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During his four years in office President Donald J. Trump appointed three associate justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, effectively reshaping the nation’s highest court for years to come. Experts shed light on some of the Court’s more recent decisions, discuss how the judicial philosophies of its nine sitting justices could impact the cases to come, and forecast how the Biden Administration could impact the judicial branch in its own right.

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9–9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30–11 am: Program

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9–9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30–11 am: Program

In an era of expansive presidential power and intense partisanship, should we be rethinking impeachment for the 21st century? Laurence Tribe, one of America's foremost constitutional scholars, discusses the history and future of our democracy’s ultimate sanction and how it should be used now.

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In the spring of 1963, a state court judge in Alabama ordered Martin Luther King Jr. and his associates to desist from protesting. King disobeyed the injunction, was jailed, and was later prevented from challenging the constitutionality of the order. In the 1967 case Walker v. City of Birmingham, the Supreme Court upheld the Alabama court’s rulings against King, declaring that “respect for judicial process is a small price to pay for the civilizing hand of law.” Did the Supreme Court rule rightly?

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EVENT DETAILS

9–9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30–11 am: Program