Professors Trina Jones, Thavolia Glymph, H. Jefferson Powell, and Neil Siegel give their perspectives on the historical and contemporary significance and implications of monuments as well as other symbols in the wake of recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and elsewhere.
Sponsored by the Program in Public Law.
At a July 21 Duke Law event in Washington, D.C., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recapped the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2016-17 term and discussed its recent consensus among the justices, its rulings on the scope of the Trump administration’s “travel ban” executive order, and her legal legacy during an interview with Professor Neil Siegel.
The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy hosted its 2017 symposium, "Voting Rights in Polarized America," on Feb. 17, 2017.
Introduction and Opening Remarks:
David Friedman, Special Projects Editor, DJCLPP
The Honorable Henry E. Frye, Retired Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy hosted its 2017 symposium, "Voting Rights in Polarized America," on Feb. 17, 2017.
Session 3:
"The Role of Courts in Election Reform: Lessons from NAACP v. McCrory"
Caitlin Swain, Forward Justice
Noel Johnson, Public Interest Legal Foundation
Allison Riggs, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Irving Joyner, North Carolina Central University School of Law
Moderator: Joseph Blocher, Duke University School of Law
Closing Remarks
The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy hosted its 2017 symposium, "Voting Rights in Polarized America," on Feb. 17, 2017.
Session 2:
"Election Administration and Reform after 2016"
Anthony J. Gaughan, Drake University Law School
Allison Riggs, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Moderator: Darrell Miller, Duke University School of Law
The Duke Forum for Law and Social Change held its annual symposium on Feb. 10, 2017. The symposium was titled "Dividing Lines: Borders, Race, and Religion in America."
Opening remarks by Duke Forum for Law and Social Change Editor-in-Chief, Melany Cruz Burgos '17
Session 1: Separate and Definitely not Equal – the Demonization of Immigrants and the American Dream: Presentation by Laura A. Hernández, Professor of Law at Baylor Law School
The Duke Forum for Law and Social Change held its annual symposium on Feb. 10, 2017. The symposium was titled "Dividing Lines: Borders, Race, and Religion in America."
Session 2: Explaining Racial Disparities Across U.S. Police Departments: Voting, Demographics, and the Composition of the Police Force | Presentation by Frank R. Baumgartner, Leah Christiani, Derek Epp, Kevin Roach, and Kelsey Shoulb of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A discussion for the law community with panelists Professor Walter Dellinger, Professor Neil Siegel, Professor Guy Charles, Professor Chris Schroeder, Professor Stephen Sachs and Professor David Schanzer on the constitutional and legal framework surrounding the recent executive orders issued by the new administration.
Recorded on January 31, 2017
Co-sponsored by Outlaw, Muslim Law Students Association, and Duke Bar Association.
What is statutory interpretation? Why should you care? How does the legislature work as it designs these statutes? Duke Law Professors Mathew D. McCubbins and Stephen E. Sachs discuss these questions and others involving statutory interpretation.
Sponsored by the Duke Law Federalist Society.
What does the future of reproductive rights look like? Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a recently decided Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of a Texas law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and requiring abortion clinics in the state to have facilities comparable to an ambulatory surgical center, may give us a hint. Tara Romano, the Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, joins Prof. Neil Siegel and Prof. Katharine Bartlett on the panel.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses Justice Antonin Scalia and summarizes the major cases of the 2015-16 term, followed by a wide-ranging interview with Duke Law Professor Neil S. Siegel. This event was sponsored by Duke Law's D.C. Summer Institute on Law & Policy and DukeDC, the Duke Alumni Association chapter in the Washington, DC region, and held in the Washington office of Jones Day on August 4, 2016.
A discussion of Professor Powell's latest book, Targeting Americans: The Constitutionality of the U.S. Drone War (Oxford University Press). Powell's book focuses on the legal debate surrounding drone strikes, From a position of deep practical expertise in constitutional issues, Prof. Powell provides a dispassionate and balanced analysis of the issues posed by U.S. targeted killing policy. A fundamental theme of the book is that the conclusion that an action or policy is constitutional should not be confused with claims about its wisdom, morality, or legality under international norms.
Issues related to gun ownership have plagued the United States for a long time. The Supreme Court's decision in Heller marked a new beginning in the legal debate concerning private gun ownership. In the recent years, mass shootings and terrorist attacks have brought ongoing attention to this legal and social issue. With President Obama's new gun control executive order, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death, and the upcoming presidential election, the future of gun control is even more unpredictable. Professors Joseph Blocher and Darrell A.H. Miller from Duke Law School, Jeffrey W.
A discussion with Professors Neil S. Siegel and Christopher H. Schroeder of Duke Law and Professor William P. Marshall of UNC Law on the process, pitfalls, and potential reforms surrounding the Supreme Court's vacancy following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Sponsored by the American Constitution Society.
The Program in Public Law sponsored this event to honor the memory of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February 2016. In his thirty years of service on the Court, Justice Scalia significantly influenced the ways that judges, lawyers, and the public think, talk, and write about the law, the Constitution, and the Court. Former Scalia clerk and litigation partner William Jay of Goodwin Procter, Professors Neil Siegel, Ernest Young, and Margaret Lemos discuss the life and legacy of this influential jurist.
The Duke Law Moot Court Board presents the final round of the 2016 Dean's Cup, Duke's premier oral advocacy competition. The Honorable Richard C. Tallman, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Honorable Jane Kelly, Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and the Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller, Eastern District of California presided.
Second-year students Meredith Simons and Chase Harrington (for petitioner) and Ace Factor and Svein Hoexter (for respondent) argued Texas v. United States in Dean's Cup final round.
Recent events at Duke and around the country have raised the question of hate speech policies on college campuses. Can universities impose hate speech regulation? Do students really have the right to say whatever they want, even if it's offensive? Duke's Black Law Students Association sponsored a panel discussion with Professor Neil Siegel, Professor Stuart Benjamin, Professor Guy Charles, and Michael J. Schoenfeld, Vice President of Public Affairs and Government Relations at Duke University about the merits of hate crime policies from a constitutional and university perspective.
Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher - one of the most experienced and successful appellate advocates in the country - discusses his practice before the United States Supreme Court. Fisher leads Stanford's Supreme Court clinic. In an interview with Professor Lisa Kern Griffin, he addresses the cert. process and the Supreme Court's case selection, the role of oral argument, and some of his recent cases concerning marriage equality, digital privacy, and other criminal procedure issues.
Sponsored by the Program in Public Law.
The Present and Future of Civil Rights Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century America
Plenary: Race, Political Participation, and the Roberts Court
Moderator: Kerry Haynie (Duke University, Department of Political Science)
Panel: Ari Berman (The Nation), Richard Delgado (University of Alabama School of Law), Luis Ricardo Fraga (University of Notre Dame, Institute for Latino Studies), Pamela Karlan (Stanford Law School), Taeku Lee (University of California Berkeley Department of Political Science), Neil Siegel (Duke Law School)
2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment, commemorated here with a panel discussion on its history and contemporary relevance. Panelists include Professor Darrell Miller (Duke Law), Professor Laura Edwards (Duke History), and Professor George Rutherglen (Virginia Law).
Sponsored by the Center on Law, Race and Politics, the American Constitution Society, and the Program in Public Law.
The Program in Public Law presents its Annual Supreme Court Preview. Duke Law professors Lisa Griffin, Tom Metzloff, Darrell Miller, and Neil Siegel offer a preview of the Supreme Court's October 2015 Term.
Richard Schmalbeck, Professor of Law at Duke Law School, and Johhny Rex Buckles, Professor of Law at University of Houston Law School, discuss the laws surrounding federal income tax exemption for churches and their impact on political speech. Sponsored by the Federalist Society.
A discussion of the status of marriage equality in North Carolina and across the United States, the panelists analyze the strategy choices that accompany nationwide civil rights litigation, the practical and theoretical issues surrounding equal protection and due process jurisprudence, and the impact these cases will have on civil rights, constitutional adjudication and federalism going forward.Sponsored by the the Program in Public Law and the American Constitution Society.
Do Members of Congress take the U.S. Constitution seriously? Do they attempt to shape their actions to what the Constitution says? Do they instead shape what the Constitution says so that it supports their actions (and condemns the actions of their opponents)? Or do they largely disregard the Constitution? Duke professors Chris Schroeder and Neil Siegel and UNC professor Michael Gerhardt discuss these questions from both an historical and a contemporary perspective. They also address the potential role of judicial review in bringing about the current state of affairs.
A conversation with Professor Joseph Blocher and Wade Penny '60. As a young lawyer, Penny argued the civil rights case, Klopfer v. North Carolina, before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1966. The case became the U.S. Supreme Court's first significant interpretation of the Sixth Amendment-guaranteed right to a speedy trial. Penny speaks about his experience as a young lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court, the Civil Rights Movement, Durham and Duke in the 1960s.