Videos tagged with Program in Public Law

  • April 10, 2009 luncheon speakers at the conference Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration, held April 10-11, 2008, Duke University, Durham N.C.

    Recorded on April 10, 2008.

    Law, Ethics and National Security Conference.

    Dialog titled: Shaping Our Foreign Policy for the Continuing War on Terrorism

    Appearing: Luncheon speakers: Bruce W. Jentleson and Peter D. Feaver, speakers.

  • Panel II of the conference Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration, held April 10-11, 2008, Duke University, Durham N.C.

    Recorded on April 10, 2008.

    Law, Ethics and National Security Conference.

    Appearing: Panel 2. Robert M. Chesney, chair ; Lisa Graves, Suzanne Spaulding, Honorable Benjamin A. Powell, and James Baker, panelists.

  • Opening comments and Panel I of the conference Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration, held April 10-11, 2008, Duke University, Durham N.C.

    Recorded on April 10, 2008.

    Law, Ethics and National Security Conference.

    Appearing: Opening remarks. Scott L. Silliman, speaker ; Panel 1. Christopher H. Schroeder, chair ; Nadia Naviwala, Scott Horton, Stephen Hedger and David Hammond, panelists.

  • April 10, 2009 dinner speaker at the conference Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration, held April 10-11, 2008, Duke University, Durham N.C.

    Recorded on April 10, 2008.

    Law, Ethics and National Security Conference.

    Talk titled: Iraq: Acknowledging Past Errors and Future Challenges.

    Appearing: His Excellency Samir Sumaida'ie, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the United States, speaker.

  • Join Judge Sentelle, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, for an engaging discussion of extraordinary rendition in the War on Terror.

    Co-sponsored by the Federalist Society and the Program in Public Law.

    Recorded on March 28, 2008.

    Lecture titled: Bring 'Em Back Alive: Extraordinary Rendition in the War on Terror.

    Appearing: Scott Silliman (Duke University School of Law), introduer; David Sentelle (U.S. Court of Appeals), speaker.

  • Robert A. Levy, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and co-counsel for the plaintiff gun-owners in District of Columbia v. Heller, will discuss the legal issues implicated in the case and will then be available for questions. Heller, argued on 3/18, is the first Supreme Court case to seriously consider gun-ownership rights in the context of the Second Amendment since 1939. Sponsored by the Federalist Society and the Program in Public Law.

    Recorded on March 24, 2008.

    Full title: District of Columbia v. Heller: "The Right of the People to Keep & Bear Arms?".

  • The Duke Law Federalist Society and the Program in Public Law present The Criminalization of Almost Everything: Why Liberals and Conservatives Should be Alarmed, with Todd Gaziano, Director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Heritage Foundation, and Professor Sara Beale.

    Recorded on February 18, 2008.

    Full title: The Criminalization of Almost Everything: Why Liberals & Conservatives Should Be Alarmed.

    Appearing: Sarah Campbell (Duke Law Student), host/introductions ; Todd Gaziano (Heritage Foundation), speaker ; Sara S. Beale (Duke Law), speaker.

  • The Program in Public Law presents The Fourteenth Amendment: The Framing of America's Second Constitution with Professor Garrett Epps, the Orlando John and Marian H. Hollis Professor of Law at the University of Oregon School of Law. His book, "Democracy reborn : the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight for equal rights in post-Civil War America," is the basis for today's talk.

    Recorded on February 14, 2008.

    Full title: The Fourteenth Amendment: The Framing of America's Second Constitution.

  • Discussion of the role that elections play on our justice system.

    Recorded on October 31, 2007.

    Full title: Elected Justice: The Impact of Electing Judges & Prosecutors.

    Appearing: Speakers: Judge Boyce Martin of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Durham County Judge Marcia Morey, and Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby ; moderated by Paul Carrington.

  • Stare decisis, in Latin literally "Let the decision stand," is the doctrine by which courts adhere to previously decided cases or precedents. Professors Paulsen and Gerhardt will debate this provocative topic, with Professor Paulsen specifically arguing that "the doctrine of stare decisis is ... unconstitutional and dis-serves all of the rule-of-law values it is alleged to advance."

    Recorded on October 25, 2007.

    Appearing: Curtis Bradley, moderator ; Michael Paulsen (University of St. Thomas School of Law), panelist ; Michael Gerhardt (UNC-CH School of Law), panelist.

  • Discussion of important cases that the Supreme Court will hear in the upcoming term, including the Guantanamo cases and Medellin, as well as some significant employment discrimination, election, and criminal procedure cases.

    Recorded on October 01, 2007.

    Appearing: Neil Siegel (Duke Law), introductions/panelist ; Curtis Bradley (Duke Law), panelist ; Catherine Fisk (Duke Law), panelist ; James Coleman (Duke Law), panelist.

  • Professor Walter Dellinger delivers Duke University's Constitution Day address.

    Recorded on September 17, 2007.

    Appearing: Erwin Chemerinsky (Duke University School of Law), introducer; Walter Dellinger (Duke University School of Law), speaker.

  • Wake County lawyer Ann Majestic, education litigator Audrey Anderson (Hogan & Hartson), and Helen "Sunny" Ladd (Duke University - Public Policy) form a panel, moderated by policy professor Charlie Clotfelter, to discuss the policy impacts of the Supreme Court's recent decision on school integration. Sponsored by Hogan & Hartson, the American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, the Education Law & Policy Society, and the Program in Public Law.

    Recorded on September 06, 2007.

  • Discussion of the legal implications of the Supreme Court's recent decision on school integration. Sponsored by the American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, the Education Law & Policy Society, and the Program in Public Law.

    Recorded on September 05, 2007.

    Full title: School Integration: Legal Implications of Parents Involved.

    Appearing: Speakers: Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Neil Siegel, Anurima Bhargava of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Audrey Anderson (Hogan and Hartson), and Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity.

  • Panel presentations and discussion on military commissions.

    Recorded on April 13, 2007.

    Conference title: Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2007)

    Appearing: Scott L. Silliman (Duke University School of Law), moderator ; John D. Altenburg, Jr., MAJ GEN, US Army (Ret), Dwight H. Sullivan, Colonel, USMC, Morris D. Davis, Colonel, USAF and Richard Rosen (Texas Tech University School of Law), panelists.

  • Panel presentations and discussion on detaining suspected terrorists.

    Recorded on April 13, 2007.

    Conference title: Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2007)

    Appearing: Curtis A. Bradley (Duke University School of Law), moderator ; John C. Harrison (University of Virginia School of Law), Deborah N. Pearlstein (Princeton University), Neil S. Siegel (Duke University School of Law) and Neil J. Kinkopf (Georgia State University), panelists.

  • Recorded on April 13, 2007.

    Conference title: Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2007)

    Appearing: Dennis C. Blair, Admiral, USN (Ret.), speaker.

  • Panel presentations on interrogation and national security.

    Recorded on April 13, 2007.

    Conference title: Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2007)

    Appearing: Robert M. Chesney (Wake Forest University), moderator ; Marty Lederman (Georgetown Law Center), Robert A. Fein, Laura Dickinson (University of Connecticut), and James A. Candelmo (U.S. Department of Justice).

  • LENS Conference 2007: Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad | Options for the US Strategy and Policy in the Middle East

    Panel presentations and discussion on developments in United States involvement in the Middle East.

    Recorded on April 12, 2007.

    Conference title: Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2007)

  • Panel presentations and discussion on Islam and radicalization in the Muslim world.

    Recorded on April 12, 2007.

    Conference title: Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2007)

    Appearing: Opening comments. Scott L Silliman -- Panel 1. Bruce Lawrence, moderator ; miriam cooke (Duke University), Abdeslam E.M. Maghraoui (United States Institute of Peace), Engseng Ho (Harvard University), and Charles Kurzman (University of North Carolina), panelists.

  • The Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy presents Colonel Martha McSally, USAF. Col. McSally will speak about her experiences in the United States Air Force and offer her perspectives on the Department of Defense's policy excluding women from direct ground combat units.

    Recorded on April 10, 2007.

    Appearing: Colonel Martha McSally (USAF), speaker.

  • The Program in Public Law presents a conversation with Los Angeles City Controller, Laura Chick. She is the first woman to hold citywide office in L.A., and was reelected to that office in 2005 with a whopping 82% of the vote.

    Recorded on March 28, 2007.

    Lecture titled: A Conversation With Laura Chick.

    Appearing: Erwin Chemerinsky, introducer; Laura Chick (Los Angeles City Controller), speaker.

  • Susan Boleyn has argued more than 100 capital habeas cases in the 11th Circuit and 4 cases in the Supreme Court. This incredibly talented public servant discusses her unexpected path toward a career in appellate litigation, as well as the personal difficulties of arguing capital cases for the state. Sponsored by the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy and the Program in Public Law.

    Recorded on March 26, 2007.

    Series: Practical Politics and the Law (Durham, N.C.).

    Appearing: Susan Boleyn, speaker.

  • A panel discussion on contemporary issues and enduring quandaries regarding the dangers and benefits of religious speech in public discourse in the United States.

    Recorded on March 05, 2007.

    Appearing: Speakers: Dr. J.D. Greear (Lead Pastor, Summit Church, Durham, NC), Dr. Stanley Hauerwas (Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke Divinity School), Professor Howard Lesnick (Jefferson B. Fordam Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School), and Dr. H. Jefferson Powell (Professor of Law, Duke Law School).

  • Jim Towey, President of Saint Vincent College, former Counsel to Mother Teresa, and former Director of the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives, speaks about his experience with faith, politics, and the law.

    Recorded on February 27, 2007.

    Lecture titled: Faith, Politics, & the Law.

    Series: Pracitical Politics and the Law.

    Appearing: Jim Towey (President- Saint Vincent College), speaker.