38 Unidentified Speaker CAREFUL. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SUPPOSE, IT'S GRATIFYING ACTUALLY THAT THE -- THIS OLD NOTION...
00:30:30 Unidentified Speaker HERE'S ONE THAT HASN'T HIT THE SUPREME COURT BUT SURELY MIGHT. THE UNITED STATES STATE DEPARTMENT...
00:32:19 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I'M NOT GOOD AT PREDICTING THE FUTURE. I FIND THE PAST DIFFICULT ENOUGH. SO I SUPPOSE I SHOULD...
00:33:08 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:33:16 Unidentified Speaker THE SUBJECT OF JUDICIAL REVIEW AND WHETHER IT EXISTED PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION BROUGHT...
00:34:56 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. IT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION, AND THERE IS A NICE PARALLEL. BUT IS THE ROLE OF A JUDGE...
00:37:38 Unidentified Speaker I AM CURIOUS AND YOU'RE UNCOVERING OF THE COLONIAL ERA DECISIONS AND DECREES, DID THEY CITE ANY PRECEDENT,...
00:37:53 Unidentified Speaker YES, THEY LIKE CITATIONS. BUT IN THE END THOUGH, THE KEY REASONING DOESN'T HAVE CITATION. THERE IS...
00:39:23 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS ISN'T THEIR SOMETHING NATURALLY DIFFERENT ABOUT JUDGES AND THE UNITED STATES COMPARED...
00:40:03 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT. AMERICA IS PROFOUNDLY DIFFERENT FROM ENGLAND IN MANY WAYS, NOT...
00:42:57 Unidentified Speaker YOU'LL HAVE TO HELP ME WORK THIS, BUT I'M WONDERING TO WHAT EXTENT YOU LOOK AT CURRENT EVENTS AS A...
00:44:14 Unidentified Speaker HAVE MANY ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION, NONE OF THEM ARE FULLY SATISFACTORY. MY FIRST UNSATISFACTORY RESPONSE...
00:48:26 Unidentified Speaker PHILIP HAMBURGER IS A COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR.

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

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