Term Talk

Experts discuss the Court’s elevated clear statement rule in Biden v. Nebraska, and a potentially diminishing special solicitude toward state standing in United States v. Texas.

Experts discuss the Court’s elevated clear statement rule in Biden v. Nebraska, and a potentially diminishing special solicitude toward state standing in United States v. Texas.

Equal Protection. Title VI. Affirmative Action. Experts discuss the Courts move from allowing the consideration of race to remedy past harms and promote diversity, to the emerging constitutional requirement to create a color-blind society.

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law School; Tara Grove, Professor, UT Austin, School of Law; Jim Chance, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Equal Protection. Title VI. Affirmative Action. Experts discuss the Courts move from allowing the consideration of race to remedy past harms and promote diversity, to the emerging constitutional requirement to create a color-blind society.

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law School; Tara Grove, Professor, UT Austin, School of Law; Jim Chance, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Criminal Law. Confrontation Clause. Experts discuss the tension between evidentiary rules and the Confrontation Clause.

Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Professor Emeritus, UC Hastings Law School; Beth Wiggins, Director of Research, Federal Judicial Center.

Criminal Law. Confrontation Clause. Experts discuss the tension between evidentiary rules and the Confrontation Clause.

Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Professor Emeritus, UC Hastings Law School; Beth Wiggins, Director of Research, Federal Judicial Center.

Criminal Law. Voir Dire. Death Penalty Act. Experts discuss the broad authority lower courts have to decide evidentiary questions in the context of high profile and death penalty cases.

Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Professor Emeritus, UC Hastings Law School; Beth Wiggins, Director of Research, Federal Judicial Center.

Criminal Law. Voir Dire. Death Penalty Act. Experts discuss the broad authority lower courts have to decide evidentiary questions in the context of high profile and death penalty cases.

Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Professor Emeritus, UC Hastings Law School; Beth Wiggins, Director of Research, Federal Judicial Center.

The Free Speech Clause. Experts discuss the Court’s clarification of content-based and content-neutral speech regulation, as well as the important distinction between government as speaker and government as creator of forums for private speech in First Amendment jurisprudence.

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley Law School; Michael McConnell, Professor, Stanford Law School; Jim Chance, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

The Free Speech Clause. Experts discuss the authority of elected bodies to censure their members for speech and actions. They also discuss how the Court’s view of core political speech runs counter to congressional attempts to prevent financial misconduct during campaigns and undue influence after candidates are elected.

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley Law School; Michael McConnell, Professor, Stanford Law School; Beth Wiggins, Director of Research, Federal Judicial Center.