the american bar association established a task force comprised of lawyers of varying backgrounds and perspectives. -- foundd excesses consensus and offered ideas of how to do better. schools should find the recommendations useful. american college of trial lawyers gathered experts across the country to produce reasonable responses to the current failed system. an open letter from harvard law school faculty provides important perspectives and insights that will be helpful as we pursue a better way. another promising idea comes from two former prosecutors's, gina smith and leslie gomez. have spent their careers specializing in sexual misconduct cases. they propose a regional center model and it's being explored by a number of states today, including right here in virginia. the model sets up a center where professionally trained experts handle title ix investigations education. it looks something like this. states inship among their attorneys general, participating schools refer to the center any title ix incident which rises to a criminal level. the center cooperates with local law enf

justice to serve as attorney general to emphasize one thing above all else to famously tell the american bar association that is of the written constitution but the of rule of law is the foundation of america so president trump honors their legacy and by appointing the department of justice officials and attorney jeff sessions reveres the rule of law to have a place in the conference room to tower above to serve as a reminder as an inspiration to carry forward the right path is not always the easy path and on constitution day to keep in mind all the power of the federal government and those that are interested must be energetic to enforce though lot. every must restrain ourselves beyond the lawful mandate. we are obligated to respect those limits unfortunately too few american citizens know the details of our constitution. with a particular legal decision is right whether they favor that policy outcome. they look to the result rather them the reason so today would to discuss the role of the executive branch to maintain the rule of law. article to the constitution states the president must take care many

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the american bar association rates her as well qualified. in her fellow supreme court law clerks endorsed her. as well as dozens of fellow professors of law from around the country. i take the senate role of nominating and confirming quality candidates to the federal court very seriously. and couldn't be more pleased that professor is the first nominee from the state that this committee will consider and hopefully the whole senate will consider. republicans and democrats alike are praising the pick. this is a historic opportunity. as professor would be the first hoosher woman rather to have a seat on the seventh circuit court. thank you for this opportunity to speak out on behalf of professor. and to give me highest recommendation in support of her nomination. thank you, mr. chairman. and ranking member finestein. once again. >> thank you, senator young. there are two people that colleagues weren't able to introduce so i'm going to do that. michigan supreme court justice joan larson and nominated for the u.s. court of appeal six circuit. nomi

thank you for being with juice now a panel on sexual assault on campus at the american bar association's annual meeting in new york city. panelists include a lawyer who has defended more than 100 accused students, attorneys representing colleges, and first lady michelle obama's former chief of staff who was on the obama white house task-for-to protect students from sexual assault. this is an hour and a half. >> i'd like to introduce our panelists. to my right have lynn hect schafran, attorney and director since 1981 of the national judicial education program. legal moment is the country's oldest advocaciy organized for women. she has developed training programs about sexual assault cases for judges and other justices and professionals in several media.

tom is been evaluated by the american bar association twice. both times unanimously receiving well-qualified ratings, the highest ratings they offer. many of the members of its been referred to the aba ranking of well-qualified as the gold standard for evaluating whether a nominee is qualified to serve on the bench. i think getting this range on two different occasions speaks volumes for tom's qualification for he is widely respected one of the best legal minds in north carolina and is consistently recognized by his peers as an elite lawyer. he is stored in credentials a note humanity than a judge who will be fair to all parties who come before him. i have no doubt tom will apply the law faithfully and fairly. lawyers who work with the tom farr stock that only by his intellect but also his fairness and respectfulness. all parties on both sides. that's why he holds widespread support from so many people, many of those people were at an opposing position. tom is unquestionable capable of the people of north carolina and he will be an honorable and

general meese famously told the american bar association in 1985, we will pursue our agenda within the context of our written constitution of limited yet energetic powers. our guide in every case will be the sanctity of the rule of law and the proper limits of government power. those words resonate today, the not merely as future of america, it is the foundation of america. a generation after the era of reagan and meese, president trump honored their legacy by nominating judges who administer justice without respect to persons. and by appointing department of justice officials who promote the rule of law. attorney general jeff sessions reveres the rule of law. that's why a portrait of ed meese enjoys pride of place today in the attorney general's conference room. towering above our meetings, his vision serves as a reminder of the legacy we inherited and inspiration to carry it forward and an admonition that the right path is not always the easy path. on constitution day, it is appropriate to keep in mind that although the power of the federal government is vast, it is expressly limited

and lest you think that idea died in the dust, here we have our very own american bar association in 1937 and 1938. it was doing a major review of the law of evidence looking at wigmore and others, and lo and behold it looks the same. not only the same look at this ringing endorsement. today, it is unanimously held, and we say unanimously advisedly by experienced psychiatrists that the complainant woman in a sex offense case should always be examined by competent experts to ascertain whether she suffers from some mental or moral delusion, or tendency frequently found in young girls causing distortion of the imagination in sex cases. the warnings of the psychiatric profession, supported as they are by thousands of observed cases, should be heeded by our profession. so i just repeat, that's a very own american bar association. now, the myth that rape allegations, false rape allegations are rampant is rampant. there's a great deal of research into this, and the finest analyses of the methodologically sound research in police reports concludes that between two and 8% of reported rape alle

holds degrees from washington and lee university school of law is a member of the virginia bar association and the american association. i think each and all of you again for coming today. i look forward to hearing your remarks. >> thank you mr. chairman and ranking member, good to see. all members of the committee i commend you for taking on the challenge of reforming marcus business tax code. especially the overhauling our corporate tax system. most important thing you can do to boost economic growth, lift wages, create jobs and make the u.s. economy more competitive global police overhaul the tax system. this suggests that the committee should have four priorities, when reforming the corporate tax system. we call these the four pillars of corporate tax reform. first, provide full expensing for capital investments. cut the corporate tax rate to a globally competitive level such as 20%. there, moved to a competitive territorial system for, make these priorities permanent. on many of you amending the business community may see some of the policies conflict are competing for space, we see them as complement

it goes to the american bar association, the young lawyer division, to the state bar of texas then comesgal aids in the local area where you are. it's important the number gets out. it's 1-800-504-7030. there are free lawyers, legal aid and pro bono lawyers here ready to help people to find out what the law is. >> that's horrible to hear landlords would be doing that to people particularly during this horrible time. some people are getting to their homes and apartments for their first time and they want to move everything out. they have either filed claims or will be filing claims to get that kind of aid. what should they be doing? we see some who have put piles of debris at the curbside but we're also hearing reporting they need to hold on to some of that debris so they can get their full claim. which is it? >> you have to document, document, document. you should verify with your claims adjuster, get permission, confirm that in writing. if they tell you it's okay to throw it away. you should get out the damaged carpet, the -- this is practical advice. you should get out the damaged dry

are are huge and it's an interesting area that certainly my work with my colleagues in the american bar association and with lawyers around the world we've been focusing on because the cybercrime laws don't exist in many countries where they do exist they're often very weak. we still have requirements for like dual criminality were it has to be a crime here and over there and often that isn't the case but most importantly our procedural laws of how we investigate a cyber crime we have to use those same laws we used to investigate non cyber crimes like robberies and that that process can take months when minutes matter so we have a difficulty in tracking and tracing cyber criminal activity and getting the cooperation we need internationally in part because of the legal framework and in part too because in many of these countries they don't have the laws established or people trained to help with this type of investigation so it is a global problem but there's very much a root of it in the end that acquits sees in both the legal framework for the laws and the legal framework for the investigations it

tom has been evaluated by the american bar association twice, both times unanimously receiving the highest ratings they offer. many of the members of this committee refer to the aba's ranking as the gold standard for evaluating whether a gnome knee is qualified to serve on the bench. i think getting this ranking on two different occasions speaks volumes for tom's qualifications. he is consistently recognized by his peers as an elite lawyer. he has sterling credentials, and i know he'll ban independent judge who will be fair to all parties who come before him. i have no doubt tom will apply the law faithfully and fairly. lawyers who work with tom are struck not only by his intellect, but his fairness and respectfulne respectfulness. all parties on both sides. that's why he holds widespread support from so many people, many of those people were in an opposing position. tom is unquestionably capable of serving the people of north carolina, and he will be an honorable and fair judge. i want to thank chairman grassley again for holding this hearing today. i want to thank tom for his hard work t

it was part of the american bar association's annual meeting, discussing the differences between the 45th president and his predecessors as well as how legal protections for american press contrasted with their foreign counterparts. this is 90 minutes. george: welcome. thanks for coming on a saturday morning in the summer. i think we have a great panel here on trump and the press and the first amendment. before we do anything else, i would like to introduce a wonderful panel. for coming out. to my immediate left is floyd abrams. he has been the preeminent first amendment attorney in this country for the last 40 or so years, worked on the pentagon papers case for the "new york times" in 1971. has been in the supreme court for basically every major media or in his asian and high appellate courts since then. as a matter of disclosure, 43 years ago today, i was working about three offices down the hall from him as a summer associate, so we have known each other and being friends along time. to his immediate left is jim rutenberg, a media columnist of "the new york times. " the "times" in

and he's a member of the virginia bar association and the american bar association. we want to thank you each of you and all of you for coming today. i look forward to hearing your remarks. if you'll please begin, that'll be great. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and ranking member. good to see you. i dmend commend you for taking on the the challenge of reforms american's tax code. especially the corporate tax system. the most important thing congress can do to boost economic growth, lift wages, create jobs and make the u.s. economy more competitive globalli globally, is over haul the business system. suggest the committee should have four priorities in mind when you're reforming the corporate tax system. we call these the four pillars of corporate tax reform. first, provide full expensing for capitol investments. second cut the corporal tax rate to a globally come pettive level such as 20%. move to a competitive territorial system. make all three of the priorities permanent. and while many of you and many in the business community may see the policies in conflict or com

a panel discussion of the trump administration and its relationship with the press at the american bar association's annual meeting. he talked about the differences between the 45th president and his predecessors in dealing with the media as well as how legal protections for the american press contrast with those of their foreign counterparts. >> welcome. thanks for coming on a saturday morning in the summer. i would think we have a great panel here on president trump and the press and the first amendment. before do anything else i'd like to introduce really a wonderful panel, and i thank them for coming out. to my immediate left is floyd abrams. floyd is a cato gordon ryno writing your picky then preeminent first amendment attorney in this country formerly the last 40 or so years, worked on the pentagon papers case for the new times back in 1971, spin in the supreme court for just about every major media organization or high appellate courts since then, and is a matter of full disclosure, i should say that 43 years ago today i was working about three offices down the hall from it as a summer associ

indeed with, the national native american bar association noted she has significantly more experience with indian law cases than any other recent circuit court nominee. she even does being a nominee at the highest level. as impressive as her credentials, it's her demeanor and approach to the law that makes her ideally suit for the court. shice been called a mainstream westerner and been noted as fiercely independent and will died cases as she believes the law requires. at the same time she seeks out different view points and wants to understand all sides of each issue she addresses. that's the professor i know from my days as a student at the you've of colorado law school. i can say from personal experience while justice ide has her perspectives on the law she has and does care deeply about robust debates and hearing the reviews of others and know from my classmates that didn't share her perspectives that she was open to their views and engaging with them and never biased against different perspectives and i know independent jurists her former clerks described. she will follow the law

we read this book, we read the american bar association on race relations in the united states we read management and theory, the idea of one of the recommendations of this book the professionalization of the police. this report and the preceding crime report the president johnson commission set us on a path for the next 20 years that literally bodice to the 1990s. while there are so many extraordinary good recommendations, a lot of whatat we talk about today legitimacy policing efforts, there was one that really tore us apart. idea that we should focus on response to crime, they believed at the time the cause of the crime racism, poverty, and unemployment, demographics. they thought those were the causes. they were not. they are not and they never have been. her 20 years and amended. american policing was shaped bya i'll point to one line in the report that sticks out to me. the idea that in alleviating manpower to the ghetto, enforcement emphasis should be given to crimes that threaten life and property. stress on social gambling or loitering with more serious crimes not only diverts

he's a member of the virginia bar association and the american bar association. i want to thank all of you again for coming today. and i look forward to hearing your remarks, so mr. hodge, we'll begin with you. if you'll please begin, that would be great. >> well, thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member wyden, good to see you. all the members of the committee, i commend you for taking on the challenge of reforming america's business tax code, especially the task of overhauling our corporate tax system. most important thing that congress and the administration can do to boost economic growth, lift wages, create jobs, and make the u.s. economy more competitive globally is overhaul our business tax system. the tax foundation's extensive economic research and tax modeling experience suggested the committee should have four priorities in mind when you're reforming the corporate tax system. we call these the four pillars of corporate tax reform. first, provide full expensing for capital investments. second, cut the corporate tax rate to a globally competitive level

he is also won awards from the american bar association, the federalist society and others. he is authored dozens of lawha review articles that i will put in the record. our second witness is professor eric, the kirkland and ellis distinguish service professor of law, university chicago. he writes about antitrust legal theory and constitutional law including the law of presidential powers. he has written more than a hundred articles and academic journals in more than a dozen books including two of thepr presidential power, one entitled the executive unbound after the madisonian republic, and then he has published in various important newspapers and other articles. those will be put in record. our third witness, professor steven, professor at the university of texas school of block, senator cornyn and i, i was going to introduce these folks. was i supposed to give deference to you. >> no, sir. go ahead mr. chairman. i am glad to have someone with the university of texas law school today. we discussed by the reauthorization yesterday in austin. i'm glad to have him here. >> pr

the obama white house task force looking into campus sexual assaults this was part of the american bar association's annual meeting in new york city. >> i like to introduce our panelists. to my right i have lynn hecht schafran who is attorney and director since 1981 at the national judicial education program at a legal momentum. legal momentum is a countries oldest advocacy organized for women. she is develop training programs about sexual assault cases for judges and other justice system professionals in several media. and right frequently for legal judicial publication including the magazine of the aba, judicial division, the judges journal.

he is very involved in new york city bar association and the association of american law schools and focuses on immigration law, criminal law, united states and comparative constitutional law, privacy and surveillance in human rights issues. that was quite a mouthful. to his left, an associate professor of law at georgetown university law center. he served as deputy assistant attorney general in the department of justice office of legal counsel from 2009-2010 and is attorney advisory from 1994 to 2002. he's an active contributor to media and blogs and regular considered to. [inaudible] we are pleased to have him join us on the panel today. to marty's left, dale is the director of the aclu's voting rights projects in supervisors the aclu's voting rights litigation and advocacy work nationwide for he's litigated a number of cases under the federal voting rights act and the national voter registration act and he's an adjunct professor of law at nyu. then, last but certainly not least, aaron murphy. he is a partner in the washington dc office for practices focus on supreme court appellat

he is very involved in the bar association and the association of american law schools. focuses on immigration law, criminal law, united states and comparative constitutional law, privacy and surveillance and human rights issues. l that is white a mouthful. to his left, marty lederman, associate professor of law at george towne university. he serves as deputy attorney general and the department of justice office of legalrn counsel from 2009 until 2010 and as the attorney advisor from 1994 until 2002. he is an active contributor to media and blogs, a regular contributor and slate among his very other activities. we are pleased to have him join us on the panel today. to his left, dale is the director of the aclu voting rights project and supervisesd the aclu voting right litigation and advocacy work nationwide.nation he has litigated a number of cases under the federal voting rights act and the national voter registration act and he's an adjunct professor of law. last and certainly not least, details left is aaron murphy. is a partner in the washington d.c. office and is f

the first place. it is part of a series. it is called "historical americans." the goal of this project came out where all kinds of projects start. it is the reg out rooms or restaurant or bar associated with one of the big academic conferences. this was the society of the historians of the early american republic, where i met the editor. he said, we need early people for this expository biography series that drills down to robust history and he said, can you do a spaniard? i said, no. he said, what can you do? i thought about it and said here we are in saint louis. -- we are in st. louis, once a seat of the colonial empire. i work on no one as closely as the new world jesuits. i think it is synergy here. so, i pitched the idea of a dual biography of jacques marquette , a priest who lived in the 17th century. explorationner in louis jolliet. studies ofs of french, i cannot figure out the pronunciation of the t's. my pronunciation came from the blues brothers where they mention the prison that was named in honor of the explorer, talk about dubious honors. this was what i talked about an iran with it. this is not only a geographical piece of people like chavez, laura ingalls wilder, woo

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americans here. and i started thinking about downtown and general the bar. that was turning away black patrons. based on race or their what they were wearing because of the dress code. to me i associate that monument with the people like that. and to me it still carries. >> right. good. so what we were talking about maybe that because we we're not confederates. maybe the monument is reinterpreted. maybe there's no continuity than we hope for. between the jim crow era and today's athens. and today's university of georgia. yeah. that could be. >> the thing i have with recon texture alizing is so they had arthur ash. they had that at the end of the street of all the confederate memorials. here we have, say pink mor ton. of the theater. to me that's still divided. you can't combine the two structures. you have still have two sides. and symbolically to me that's almost just as bad as having just the confederate memorial. >> that's really good. even the placement of the memorials can inadd vertly. or purposefully emphasize the divisions. i didn't mention it. but the arthur ash monument is the last one right before the interstate cuts the road off. and certainly in the lowest rent area. aft

the american bar association gave him a unanimous well-qualified rating, the highest rating that the a.b.a. gives. and he received awards for his work from the department of justice, the department of energy, and the federal bureau of investigation. tim will make an ex-judge, and inlay honored to support his nomination today and at the same time i urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of his nomination. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: rube mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: mr. president, i ask that all -- unanimous consent that all time be yielded back. the presiding officer: without objection. all time is yielded back. motion occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vot