renquist, and he is interviewed again in 2002 by ken gormley who is head of the law school at duquesne universityently was appointed president of duquesne. that's who you will see on the video. >> the fact that john davis argued over an hour and i think was asked only one question, i mean he had a style of advocacy that you don't hear now days. but it was very impressive. and then solicitor general pearlman got a bunch of questions from the court. the clerks weren't present at the conference, but george nebank, my coclerk and i were, were dying to find out what happened as i suspect the other clerks were too. so we followed justice jackson into his office when he got back goes as we always did and he would tell us what happened. he said, well, boys, the president got licked. >> the president got licked. >> 6-3. and the leading with the opinion by black, which was affirming in no uncertain terms the defeat of truman's case, and in many ways constituted a reaffirmation of the district court ruling which was sweeping in its indictment. the other justices in the majority opinion will break for a vari

he's interviewed by the head of the law school at duquesne university and recently appointed presidentquesne, so that's who you'll see on this video. let's listen to rendquist. >> well, the fact that john w. davis argued for over an hour and i think was asked only one question -- i mean he had a style of advocacy you don't hear nowadays, but it was very impressive. and then solicitor pearlman got a bunch of questions from the court. the clerks weren't present in conference, but my co-clerks were just as dying to find out what happened as i suspect all the other clerks were, too. so we followed the justice back to his office. he said, well, boys, the president got licked. >> the president got licked. >> and leading with the opinion by black, which was affirming in no uncertain terms, the defeat of truman's case. now the other justices in the opinion are going to break for a variety of reasons, which i'm sure we'll lay out, but it's a real blow for truman. >> i want to ask about court procedure. we always hear in the supreme court conferences. no aides can go into the room when the justi

head of the law school at duquesne university and recently apointed president of duquesne.'s listen to william rehnquist. >> the fact that john w. davis argued for over an hour and i think was asked only one question, he had a style of advocacy that you don't hear now a days, it was very impressive. and then the solicitor general pearlman got a whole bunch of questions from the court. the clerks weren't present at the conference, but george kneebank, my co-clerk and i were dying to find out what happened, as i suspect all the other clerks were, too. so we followed justice jackson into his office when he got back and he would tell us what happened and he said well, boys, the president got licked. >> the president got licked. >> 6:3. and the leading with the opinion by black, which came which was affirming in no uncertain terms, the defeat of truman's case. and in many ways constituted a reaffirmation of the decision. the justices are going to break. but it's a real blow for truman. >> i want to ask about court procedure so we always hear about the supreme court that conferen

philosophy university of south carolina, charles rubin, associate professor of political science duquesne university, and author of eclipse of man, human extinction, and the meaning of progress. adam piper of the ethics and public policy center, manager of the new atlantis. christopher. >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here. unlike most of the panelist so far, i'm not a former student of leon. in fact, i feel the need to ask permission, can i call you leon? okay. with that, even though i'm not a student i didn't feel a special kinship with leon yesterday. my wife and i homeschool our children and i was very surprised to hear him describe so accurately at the end of the q&a session high school curriculum, first year bible. [laughing] but it might be at c-span so i will not say more about that. [laughing] >> so our panel titled is bioethics and the transhuman future. in an e-mail to me, brad wilson also through into the subject heading the word post human future just for good measure. the question i'm going to ask today is what to post human and transhuman mean? i'm going to argue that th

charles rubin, associate professor of political science,e duquesne university, and author of the eclipse of man humanion extinction and the meaning of progress. adam keiper of the ethics and public policy center, editor of the "new atlantis." christopher. >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here. unlike most of the panelists so far i'm not a former student ofo leon kass. so i feel the need to ask permission do i call you leon? okay.ou leo but that down. nevertheless, even though i'm not a student i did feel a special kinship with leon w yesterday.my w my wife and i homeschool our children and i was very surprised to hear him describe so i could at the end of the qa session our high school curriculum, first you bible --g] [laughing] but this might get c-span's i'm not going to say more about that. [laughing] so our panel title is bioethics and the transhuman future. in an e-mail to me brad wilsonls also threw in the subject heading the word posthuman future just for good measure. the question i'm going to ask today is what you posthuman and transhuman mean? i'm going to argue th

on the 50th anniversary of the steel seizure case, duquesne university law school and the harry trumanrary did a big retrospective and interviewed two of the clerks to justice jackson. one of them ended up having quite an interesting legal career himself. next you will see a bit of an oral history of this case, just a clip from it, with bill renquist who became chief justice of the united states, but at the time in 1952 he was a clerk to justice jackson. he talks about where we are in the story right now and the lower level federal courts hearing this case and the argument that harry truman's representatives made. let's listen. >> the government made some extraordinary claims at the very beginning in the district court, that the president had all of the authority, that george iii had unless it was taken from him by the constitution. well, you can imagine the press outcry about this. i mean, it just made headlines. it just gave a negative aspect -- the government abandoned that argument long before it got to the supreme court, but it just got the government off on the wrong foot. and th