graduate currently a boston lawyer teaching at harvard law and a democratic as he describes himself a democratic operative. corrigan served as convention manager of the 2004 democratic national convention, credited with giving u.s. president barack obama the national stage from which he achieved national prominence. we will remember that moment. corrigan also was a senior member of michael dukakis. michael mike mike's campaign in 1988, presidential campaign and head lawyer of the palm beach county for the gore campaign in 2000 and in charge during the florida recount in 2000 and before he was put in charge of the state of florida, florida, for the final 24 hours of that recount. and then as well, we have hailing from rhode island of all places, to divine what has worked on presidential campaigns in the united states and around the world for over 40 years in the u.s. is where it began in 1980 on president carter's campaign as a delegate tracker. he worked for mondale in 1984 as deputy secretary of delegate selection and in 1988 served as director of delegate selection for governor du

randall elkins is the michael r klein professor at harvard law school, where he teaches courses on contracts, criminal law and the regular notion of race relations. mr. kennedy writes for a wide range of scholarly and general interest publications and has authored several books himself, including race, crime and the law, for which he was awarded the 1998 robert f kennedy book award. and moderating tonight's panel is the honorable michael k, president and ceo of insight to the internet and television association. chairman powell is the former of the federal communications commission and currently serves as the chairman of the mayo clinic board of chairman the william and mary foundation board and vice chairman of america's promise alliance. please welcome the panel. the stage. wow, what a great crowd. good evening. evening. welcome to tonight's program. on the eve of one of the most monumental supreme court decisions in the history of united states, brown board of education, and i am pleased, honored to have the opportunity to discuss important case and its history with two of the most distin

he's an academic having taught at the ohio state university college of law since 1993 and also harvard law school. best known fin the academic world for his work on federalism and casebook on state constitutional law chief judge sutton clerked for judge thomas of the second circuit judge scalia. prior to appointment to the court she was solicitor general of the united states the federal government's top appellate lawyer sometimes referred to as the 10th justice. prior to that, justice kagan was very popular and successful dean kagan of the harvard law school previously been prlaw professor both harvard and university of chicago she served in ndthe clinton administration as associate counsel and deputy assistant to the president for the best policy please join me in welcoming two of my favorite people on the planet for what i'm sure will be a fun and far ranging conversation. >> you can see me i can't see you. >> another slow day at the office. [laughter] i want everyone to know. >> everybody was laughing so they must know what i did this morning. >> i think they would see the irony that th

after talking to a harvard law extremist who had helped then-senator biden stage a character assassinationrt bork almost 40 years ago, they decided the time has come to eliminate the supreme court as we know it. in his op-ed the president says he wants term limits on justices, never mind what the constitution says. never minds the advice and consent role of the senate. president biden and his leftist allies don't like the current composition of the court, so they want to shred the constitution to change it. he wants what he calls an ethics code that already exists, but the president is actually proposing a stealth process for people other than the justices to decide cases. again, constitution be damned. the fact is that president biden himself came to office and stood up a commission to investigate whether to change the supreme court. this morning the president thanked this commission for its insightful analysis that supposedly informed his reform prop proposals. never mind now, never mind that this commission, cochaired by one of his closest political confidantes, didn't actually recommen

leading of the discussion tinnitus prevent sir laurence tribe who taught constitutional law at harvard law's the summer break at low schools but i imagine students returning to constitutional law class in the next semester and what just happened to constitutional law? >> it was rocked to its very basis. the supreme court of the united states turned the constitution upside down in a profound sense. the most fundamental principle in which the constitution rests is that the law binds everyone in the constitution elaborates the structure of that law. although it does contain some provisions in the so-called speech and debate clause for immunizing senators and members of the house in certain limited circumstances, it doesn't give any immunity from ordinary criminal law to the president, the most powerful figure in our government. on the contrary, it is because he has such enormous power that he, like anyone else, must obey the criminal law. there are some people, including people of the justice department, rule saying you have to wait until the president leaves office before commencing a prosec

you know, i knew that they had been at harvard law together.me level, she was more impressive, but they were equals, you know? -they were equals? -absolutely. that's interesting, because most americans, if they even know of eliot spitzer's wife silda, they think of her as just the wronged woman at that press conference. -yeah. and you're saying there's so much more to her. yeah. she was really protective of their girls, and to a certain extent had to sacrifice what was a really successful legal career in order for him to sort of be the star. it's not what she had hoped for in her life. that sacrifice was nothing compared to what she'd face 10 years later as the wife of a scandal-plagued politician. but in 1998, with her full support, eliot ran for ag again and won. i'm honored to be here as i declare victory of what has been a long race. we will begin a process of creating in the attorney general's office the pre-eminent public interest law firm in the country. what was different about eliot is that he expanded the jurisdiction of the attorney

and i was still at harvard law school, and he out of harvard law school, but he was my supervisor and i think i was a summer associate in 1969, the year after the bad year of 68 with the assassination and all the troubles and law firm had renamed real estate department urban public law and michael became the centurion of urban and public. and it was kind of an inspiration for those of us who thought that law was just corporations and that sort of thing. so found that inspirational and i spent a lot of time with michael and we used to go across the street to a little place called the travelers and we would have chicken salad several times a week and the whole thing would take 18 minutes. occasionally we'd go to the no name, but a lot of a lot of lunches and i followed michael's political career, which was then budding. and i liked what i saw and actually my first political contribution, massachusetts, was in 1970 $400 to michael stanley dukakis, who was then in a primary against bob quinn for the democratic nomination for governor and, you know, not that bob quinn wasn't a good candida

the harvard law student who's paralyzed from his chest down found himself stranded in salt lake cityours. >> i was just like, look, if i don't get this wheelchair charger, my chair's going to die. it's 450 pounds. you can't push it, it's a power chair. if i don't get my medication, there could be serious other issues in my medical equipment. then she said, "check your delta app, we'll let you know when the luggage is out of the plane." >> juju: he'd been out west for a celebration, but he didn't know getting back to his job in miami would be nearly impossible. >> and that's just on the wheelchair side of things. i mean, they didn't even have anybody to address any questions about finding a hotel, rebooking a flight. when we were calling the 800 number, people would answer then hang up on us. >> juju: ian's just one story of frustration and anger unfolding across the country as delta deals with the ongoing fallout of last week's global technology outage. it started early friday morning when a faulty crowdstrike update caused computer glitches affecting hospitals, businesses, and multi

but to simplify, he's not trying to win a harvard law school court competition. he's trying to win a gut check with millions of americans and he's done it before and we need to see him do it again. all right. you said the day after we woke up and i was a little surprised as were i think other people media outlets, including the new york times, a lot of voices were like right in there right away saying, oh, everybody, panic. >> yeah, and i did it. it was frustrating to watch. was hard to watch somebody who has done so much for the country. hard for me to watch is a former prosecutor that the president stated to stand next to a felon. 19 minutes. i mean, that was and dignified that he had to even stand there next to him. but again, he knows he knows what he needs to do. and, you know, it's time for him to show us, as i said in the coming week that he can do. all right. and that so. sounds like good advice. keep it simple idea. congressman swalwell, thank you. we appreciate your time. all right, catherine, thanks a lot. coming up next in sports, 24 hours removed fro

at the end of the war, he enrolled in harvard law school and embarked on a legal career. 1881, a summary of lectures he had given was published as "the common law." balancing legal principles with realities of the emerging modern era. he later served on the u.s. supreme court as rememberefor his writing and his jurisprudence. the common has remained in print and continues to be cited, yet remains controversial. >> welcome to books that shaped america, our c-span series that looks at how books throughout our history have influenced who we are today. in partnership with the library of congress, this 10 week series looks at different eras, topics, and viewpoints. we are glad you are joining us. so far in this series, we have explored america's expansion and we've looked at the issue of slavery. tonight, it's a look at the development of american law through the eyes of oliver wendell holmes junior and his book, "the common law." written in 1881, it was unique for its time and controversial. he would later go on to serve on the u.s. supreme court for three decades and his wor

only or the one of only a few, you know, when she went to princeton, you know, when she was at harvard law school, when she was in sidley austin, at the law firm. so, you know, she you're very you grow up almost conscious of that. so it became sort of a part of, i think, who she was knowing that. but her commitment to young people also sort of matured. you know, it started even before the white house when she did her work at public allies, which was a not for profit in chicago, that she spent some time working as as the ceo, which inspires young people to do social service and that connection she always used to say that, you know, if she was tired or if, you know, a little cranky, that put her in a room with young people and that would be the solution. so we had lots of roundtables and lots of go to jumping jacks on these on the south lawn with young people. but she did understand that the role that she had would be very important. and so she used to say, you know, it was very interesting that we would we did this on the south side of chicago and roundtables with kids in anacostia in d.c.

the conference of the united states the university the universitycollege of law sid officer of harvard lawschool he's best known in the academic world for his work on federalism and casebook on state constitutional law. for the second circuit and justice scalia. serving on the supreme court of the united states since 2010 2010prior to the appointment toe court she was a solicitor general of the united states federalta government's top appellate lawyer sometimes referred to as the tenth justice. prior j to that she previously d been a law professor both at harvard and the university of chicago and served in the clinton administration and associate counsel for domestic policy and clerked on the dc circuit for thurgood marshall plea. please join me in welcoming two of my two people in the planet for what i'm sure will be a fun conversation. [applause] i was thinking the opposite it would be possible to make any news today. because everybody would be focused which i think. and it says so much about you. that is exactly what i'm saying. i was a lawyer and a teacher. >> they had a big impact. we

only or the one of only a few, you know, when she went to princeton, you know, when she was at harvard law school, when she was in sidley austin, at the law firm. so, you know, she you're very you grow up almost conscious of that. so it became sort of a part of, i think, who she was knowing that. but her commitment to young people also sort of matured. you know, it started even before the white house when she did her work at public allies, which was a not for profit in chicago, that she spent some time working as as the ceo, which inspires young people to do social service and that connection she always used to say that, you know, if she was tired or if, you know, a little cranky, that put her in a room with young people and that would be the solution. so we had lots of roundtables and lots of go to jumping jacks on these on the south lawn with young people. but she did understand that the role that she had would be very important. and so she used to say, you know, it was very interesting that we would we did this on the south side of chicago and roundtables with kids in anacostia in d.c.

and of harvard law school, brilliant scholar, just, you know, just phenomenal on every level to say she wasn't qualified. it hurt me. so to hear that and then i saw the games played justice scalia's unfortunate passing with the merrick garland nomination. and that, you know, broke my heart. and when president trump, in his first week or two, nominated neil gorsuch to the court, i looked into my heart and i said, look, you know, he's not the person i would recommend by any stretch. you know, he's not going vote on things that i would. but if i apply the yardstick of is this person qualified, that person was qualified to be on the supreme court much as i disagree. but trump won the election. and so that's why i supported his confirmation again. and that was, i thought, an era in which we still maybe had a hope of bipartisanship in these nominations. i was strive ing and praying that it would be that way. it hasn't obviously turned out that way. and and i think the nomination process is broken. and and it's unfortunately impacting the work of the court. we have a question from our friend l

and he went to harvard law school. i think important background and what i would consider if not the number one but one of the top form policies in the united states senate if not the country. i wanted to ask you what i think are very, very important questions about some very, very important issues that you are getting sloughed off by most of the media. we have a wide open order. people are warding about terrace coming and committing acts of terrorism. and now we have a report eight isis operatives wisis operativen the united states. the fbi had done a surveillance operation on them. eight of them in three cities l.a., philadelphia, and new york. it is great that they caught them for they have over 12 million people who have come into this country we have not properly vetted all over the country. this is potentially the tip of the iceberg. we will not always catch them. >> there is no question these eight potential terrorists are just the tip of the iceberg. 12 million illegal aliens that entered our country and less t

president dissenting with the most conservative judges writing quote -- joining me now, lawrence tribe, harvard law it for decades. professor, thank you for being with us. >> thank you, andrea. >> she did not sign that respectfully, noted in that dissent. nancy pelosi just reacting saying quote -- today, the supreme court has gone rogue with the decision violating the foundational american principle that no one is above the law. the former president's claim of total immunity is an insult to our founders who declared independence from a king. so what say you about how far reaching this is and damaging to jack smith? >> let me speak at the broader level. i agree with speaker pelosi and justice sotomayor. this is a devastating blow to our system of government. in fact, probably the most eloquent and elaborate dissent, which i haven't seen quoted in the press much. it's that of justice brown jackson who said that it is a five alarm fire for self-government under democracy. and the reason is that the court was really flying the flag of the constitution upside down. it was suggesting that just because an

law school dean. she came to harvard a few times then. she gave me some nice advice when i became solicitor general, and when i became a chassis but i didn't know her very well. but i had in those amounts of respect for and what she did as a justice. >> are there any legacies at the current court that are justice o'connor legacy? >> it's hard because i mean i think some of justice o'connor is great moments have been abandoned by the supreme court. it's all of it may be the fate of a swing justice who was asked an important in her own time because she was basically making the calls on some incredibly important subject matter areas, then the court composition changes and turns out that -- >> so fewer case decisions. how about coulter? >> but, but i think not list any, i guess the reason why i have set in numbers for justice o'connor is, so she was in this sort of unique situation where she was making the calls on pretty much every important decision that came to the court. in our country most of the important decisions in the country come t

less, keep your eye out more, unexpected opportunities.ne >> you mentioned the stage you are at harvard law school. does that affect your approach at all? e >> the thing that most affect my judging from being an academic is not the academic work. when i write an opinion, what i think about was how i would teach a class. very arcane subjects. smart people, interested people who don't know a lot about a different area. when i walked into a class. how am i going to explain these complicated cuts in a way that people will get and also in a way that different ways of speaking and writing can be sticky or not. that is what i used to think about and the same thing i think about when i sit down to write an opinion. this is complicated, what kind of story am i going to tell you q what kind of story was i going to tell in a classroom and what kind of story am i going to tell on thede page to make people understand what the problem is and what we are doing. >> i had no expense teaching law before being a judge but after being a judge, when anything of thee areas where im not inclined towards stare dec

at the time, i was watching financial news network between classes at harvard law school. that was the predecessor to cnbc. whenever i could, i would run over to the harvard business school library, where they had all these old research -- about stocks. on a cash basis. those of you who grew up with the internet have no idea how hard it was to access information in the 80s. if i like the company, i would have to ask a librarian for a microfiche. did they still have microfiche is? these were little pieces of plastic that you stuck into a machine, all of them were six months old by them. everything is online an instant and updated. the imperfections in the market back then were -- now everyone can know everything. more on that later tonight. i spent all week trying to find one stock that i thought would work. one stock that i thought would be good for a week, where anyone who wanted to invest can take the idea, and then i changed my answering machine. yes, my answering machine. another thing we got rid of. i change the message to a 20 second -- don't know answering machines?

justice kagan has propose justice elena kagan, who is the former dean harvard law school's. he's pretty smart lady. she has proposed that the court do this internally that they adopt their own ethics code. i think that is a likely possibility. actually. i think you may see that happen in the next year, too. >> and the president did not call for expanding the court, but is that a question likely to be lurking out there for some time worry? >> well, yes, you know, life tenure has always been a problem for people that don't agree with the direction of the court is going in in the 1960's. we used to say let's impeach a justice. brennan, let's impeach earl warren today. people don't like where the trump court is going and maybe with good reason. and so life tenure creates a problem. this the this this term proposal. what regular rise it if it were adopted. and there's a lot of details that have to be worked out. but if it were adopted immediately, the most senior justice who's got more than 18 years would have to retire. that would be justice, thomas. he would have to step back a

he graduated from harvard law, became a lawyer in what is now fremont, ohio. he was a reformer. his wife was a reformer. and when the civil war started, he joined up as a major of the 23rd ohio volunteer infantry. he saw a lot of action. he was wounded five times, but kept returning and ended the war as abbreviated major general. he was nominated to congress. the war was still going on, but he refused to campaign, saying and he is quoting him, an officer fit for duty at this crisis would abandon post to election year for a seat in congress. ought to be scalped. and that was all the he did. and that was all the campaigning he needed to do. he was elected, but didn't really like congress that much. and he returned to ohio and served as a very popular governor for three terms. he's the first ohio governor to be elected three times, and he gets elected as a republican at times when democrats actually end up taking the state house. this is his popularity transcended. just the his republican base. so he and he again, he's very scrupulous, is beyond reproach. there are no skeletons in

here with analysis are former harvard law professor alan dershowitz and fox news legal analyst greggegular column on this. you believe this was a political because none of this is going to happen. however,, it's the thought of where they want to go back i would that -- after that they probably want to add -- i would that you want dc, puerto rico to be -- become states because then they think that would give them senatorial power perpetuity. am i wrong in believing that? >> know you're absolutely right. and, of course, this is quite the reversal for a guy who spent five decades opposing the reactions he's now advocating. biden you recall famously said these reformed ideas are boneheaded. while they were there and they still aren't of course, it's ironic that an 81-year-old president wants to disqualify four aged younger justices that are far more thinking that he is so you are right this is a jaded political ploy to control for votes. mostly is unconstitutional, sean, congress cannot pass a law imposing term limits. only a constitutional amendment can do that. he does want to amend th

as the pits deepened, monson slate began to appear on the roofs of harvard law school, new england prisons and cathedrals. a new york courthouse and countless other buildings across the country, slate quarries were soon munson's employer. the town was reinventing itself by drawing on outside capital to profit from an industry had recently been dominated by british quarries. the creation of a rural industrial lands. but even as the quarries blasted and burrowed deeper and deeper shipping off slate to the cities, urban themselves began to arrive in monson, usually during the summer months, and those city people were looking for a very different kind of landscape, one that in many ways was at odds with the industrial landscape landscape for most americans taking a vacation in was still a relatively new experience. the middle class talked about them had begun to embrace the practice of taking a vacation just during the 1850s and soon businesses were giving their brain workers their white workers. one week of paid vacation during the summer city. people often saw rural vacations as a chance to

radcliffe with a bachelor's in government and graduated from harvard's law school in 96. after law school, she had three clerkships that's become the tradition in my day was to was pretty much everything but these days get three including one with justice stephen breyer here at the court in addition to her professional experience in private practice she had other forms of public service. she worked in the united states sentencing commission for three years as a federal public defender, three years here in d.c. she returned to the u.s. sentencing commission and ten she served on the u.s. court for the district of columbia from 2013 to 2021 and president appointed her to the d.c. circuit. and 2021. she was there long enough to a cup of coffee, basically. and that was nominated to the united states supreme court. and she was confirmed in 2022 and took the oath of office on june 30th, 2022. i am and grateful to present justice jackson and to thank her for being here this evening evening. thank you all very. thank you, carter, for that introduction and you for the invitation t

judy: martha minow is a professor and former dean of harvard law school, whose book "saving the news"ooks at how the news media has been transformed under declining government regulation and increasing economic and political pressure. >> political parties funded newspapers in the 1840s, 50s, 60s. the journalism that developed in the 1880s into the golden age of the 1960s was the first time that objectivity was elevated as an ideal. that really recognized we need multiple sources. we need to be transparent. we need to actually document. we need to have a counterpoint. >> here is a bulletin from cbs news. judy: that also just happened to be good business. to advertise to the most people -- which paid for publication -- newspapers and broadcasters had an incentive to aim for objectivity. >> this picture has just been transmitted by wire. judy: in the 1950's, 60's and 70's, television news reporting was primarily limited to the three major networks: cbs, abc, and nbc. with only a handful of channels available for broadcast, the government issued licenses to the networks and also put regul