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The Next Supreme Court Vacancy
Lessons from the Roberts and Alito Confirmation Processes
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
5:30 PM
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
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Ethics and Public Policy Center
1015 15th St., NW Suite 900
(Intersection of 15th and K Streets)
Washington, D.C. 20005
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In the event that President Bush has the opportunity to nominate another Supreme Court justice, what lessons do the successful confirmations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito provide? How can the Administration and its supporters best achieve another victory? Can opponents of the nomination wage a more effective campaign? In this discussion at EPPC, two of the leading commentators on the Roberts and Alito nominations, EPPC President Ed Whelan and New Republic legal affairs editor Jeffrey Rosen, explored these questions and more. Washington Post reporter Charles Lane, one of the nation’s best Supreme Court reporters, moderated the discussion. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS - Ed Whelan is the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center where he directs EPPC’s program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture. As a contributor to National Review Online’s Bench Memos blog on judicial nominations, he was a leading commentator on the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
- Jeffrey Rosen is the legal affairs editor at The New Republic. Rosen is also a professor at the George Washington University Law School, where he teaches constitutional law and criminal procedure. His essays and book reviews have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times Magazine and the The New Yorker.
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The Next Supreme Court Vacancy
Lessons from the Roberts and Alito Confirmation Processes
Mar 14, 2006
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| Two leading commentators on the Roberts and Alito nominations, EPPC President Ed Whelan and New Republic legal affairs editor Jeffrey Rosen, explored what lessons can be drawn from the successful confirmations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. If President Bush has the opportunity to nominate another Supreme Court justice, how can the Administration best apply those lessons in order to achieve another victory? How can opponents wage a more effective campaign against a future Bush nominee? Washington Post reporter Charles Lane, one of the nation's best Supreme Court reporters, moderated the discussion. Audio of this event is now available. |
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Blogging on the Courts
EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here. Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog has said, "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours."
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