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Supreme Court Review (14th Annual): October 2011 Term

Released on: Aug. 23, 2012
Running Time: 06:13:16

Running Time Segment Title Faculty Format
[01:06:41] Overview of October 2011 Term; Preview of New Term (Affirmative Action on the Horizon) Professor Marci A. Hamilton ~ Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law, Benjamin A. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Professor Theodore M. Shaw ~ Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Of Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright;, Former Director-Counsel & President, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Professor Michael C. Dorf ~ Robert C. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky ~ Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Joan Biskupic ~ Editor in Charge, Legal Affairs, Reuters News
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[00:57:04] First Amendment Freedom of Speech and Religion Professor Marci A. Hamilton ~ Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law, Benjamin A. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Professor Leon Friedman ~ Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law, Hofstra University School of Law, Law Office of Leon Friedman
Professor Theodore M. Shaw ~ Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Of Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright;, Former Director-Counsel & President, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Professor Michael C. Dorf ~ Robert C. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Joan Biskupic ~ Editor in Charge, Legal Affairs, Reuters News
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[01:10:51] Constitutionality of Affordable Health Care Act Legislation and Expansion of Medicaid Professor Marci A. Hamilton ~ Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law, Benjamin A. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Professor Leon Friedman ~ Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law, Hofstra University School of Law, Law Office of Leon Friedman
Professor Theodore M. Shaw ~ Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Of Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright;, Former Director-Counsel & President, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Professor Michael C. Dorf ~ Robert C. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky ~ Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Joan Biskupic ~ Editor in Charge, Legal Affairs, Reuters News
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[01:00:35] Criminal Procedure Professor Theodore M. Shaw ~ Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Of Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright;, Former Director-Counsel & President, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky ~ Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Professor Sherry F. Colb ~ Professor of Law, Charles Evans Hughes Scholar, Cornell Law School
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[00:59:58] Civil Rights Litigation and Bivens Claims Professor Marci A. Hamilton ~ Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law, Benjamin A. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Professor Leon Friedman ~ Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law, Hofstra University School of Law, Law Office of Leon Friedman
Professor Theodore M. Shaw ~ Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Of Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright;, Former Director-Counsel & President, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Professor Michael C. Dorf ~ Robert C. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
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[00:54:44] Business Interests, Supremacy Clause and Federalism Professor Marci A. Hamilton ~ Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law, Benjamin A. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Professor Leon Friedman ~ Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law, Hofstra University School of Law, Law Office of Leon Friedman
Professor Michael C. Dorf ~ Robert C. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky ~ Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
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A distinguished faculty of leading constitutional scholars, civil rights experts, a  law school dean and a Supreme Court journalist will analyze, discuss, and debate the leading Supreme Court decisions of the October 2011 Term.  The faculty represent a variety of constitutional views and perspectives.  The decisions will be analyzed for their precedential, doctrinal and, where appropriate, societal and litigation significance.

Lecture Topics  [Total time 06:13:16]

Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.
  • Introduction* [00:03:23]
    Professor Martin A. Schwartz
  • Overview of October 2011 Term; Preview of New Term (Affirmative Action on the Horizon) [01:06:42]
    Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Joan Biskupic, Professor Michael C. Dorf, Professor Marci A. Hamilton, Professor Theodore M. Shaw
  • First Amendment Freedom of Speech and Religion [00:57:04]
    Joan Biskupic, Professor Michael C. Dorf, Professor Marci A. Hamilton, Professor Leon Friedman, Professor Theodore M. Shaw
  • Constitutionality of Affordable Health Care Act Legislation and Expansion of Medicaid [01:10:51]
    Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Michael C. Dorf, Joan Biskupic, Professor Leon Friedman, Professor Marci A. Hamilton, Professor Theodore M. Shaw
  • Criminal Procedure [01:00:35]
    Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Sherry F. Colb, Professor Martin A. Schwartz, Professor Theodore M. Shaw
  • Civil Rights Litigation and Bivens Claims [00:59:58]
    Professor Michael C. Dorf, Professor Leon Friedman, Professor Marci A. Hamilton, Professor Martin A. Schwartz, Professor Theodore M. Shaw
  • Business Interests, Supremacy Clause and Federalism [00:54:44]
    Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Michael C. Dorf, Professor Marci A. Hamilton, Professor Leon Friedman

Presentation Material

  • Leading Cases From October 2011 Term
    Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
  • It’s Now The John Roberts Court
    Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
  • Supreme Court, 2011-2012 Term
  • The Right To Lie
    Professor Michael C. Dorf
  • Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church And School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    Professor Marci A. Hamilton
  • Ministers And Peyote
    Professor Michael C. Dorf
  • Justice Thomas Takes Aim At The Court’s Church-State Jurisprudence But Hits The Constitution Instead
    Professor Michael C. Dorf
  • Syllabus: National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
  • A Thought On The Spending Clause Piece Of The “OBAMACARE” Ruling
    Professor Michael C. Dorf
  • Selected Criminal Procedure Decisions
    Professor Martin A. Schwartz
  • What Purpose Does The Double Jeopardy Clause Serve?: The U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review In Blueford v. Arkansas
    Professor Sherry F. Colb
  • Why Interrigation In Jail May Not Count As “Custodial”: The Supreme Court Makes New Law In Howes v. Fields -- Part One In a Two-Part Series Of Columns
    Professor Sherry F. Colb
  • Why Interrigation In Jail May Not Count As “Custodial”: The Supreme Court Makes New Law In Howes v. Fields -- Part Two In a Two-Part Series Of Columns
    Professor Sherry F. Colb
  • The Supreme Court Decides The GPS Case, United States v. Jones, And The Fourth Amendment Evolves -- Part One In a Two-Part Series Of Columns
    Professor Sherry F. Colb
  • The Supreme Court Decides The GPS Case, United States v. Jones, And The Fourth Amendment Evolves -- Part Two In a Two-Part Series Of Columns
  • The Supreme Court Agrees To Review The Constitutionality Of Strip Searching All Arrestees Whe Enter a Jail
    Professor Sherry F. Colb
  • Court Ruling On Strip Searches Is Unjust
    Professor Sherry F. Colb
  • The U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up The Eighth Amendment And Juvenile Killers: Is Life Without Parole Too Severe?
    Professor Sherry F. Colb
  • The U.S. Supreme Court Considers The Constitutionality Of Unreliable Eyewitness Identifications: Does a Lack Of Police Misconduct Rule Out a Due Process Claim?
    Professor Sherry F. Colb
  • Section 1983, Bivens, And Employment Discrimination
    Professor Martin A. Schwartz
  • Recent Supreme Court Rulings May Show Hostility To Civil Rights, Even On The Part Of Almost All Of The Court’s Liberals
    Professor Michael C. Dorf
  • The Supreme Court Agrees To Hear An Affirmative Action Case: Will The Justices Honestly Confront The Issues?
    Professor Michael C. Dorf
  • Scotus Adopts a Tacit Presumption In Favor Of Preemption In Immigration Cases
    Professor Michael C. Dorf
  • Syllabus: Coleman v. Court Of Appeals Of Maryland
Co-Chair(s)
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky ~ Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Speaker(s)
Joan Biskupic ~ Editor in Charge, Legal Affairs, Reuters News
Professor Sherry F. Colb ~ Professor of Law, Charles Evans Hughes Scholar, Cornell Law School
Professor Michael C. Dorf ~ Robert C. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Professor Leon Friedman ~ Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law, Hofstra University School of Law, Law Office of Leon Friedman
Professor Marci A. Hamilton ~ Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law, Benjamin A. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Professor Theodore M. Shaw ~ Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Of Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright;, Former Director-Counsel & President, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.

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