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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Edwin Meese, and law professor Douglas Kmiec talked about the vice presidency, choosing a running mate, and the balance of power. T…

Professor Douglas Kmiec talked about his book, Lift Up Your Hearts: A True Story of Loving Your Enemies, Tragically Killing Your Friends, and the Life That Remains, and his life in politics.…

Legal experts discussed the constitutionality of presidential recess appointments. Two panelists argued that the appointments of Richard Cordray to be the Consumer Financial Protection Burea…

Participants talked about President Obama’s call to find common ground in the debate over abortion and stem cell research, explored ways to engage in meaningful debate on the issues, and tal…

America and the Courts (Satuday, Aug. 2nd)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was joined in conversation about standards of excellence in legal reasoning and how the law’s coherence is principally advanced or impeded in opinion …

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, a four-term governor of Wisconsin, talked about health care from the constitutional perspective of choice or mandates. Former Senat…

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his former colleague in the Solicitor General’s office, attorney Carter Phillips, talked about Supreme Court advocacy and deliberation. The conversatio…

A panel discussion on the topic “Current Interest: State of the Union,” was moderated by Larry Mantle. Topics included Iraq, the American media, and other issues. The panelists responded to …

In a portion of a symposium held at Pepperdine University Law School in Malibu, California reviewing the 2005-2006 U.S. Supreme Court term, panelists talked about the new justices on the cou…

The opening plenary session of the annual convention of the American Constitution Society was titled gSeparation of Powers: Restoring the Balance Among the Branches. h Panelists spoke abou…

Following the announcement by President Bush, Mr. Hurt spoke about the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito. He discussed the conservative record of the nominee and the possib…

Mr. Kmiec talked about the nomination of Judge John Roberts as President Bush’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Kmiec spoke via telephone about President Bush’s nomination of Judge John Roberts to replace Justice O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Legal experts and journalists talked about the most recent Supreme Court tem and several decisions made, including those affecting Affirmative Action, a Texas sodomy law, privacy rights, and…

The Senate Rules Committee met to discuss possible changes to Senate rules governing filibusters and extended debate. At issue was the requirement that a 2/3 majority vote was needed to limi…

On America and the Courts this week, two commencement addresses and a special reading by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. First, from May 3, 2003, White House Counsel Alberto Gonz…

Catholic University School of Law Dean Douglas Kmiec talked about the War Powers Act and its origins and interpretation by Congress and the President in light of a possible U.S. military att…

The Close Up Foundation hosted a forum where guests debated the effects of September 11, 2001 on American political debate. They also responded to questions from students in the audience.

Witnesses testified about the confirmation process and whether judicial nominees needed to affirmatively demonstrate they merit lifetime appointments to the federal bench, or whether the Sen…