Historical Perspective on the Bill of Rights
The Judicial Conference of the U.S. and the Committee on the Bicentennial of the Constitution sponsored a forum on the Bill of Rights, focus… read more
The Judicial Conference of the U.S. and the Committee on the Bicentennial of the Constitution sponsored a forum on the Bill of Rights, focusing on contrasting the perspectives of the writers of the Bill of Rights with contemporary interpretations of the document. Speakers at the forum included law professors, historians, and judges, who discussed the changing societal interpretation of the language framing the Bill of Rights. close
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- Arthur L. Alarcon Judge U.S. Court of Appeals->Ninth Circuit
- Adrian Duplantier Judge Louisiana
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