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A Decade of Reversal: The Ninth Circuit's Record in the Supreme Court

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST

Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain will address the Yale Federalist Society on the topic of the Ninth Circuit's record before the U.S. Supreme Court. Join us for an informative talk followed by a lively question and answer session.

April 26, 12:10 PM, Room 122

Banning Burqas in France

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST

French Supreme Court Attorney Francois-Henri Briard and St. Thomas Law School Professor Michael Stokes Paulsen will debate France's ban on women wearing the burqa and other religious garments.

Generously supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

Wednesday, April 6th, 12:10pm, Rm. 122

Confronting Cybersecurity Challenges

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST

Recent attacks on the computer networks of Google, Estonia, and Georgia highlight the vulnerability of American computer networks to attack and exploitation. Professors Jack Goldsmith (Harvard Law School) and Jack Balkin (Yale Law School) will discuss the extent of those vulnerabilities and the challenge of securing our cyber infrastructure without hobbling innovation or violating civil liberties.

Tuesday, April 5, 6:15 PM, Room 129

Courts in Wartime

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh (D.C. Cir.) will speak to the Yale Federalist Society on the use of international law in interpreting the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which was the subject of his opinion in al-Bihani v. Obama.

Thursday, March 31 6:10, Room 121

The Subjects of the Constitution

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST

Professors Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz (Georgetown University Law Center) and William N. Eskridge, Jr. (Yale Law School) will discuss Professor Rosenkranz's recent pair of Stanford Law Review articles, The Subjects of the Constitution, 62 Stan. L. Rev. 1209 (2010), and The Objects of the Constitution, 63 Stan. L. Rev. (forthcoming May 2011). In this pair of articles (also forthcoming as a book by Oxford University Press), Professor Rosenkranz sets forth an entirely new lens through which to read the Constitution, and thus an entirely new model of judicial review.

Thursday March 24, Room 120, 12:10 p.m.

Sentencing Policy After Booker

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST

Judge Amul Thapar (E.D. Ky.) and Professor Dennis Curtis (Yale) will discuss sentencing policy in the wake of Booker. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Kate Stith (Yale).

Co-sponsored by the South Asian Law Students Association

Tuesday, March 8th, 6:10 PM

Citizens United: Freedom of the Press or Freedom of 'the Pressers'?

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST

The First Amendment protects "freedom of Speech" and "freedom of the press." But who can exercise those freedoms? "Speech" seems to be an act, but "Press" could be an entity. Is there a distinction between speech and speakers? Between printing and "The press?" Citizens United should have brought these questions into focus, but generally has not. Judge Boggs will explore what Citizens United tells us about freedom, and what the opposition to it tell us about efforts to license or suppress press and speech.

6:10 PM Thursday, February 17, Room 128

The Effect of Campaign Finance on American Democracy

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST

Professor Heather Gerken (YLS) and Benjamin Ginsberg (Partner, Patton Boggs LLP) will discuss the effect of campaign disclosure and other laws on the operation of American democracy.

Tuesday, March 1, Room 129, 6:10 P.M.

Upcoming Events

Dissent and Its Limits

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

This panel discussion is part of the Global Constitutionalism Seminar and is co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society (ACS).

We should not take judicial dissent for granted. Some systems, including those represented on this panel, do not allow for dissenting voices. Some systems allow it and leave the discretion to dissent to the judges themselves. More abstractly, the judiciary as an institution may choose to dissent, either from the views of a co-equal branch or from society itself.

Each of these "types" of dissent offers advantages and disadvantages. The justices will share their thoughts on how they balance these considerations and what they ultimately think dissent's role and limits are.

With S. Cassese, D. Grimm, M. Maduro, J. Newman and R. Ribeiro.

Thursday, September 23, 12:10 PM