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Witnesses testified about the use of, and potential revisions to, the State Secret Protection Act. Among the topics they addressed were the use of executive privilege, the use of the act dur…

Roger Pilon moderated a panel discussion on the relationship between Congress and the federal judiciary. The panelists discussed the jurisdictional disputes between the legislative and judic…

Panelists and four Washington, DC students talk about how the U.S. Constitution has preserved freedoms, especially those listed in the first amendment. Hypothetical situations were created f…

Distinguished jurists heard a re-argument of Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 Supreme Court case in which the Court found that Louisiana did not discriminate against Homer A. Plessy when it refu…

Panelists talked about what they perceive as an effort to fill the federal judiciary with conservative judges. The first panel focused on potential problems that could result if the federal …

Judge Wald talked about several judicial decisions made by the Court of Appeals during the course of the Witewater investigation. She spoke about the types of cases which appeared before the…

Panelists talked about war crimes committed in Yugoslavia and the international war crimes tribunal’s investigation of crimes committed in Kosovo. Among the issues they addressed were the fo…

Attorneys and Legal scholars talked about the role lawyers play in American society and the role they should play in combating social justice. They also talked about the role of fashioning a…

The Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress heard testimony from judges and legal scholars on the relationship between the federal court system and the legislative branch. The paneli…

The panel explored and critiqued the report of the Federal Court Study Committee. The report looked at the federal judicial system. Note: This is an incomplete program.

Judge Patricia Wald delivered the commencement address for American University College of Law.

British Lord Chancellor of the British Judiciary, Lord MacKay of Clasfern talked to members of the American Bar Association and the DC Bar Association about Law Reform and Civil Liberties in…

Chief Judge Patricia McGowan Wald addressed the American Bar Association’s fall meeting about the challenges facing the legal profession.

Students from the Harvard Law School argued on whether federal sentencing guidelines are constitutional.

This panel from an American Enterprise Institute conference on the spirit of the Constitution focused on liberty, equality and the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and th…

Judge Patricia McGowen Wald talked about the separation of powers concept and its application. She also talked about the District of Columbia Circuit Court.

Judge Patricia McGowen Wald talked about serving as a judge on the US Court of Appeals.