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Saturday, January 15, 2005

Law - Not to be missed, from C-SPAN

  • Q&A with William and Jill Ruckelshaus. William and Jill Ruckelshaus are interviewed by Brian Lamb. William Ruckelshaus was the first EPA Administrator (serving from 1970-1973 and 1983-1985) and was Acting FBI Director (1973). He is currently with the Madrona Venture Group. Jill Ruckelshaus, a Commissioner on the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1980-83) is currently a Director at Costco Wholesale Corporation. Of course, Hoosiers are aware that Bill Ruckelshaus was also majority leader in the Indiana House. Watch on C-SPAN at 8:00 p.m. or 11:00 p.m. Sunday evening (Jan. 16th), or at 6:00 a.m. Monday morning.

  • Constitutional Relevance of Foreign Court Decisions. A rare on-camera appearance by Justice Scalia, along with Justice Breyer, engaging in a more that 1:30 hour discussion at the U.S. Assn. of Constitutional Law, American University, Washington College of Law. Justices Scalia and Breyer talked about the relevance of foreign law for American Constitutional adjudication. Among the topics they addressed were using foreign court precedents in deciding U.S. Constitutional cases and whether the U.S. should take into account shifting world standards on social and moral issues such as the death penalty. The discussion was moderated by New York University Law Professor Norman Dorsen. Watch on C-SPAN at 6:25 p.m. tonight (Saturday) or 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning (Jan. 16th).

    [More] Here is a good article on the Scalia-Breyer televised discussion/debate from Friday's Washington Post. And here is a 23-page "Transcript of Discussion Between U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer -- AU Washington College of Law, Jan. 13, 2005."

    Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 15, 2005 10:11 AM
    Posted to General Law Related