so along with harold holzer and judge judith kay, we'll have john walker who is now a senior circuit judge, formally the chief judge of the second circuit, the united states court of appeals. and as some of you may know, he served as a member of the -- does serve as a member of the judicial conference of the united states. he's currently a member of the conference's committee on international judicial relations, and is chair of its committee on judicial conduct and disability. and in new haven, yale law school, he teaches constitutional litigation and legal writing and is a director of the united states association of constitutional law. he's also some of you may be reassured to know is promoting the rule of law in china, the middle east, and central and eastern europe and he's very much dedicated to this and we're glad he's there as our ambassador, so to speak. and before going on the bench as some of you may know but i didn't realize, he'd been state council of the republican of -- so why don't you all come up here and take your places at the table. judge walker, judge kay, harold

so you're going to have two jins little round table with harold holzer. they're going to be seated there in just a moment. just to chat about what we've heard over the last couple of minutes. it's a wonderful talk, and it will be carried on a little further in an informal setting. so along with harold holzer and judge judith kaye, we'll have john walker who is now a senior circuit judge, formally the chief judge of the 2nd circuit of the court of appeals. as some of you now know, he does serve as a member of the judicial conference of the united states. he is currently a member of the conference's committee on international judicial relations, and is chair of its committee on judicial conduct and disability. and in new haven, at yale law school, he teaches constitutional litigation and legal writing, and is a director of the united states association of constitutional law. he's also, some may be reassured to know, is promoting the rule of law in china, the middle east and central and eastern europe. he's very much dedicated to this. we're glad that he's t

judge walker, judge kay, harold holzer. >> still in the hot seat. >> fantastic. really, really fantastic. so this will be the 42nd book? >> no, there'll be one between the 41st and -- >> and what will that be? >> it's a book called "emancipating lincoln," it's a published version of some lectures i did at the department of african-american studies. at harvard last year. >> and how long before we have this one? >> two years if i stop giving talks about it. >> and what's the adjective that goes before the word lincoln? it's the one that precedes it is emancipating and this next one will not be convicting lincoln, what will it -- >> no, it's actually called uncivil wars: the press in the age of lincoln. >> so i have a question. what was the -- can you be a little more precise on what the standards were lincoln used in judging between political dissent, sedition, and treason. and how did he actually -- did he expound on this publicly? and if so, can you tell us what he said about it? >> and i'll piggy back and add personal criticism too. >> okay. >> we're getting a l

deputy commissioner joy sef robito, mark shamming from the museum has done an outstanding job, harold holzer from the metropolitan museum. give them a big round of applause. thank you for all your help. to all of you, my fellow new yorkers, thank you for taking the time to be with us today. it was just about one year ago today that we gathered just in this room at this point to talk about the state and the trajectory of the state. and we said at that time that the state was at a cross roads. that new yorkers were hurting. about 800,000 people unemployed or underemployed. the committee had wreaked hardship and anxiety all across the state and people needed help. the government, however, was filled with scandal. it was ineffective. it was rife with partisanship. and the state was divided in many ways. divided up state, down state, millionaires, middle class, gays straight middle class democrats and republicans. we had a fiscal deficit, which was the most pronounced problem. but maybe even a more difficult problem was the trust deficit, the performance deficit, the integrity deficit that the st

. >>> next abraham lincoln harold holzer. as part of the talk, mr. holzer examines the reasoning behind imprisonment of newspaper editors during the civil war and suspension of habeas corpus. this was co-hosted by historical society of the courts of the state of new york and new york state archives' partnership trust. it's an hour and a half. >> i've never spoken to a crowd of so many attorneys in my entire life. there are several that i want to acknowledge. my daughter, meg, who is an attorney is here today. inspector state general ellen biben is here today. my old friend judge gene nardelli is here. we could go on forever. it's wonderful to see all of you. one other person i want to mention because the subject for this weekend is freedom of the press, as you know. someone in this room who is actually a living hero of the fight for freedom of the press. formally of "the new york times." i just want to introduce -- i know you all know her and the case, judith miller. i want to start with the end of the war, not the beginning with lincoln's second ina

along with harold holzer and judge judith kay, we'll have john walker, who is now a senior circuit judge, formally the chief judge 2nd court of appeals. he serveds a member -- or does serve as a member of the judicial conference of the united states. he's currently a member of the committee on international judiciary relations and is chair of its committee on judicial conduct and disability. and in new haven. at yail yale law school he teaches constitutional litigation and legal writing and is director of the united states association of constitutional law. he's also, some may be reassured to know, is promoting the rule of law in china, the middle east and central and eastern europe. he's very much dedicated to this. we're glad that he's there as our ambassador, so to speak. before going on the bench, as some of you may know, but i didn't realize, he was state counsel of the republic of botswana, also a partner in carter and millburn and assistant secretary of the treasury in 1981. come up here and take your places at the table. judge walker, judge kay, harlz holzer. >> still in the hot

. >>> next, abraham lincoln bicentennial foundation chairman harold holzer discusses abraham lincoln and the freedom of the press during the civil war. as part of his talk mr. holzer examines the reasoning behind the imprisonment of newspaper editors during the civil war and suspension of habeus corpus. this speech was delivered at the new york city bar association and was cohosted by the historical society of the courts of the state of new york and new york archives partnership trust. it's an hour and a half. [ applause ] >>> thank you, judge. i have a feeling if i say thank you, judge, i'll get a you're welcome from two-thirds of the audience. it's daunting. but i've never spoke ton a crowd of so many attorneys in my entire life. there are several that i want to acknowledge. my daughter meg who is an attorney is here today. [ applause ] >> my cousin, new york state inspector general ellen biben is here today. [ applause ] >> my old friend judge gene odelli is here today. we could go on forever. it's wonderful to see all of you. one other person i want to mention, the subject for th

fully the situation that lincoln confronted and -- professor holzer, the presentation seemed so well along to me in an academic line. what harold said is that there was an awful lot of trouble involved. merriman was a member of a military unit, and merriman indicated he had been instructed by the governor to destroy several bridges that contained railroad tracks at the northern end of maryland and northern end of baltimore which were key to getting military troops in. at the time of the proclamation of april 18th, 1861, there were 5,000 federal troops in the district of columbia under the command of wynnefield scott. and in fact, they even put together a plan where scott would locate the troops around the federal treasury building and they were told lincoln was in that building to defend it in case they were met with forces by the confederacy. and there was a great concern that maryland was going to secede. so lincoln, railroad tracks were pulled up, telephone lines going to philadelphia were torn up, and maryland is viewed as part of a group that had done it and finally lincoln orders merriman's arrest and he's put in ft. mche