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Lectures & Debates
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| March 13, 2006 |
Public Debate
Should the Constitution be Interpreted in Accord with the Original Understanding of the Framers?
Alan Meese, William and Mary School of Law
Erwin Chemerinsky, Duke Law School |
| April 4, 2005 |
Public Lecture
Reflections on the War on Terror
John Yoo
, University of California Law School- Berkley |
| March 14, 2005 |
Public Lecture
Guantanamo: A Consideration of the Legal Issues Surrounding to U.S. Detention of Individuals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Since January 2002
Erwin Chemerinsky, Duke Law School |
| Feb. 25 , 2005 |
Breakfast Talk
Interest Group Litigation and Its Discontents
Stephen Wasby
, University of New York at Albany |
| Nov. 12, 2004 |
Public Talk
The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy
Gerald Torres , University of Texas Law Professor and President of AALS |
| April 8, 2004 |
Public Lecture
Same Sex Marriage and American Constitutionalism
William Eskridge, Yale Law School |
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March
30, 2004
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Public
Lecture
LIVING WITH LAWRENCE
The Supreme Court's anti-sodomy decision in Lawrence v. Texas
Nan D. Hunter, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School.
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March
17, 2004
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Public
Talk
Years 2004-2009: Challenges
William Coleman |
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March
22, 2004
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Debate
II
Should We Interpret the Constitution According to the Understanding
of the Framers?
Michael Klarman, University of Virginia Law School: Arguing
against Originalism
Alan Meese, William and Mary School of Law: Arguing
for Originalism
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April
1, 2002
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Public
Talk
Legal War on Terrorism: The View from the U.S. Justice Department
John Yoo, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office
of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice
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January
28 & 29, 2002
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Paul
Miller, Commisioner EEO
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March
21, 2002
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Debate
Death Penalty Moratorium
Robert F. Horan, Commonwealth’s Attorney for Fairfax
County: Arguing against a moratorium
Dave Douglas, William & Mary School of Law: Arguing
for a moratorium.
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November
9, 2001
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Scholar
in Residence. Professor Stephen
Feldblum, University
of Tulsa College of Law. Professor Feldblum spent the day in
residence and presented a faculty colloquium on issues of religious
liberty in American history.
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September
26, 2001
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Scholar
in Residence. Professor James Lindgren, Northwestern
University Law School. Professor Lindgren met with various faculty
members and presented a faculty colloquium on the right to bear
arms in American history.
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April
17, 2001
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Public
Lecture
"Gay Rights in the New Millenium: Sex, Morality & the
Law"
Chai Feldblum, Georgetown Law Center
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November
13, 2000
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Town
Hall Meeting
Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?
Neal Devins, William & Mary School of Law
Alan Meese, William & Mary School of Law
David Lewis, William & Mary Government Department
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November
9, 2000
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Public
Lecture
Justic Stephen Breyer
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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October
30,
2000
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"The
Election and the Supreme Court"
Michael Gerhardt, William & Mary School of Law
Alan Meese, William & Mary School of Law
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November
2, 1999
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Debate
Should We Interpret the Constitution According to the Understanding
of the Framers?
Michael Klarman, University of Virginia Law School: Arguing
against Originalism
Alan Meese, William and Mary School of Law: Arguing
for Originalism
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January 14, 1999
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Public Lecture
"The Impeachment of President Clinton"
Bobby Scott
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February 23, 1999
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Public
lecture.
"Rethinking the Death Penalty"
John Blume, Cornell Law School, Director of Cornell's
Death Penalty Project, will give his thoughts on the present
state and future fate of the death penalty in America.
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February 24, 1999
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Public debate.
"Should the Death Penalty be Abolished?"
John Blume, Cornell Law School: Arguing for abolishment
Mike McGinty, Williamsburg & James City County Commonwealth's
Attorney: Arguing against abolishment
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March
22, 1999
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Public Lecture
"Gay Marriage"
Evan Wolfson, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Evan Wolfson is Director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education
Fund's Marriage Project. Through Wolfson, Lambda represents
the lesbian and gay couples seeking the freedom to marry in Hawaii's
landmark Baehr v. Miike, now on appeal to the Hawaii Supreme
Court.
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September 6, 1999
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Public Lecture.
Curt Bradley, University of Colorado School of Law.
"National Sovereignty vs. Human Rights: The Case of Augusto Pinochet."
Professor Bradley, UVa Law School, is an expert in international
law and international human rights law.
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September 13, 1999
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Public Lecture.
Julie Mertus, Ohio Northern Law School and International Human
Rights Lawyer.
Professor Mertus will deliver a lecture, "Humanitarian Intervention
in Kosovo: Legal and Human Aspects." Professor Mertus is a leading
international human rights lawyer and author of an important
new book, "Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War" (University
of California Press, 1999). |
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September 14, 1999
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Public Lecture.
Michael Klarman, University of Virginia School of Law.
Professor Klarman, a leading constitutional historian and the
Institute of Bill of Rights Law's Distinguished Lee Visiting
Professor for the fall semester, will deliver the inaugural Lee
Lecture, entitled "Neither Hero Nor Villain: The Supreme Court,
Race, and the Constitution in the Twentieth Century." |
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September 24, 1999
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A
Conversation about Federalism.
Steve Calabresi, Northwestern University School of Law.
Professor Calabresi, one of the co-founders of the Federalist
Society, will speak informally about issues of federalism before
the Supreme Court. This program is co-sponsored by the William
and Mary Federalist Society.
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October 14, 1999
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Roundtable Discussion.
The Impeachment of President William J. Clinton: A Retrospective.
Lanny Breuer, former Deputy White House Counsel; Thomas Griffin,
former Counsel to the United States Senate; and Michael Gerhardt,
Professor of Law at William & Mary and author of The Federal
Impeachment Process, will examine the impeachment of President
Clinton and the lessons learned from that experience. |
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October 19, 1999
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Public Debate on School Vouchers.
"Should the Government Provide School Vouchers for Private
Education?"
Arguing in favor of school vouchers will be Clint Bolick, Director
of Litigation for the Institute for Justice. Arguing against
school vouchers will be Elliot Mincberg, Legal and Education
Policy Director of the People for the American Way. Professor
Neal Devins of the William and Mary School of Law and Professor
Mike DiPaola of the William and Mary School of Education will
moderate the debate.
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November 2, 1999
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Public Debate on Constitutional Originalism.
"Should We Interpret the Constitution According to the Understanding
of the Framers?"
Arguing in favor of "originalism" will be Professor Alan Meese
of the William & Mary School of Law. Arguing against such
an interpretation will be Professor Michael Klarman of the University
of Virginia School of Law. Professor Michael Gerhardt of William & Mary
School of Law will moderate the debate. |
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