http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/scotus 2008-12-02T20:56:26Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63090-does-the-2nd-amendment-ensure-an-individual-s-right-to-bear-arms 2008-12-02T20:56:26Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJCwIUZ2SAY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJCwIUZ2SAY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63090-does-the-2nd-amendment-ensure-an-individual-s-right-to-bear-arms"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79039" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/25/Winning_the_DC_Gun_Ban_Case_The_Attorneys_Discuss">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former Solicitor General to the U.S. Supreme Court Walter Dellinger argues that, based on the history of the term "militia" as it relates to the U.S. Constitution, the 2nd Amendment should not be read to imply an individual's right to bear arms.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>The lead attorneys who argued the DC Gun Ban Case, District of Columbia v. Heller, discuss the strategies that won and lost the case.</p> <p>The panel is hosted by the Patton Boggs Foundation and includes Walter Dellinger, lead counsel for the District of Columbia in Heller and Alan Gura, lead counsel for plaintiff Heller.</p> <p>The panel is moderated by Lorianne Updike, Esq., co-founder of ConSource.org, the online library of primary constitutional sources containing many of the primary sources used in Heller.</p> <p>Walter Dellinger is the Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law at Duke University. He returned to Duke in August, 1997, after having served as acting Solicitor General for the 1996-97 Term of the Supreme Court. </p> <p>After serving in early 1993 in the White House as an advisor to the President on constitutional issues, Dellinger was nominated by the President to be Assistant Attorney General and head of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and was confirmed by the Senate for that position in October, 1993. During his three years as Assistant Attorney General he served as the Department's principal legal advisor to the Attorney General and the President.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63090-does-the-2nd-amendment-ensure-an-individual-s-right-to-bear-arms">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59189-drudge-pulls-the-race-card-vote-early-stop-the-madness-of-the-right-wing-media-machine 2008-12-02T20:32:40Z Brian Beach <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n5YcCeQYZ3I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n5YcCeQYZ3I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59189-drudge-pulls-the-race-card-vote-early-stop-the-madness-of-the-right-wing-media-machine"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72658" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Gallup Poll Obama 50% - McCain 43% <br />Real Clear Politics Electoral College Obama 364 - McCain 174 <br />___________</p> <p>Thanks for viewing. Thank all the supporters of my videos. To all critics and those who blindly trust the media! Turn that television, radio and internet smear machine off. Let real media analysis do the work for you. I am not a fact-checker, journalist or media analysis. I am expressing an honest opinion about the general election and the corrupt mainstream media. And as always, if present any errors in the making of this video, please don't hesitate to send a message and I will correct the record on the next video. Lastly, to all the critics watching worldwide, do me a favor by: "Proving Me Wrong"!</p> <p>Vote now so you won't have John McCain become The President of The United States. </p> <p>Vote now so you won't have Sarah Palin become the Vice President of The United States or even the President of The United States.</p> <p>Vote now so the right wing pundits like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Matt Drudge, Ann Coulter, Neil Cavuto, Pat Buchanan, Bill Bennett, Neal Boortz, Bill Cunningham, Dick Morris and Laura Ingraham will be driven into insanity. And of course, vote now so the right wing outlets like Fox News, Newsmax, Townhall, and of course, the ignorant stop dragging this election on all the way to November 4, 2008.</p> <p>My prayers to Senator Barack Obama. He has an ailing grandmother and the presidential candidate will take a few days off to pay his respects to his grandmother.</p> <p>My prayers to the McCain supporter attacked in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The woman who was beating by this thug who attacked her.</p> <p>My prayers to the man in the United Kingdom who was shot for wearing an Obama tee shirt!</p> <p>First thing. No matter what political party or candidate you support, respect those who support their candidate. I am tired of these games from those who can't keep their opinions and their vile to themselves.</p> <p>Second, if Matt Drudge wanted to put this woman out there for the world to see, he had a motive. Cause where was Matt Drudge at when the tires of Obama supporters were slashed. Where was The Drudge Report at when the Obama Campaign had an assassination attempt in Florida and Colorado foiled by the Secret Service? Where was Drudge when a man was attacked for wearing an Obama shirt?</p> <p>Now tell me where does he get all the "gossip" for this report?</p> <p>Where does his partner Andy Breitbart get their information?</p> <p>Urging all who support Senator Barack Obama, whether you are Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or Independent: </p> <p>VOTE EARLY! VOTE NOW!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59189-drudge-pulls-the-race-card-vote-early-stop-the-madness-of-the-right-wing-media-machine">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58983-david-barton-on-scotus 2008-12-02T20:49:18Z Right Wing Watch <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tFUXDZv-mtw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tFUXDZv-mtw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58983-david-barton-on-scotus"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72357" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>David Barton discusses the importance of the Supreme Court with televangelist Kenneth Copeland, telling him that 4 of the 9 current justices have no fear of God while 4 others clearly fear God and seeks to implement his will and brags of the victories the Right has had since the confirmations of Justices Roberts and Alito.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58983-david-barton-on-scotus">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55494-john-mccain-wants-clones-of-roberts-and-alito 2008-12-02T20:44:01Z People For the American Way <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MwlEBZSlNUY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MwlEBZSlNUY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55494-john-mccain-wants-clones-of-roberts-and-alito"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/67271" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain wants "clones" of Roberts and Alito</p> </div> <a href="/blog/55494-john-mccain-wants-clones-of-roberts-and-alito">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49061-john-mccain-media-avail-08-13-08 2008-10-29T03:30:15Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZM97VDdQZeM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZM97VDdQZeM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49061-john-mccain-media-avail-08-13-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59379" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Media Availability <br />Birmingham, MI 08/13/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />REPORTER: You're heading to California this weekend to speak at Saddleback Church. Can you tell me about the message that you want to deliver to Rick Warren's audience? And do you hope it'll help you among some conservative voters who might still be a little wary?</p> <p>JOHN MCCAIN: [...] I'm honored to attend this forum [...] and I look forward to responding [...] And I hope that I can make it clear, not only my particular, individual faith; but my faith in this country and its greatness and its future. [...] And it's a way for lots of Americans to make a judgment, and I understand that and I appreciate the opportunity. [...]</p> <p>LABEL: JM MI 08-13 (JR#67) CZZ - ClipD - LS</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49061-john-mccain-media-avail-08-13-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48986-john-mccain-speech-08-14-08 2008-10-29T03:30:09Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HQZP7hrCS4I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HQZP7hrCS4I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48986-john-mccain-speech-08-14-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59189" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Speech <br />Aspen, CO 08/14/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />[...] <br />WALTER ISAACSON: But you called that [Guantanamo Bay] the worst decision in history?</p> <p>JOHN MCCAIN: No I didn't. No, no. Sometimes I'm given to a little hyperbole as you--</p> <p>[audience laughs]</p> <p>ISAACSON: Ok, Ok, I'll let you off the hook then.</p> <p>MCCAIN: --As you, as you've already noticed. I thought it was a bad decision. But I also think we can fix it, and I think we may have been able to prove to the courts, if we can move forward with these judicial proceedings--which some in the media described as a "blow to the Bush administration" because it was a light sentence, I thought it was justice. And so I hope we can move forward with more trials and that way convince the Court. [...]</p> <p>LABEL: JM CO 08-14 (JR#68) ACKGX - ClipA - LS</p> <p>To download a higher-resolution version of this clip, VISIT: <a href="http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/djzrsjfilf">issuealliance.box.net</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/48986-john-mccain-speech-08-14-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43421-obama-on-guns-and-the-2nd-amendment 2008-12-02T20:30:12Z atomburke <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3yFn1KWK6fI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3yFn1KWK6fI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43421-obama-on-guns-and-the-2nd-amendment"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/49732" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>December 5, 2007</p> <p>http://iowans.wordpress.com</p> <p>Months ago Barack Obama predicted the SCOTUS ruling on handguns which was handed down last week in a 5-4 decision.</p> <p>"The 2nd Amendment Right is an individual right and not just a right of militia and that's where I expect the Supreme Court to rule. I think that is a fair reading of the text of the Constitution. I respect the right of lawful gun owners to hunt, fish, protect their families."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43421-obama-on-guns-and-the-2nd-amendment">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43204--5-to-4-scotus-screwed-u-s 2008-10-31T03:30:02Z Brian Beach <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uri4aPr0XSU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uri4aPr0XSU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43204--5-to-4-scotus-screwed-u-s"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/49365" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Thanks for viewing and post comments at the bottom.</p> <p>In regards to the Supreme Court of The United States:</p> <p>Too damn partisan for me. Our high court has nine justices</p> <p>Chief Justice John Roberts (Conservative) - Appointed by George W. Bush in 2005 <br />Associate Samuel Alito (Conservative) -Appointed by George W. Bush in 2006 <br />Associate John Paul Stevens (Liberal) - Appointed by Gerald Ford in 1975 <br />Associate Steven Breyer (Liberal) - Appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994 <br />Associate Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Liberal) - Appointed by Bill Clinton in 1993 <br />Associate Clarence Thomas (Conservative) - Appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1991 <br />Associate David Souter (Liberal) - Appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1990 <br />Associate Antonin Scalia (Conservative) - Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1986 <br />Associate Anthony Kennedy (Moderate) - Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1988</p> <p>Major rulings were handed down as of recently so prepare for Part II in the next video.</p> <p>GUN RIGHTS - Struck down District of Columbia gun ban! I support gun rights! Our guns, our life and our liberty! No one should regulate our rights to own guns. Protection is our freedom and we should have the right to bear arms. Second Amendment is our freedom! District of Columbia v. Heller</p> <p>DEATH PENALTY - Struck down selective death penalty laws! I do support capital punishment (only in regards to treason, espionage and murder). The cases were Indiana v. Edwards and Kennedy v. Louisiana. The Eight Amendment is a protection from cruel and unusual punishment. The ruling was a split thought! </p> <p>TORTURE - Struck down White House request to hold military trials for accused terrorist. There are no rights for any terrorist. But in regards to how the system works, any American who is at GITMO should be held in the United States Federal Courts Boumediene v. Bush</p> <p>FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, PRESS AND SPEECH - Upheld the law to a federal statute prohibiting the "pandering" of child pornography (offering or requesting to transfer, sell, deliver, or trade the items) did not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, even if a person charged under the code did not in fact possess child pornography which to trade. The cases include United States v. Williams and Davis v. Federal Election Commission. Don't push child porn in the direction of me!</p> <p>Wonder why our country is divided. This is your SCOTUS.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43204--5-to-4-scotus-screwed-u-s">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24308-gallup-glance-around-the-globe 2008-11-21T01:18:06Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M_R4ZjkWHhk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M_R4ZjkWHhk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24308-gallup-glance-around-the-globe"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26306" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Data-driven insights into Georgia's relationship with Russia, the debate over the U.S. death penalty, a projected boost in UK standard of living, and Iran's confrontation with U.S. Navy ships.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24308-gallup-glance-around-the-globe">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24305-john-roberts-on-the-most-insignificant-justice-ever 2008-10-26T03:31:12Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/13ze4fL5itU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/13ze4fL5itU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24305-john-roberts-on-the-most-insignificant-justice-ever"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26303" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/11/16/Supreme_Court_Justice_John_G__Roberts">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts discusses Gabriel Duval, the man considered by many to be the most historically insignificant Supreme Court Justice of all time.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States John Roberts delivers the Seventh Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture to The Federalist Society.</p> <p>On September 11, 2001, at the age of 45 and at the height of her professional and personal life, Barbara Olson was murdered in the terrorist attacks against the United States as a passenger on the hijacked American Airlines flight that was flown into the Pentagon. The Federalist Society established this annual lecture in Barbara's memory because of her enormous contributions as an active member, supporter, and volunteer leader. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson delivered the first lecture in November 2001. The lecture series continued in following years with other notable individuals. - The Federalist Society</p> <p>John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. </p> <p>He served as a law clerk for Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979-1980 and as a law clerk for then Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1980 Term. </p> <p>He was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1981-1982, Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel's Office from 1982-1986, and Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1989-1993. </p> <p>From 1986-1989 and 1993-2003, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. </p> <p>President George W. Bush nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his seat on September 29, 2005.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24305-john-roberts-on-the-most-insignificant-justice-ever">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21716-clarence-thomas-the-virtues-of-debate 2008-10-19T09:30:48Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xOm_1Q6m5gQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xOm_1Q6m5gQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/21716-clarence-thomas-the-virtues-of-debate"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/21453" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/11/15/Supreme_Court_Justice_Clarence_Thomas">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas discusses the virtues of debate. This excerpt is taken from a program in which Justice Thomas talks about his memoir, "My Grandfather's Son."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered this address at the 2007 Annual National Lawyers Convention on Thursday, November 15. Introductions by Hon. Lee Liberman Otis, Faculty Division Director and Senior Vice President of the Federalist Society, and Hon. C. Boyden Gray, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. - Federalist Society</p> <p>Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, was born in the Pin Point community of Georgia near Savannah June 23, 1948. He married Virginia Lamp in 1987 and has one child, Jamal Adeen, by a previous marriage. He attended Conception Seminary and received an A.B., <br />cum laude, from Holy Cross College, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. He was admitted to law practice in Missouri in 1974, and served as an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri from 1974-1977, an attorney with the Monsanto Company from 1977-1979, and Legislative Assistant to Senator John Danforth from 1979-1981. From 1981-1982, he <br />served as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, and as Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1982-1990. </p> <p>He became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1990. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 23, 1991.</p> <p>He is the author of the book, "My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/21716-clarence-thomas-the-virtues-of-debate">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15419-stephen-breyer-on-activist-judges-and-judicial-restraint 2008-11-20T10:51:03Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pup2teJtJAA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pup2teJtJAA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15419-stephen-breyer-on-activist-judges-and-judicial-restraint"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15266" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/07/07/Justice_Stephen_Breyer_Democracy_and_the_Court">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer discusses his views on the terms "judicial activism" and "judicial restraint."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>"Democracy and the Court" with Justice Stephen Breyer in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.</p> <p>Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place - to teach, speak, lead, question, and answer at the 2006 Aspen Ideas Festival. Throughout the week, they all interacted with an audience of thoughtful people who stepped back from their day-to-day routines to delve deeply into a world of ideas, thought, and discussion.</p> <p>Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, was born in San Francisco, California, August 15, 1938. </p> <p>He received an A.B. from Stanford University, a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur Goldberg of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1964 Term, as a Special Assistant to the Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Antitrust, 1965-1967, as an Assistant Special Prosecutor of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973, as Special Counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1974-1975, and as Chief Counsel of the committee, 1979-1980. </p> <p>He was an Assistant Professor, Professor of Law, and Lecturer at Harvard Law School, 1967-1994, a Professor at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 1977-1980, and a Visiting Professor at the College of Law, Sydney, Australia and at the University of Rome. </p> <p>From 1980-1990, he served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and as its Chief Judge, 1990-1994. He also served as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-1994, and of the United States Sentencing Commission, 1985-1989. </p> <p>President Clinton nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat August 3, 1994.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/15419-stephen-breyer-on-activist-judges-and-judicial-restraint">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5724-benjamin-wittes-confirmation-wars 2008-10-15T03:31:21Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/snn8j2pbF6g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/snn8j2pbF6g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5724-benjamin-wittes-confirmation-wars"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4998" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete program at: <a href="http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=423">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author and Washington Post editorialist Benjamin Wittes suggests improvements to the federal judicial confirmation process.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>In "Confirmation Wars: Preserving Courts in Angry Times," Benjamin Wittes examines the process by which nominees are confirmed to the federal courts, compellingly explains that process's descent into partisan acrimony, and warns of the threat to independent courts that the changes threaten. "The Senate," he says, "has created a confirmation process in which it learns little that is useful while pressuring would-be judges to conform to the wills of legislators who do not themselves agree on what results they should demand of nominees."</p> <p>Wittes, an editorial writer for the Washington Post, draws on his experience covering judicial nominations and on interviews with nominees and judges to outline how the process has changed over the past 50 years. "Any reasonable account of recent history," he notes, "compels the conclusion that the process has changed dramatically - and for the worse." This process, he argues, is best understood not through a partisan lens -- it has deteriorated regardless of which party has controlled the White House or the Senate -- but in institutional terms, as a legislative response to the growth of judicial power in the past half century.</p> <p>The book concludes with a series of recommendations for reforming the process that will confound ideologues on all sides of the judicial nomination struggles. Designed to manage the political conflict surrounding nominations to protect the independence of the courts and the prerogative of the president to choose judges, they include ending the tradition of live testimony by nominees before the Senate Judiciary Committee and accepting the legitimacy of aggressive Senate tactics to pressure presidents to name ideologically acceptable candidates.</p> <p>The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, is a public policy research center devoted to advanced study of politics, economics, and political economy - both domestic and foreign - as well as international affairs. With its world-renowned group of scholars and ongoing programs of policy-oriented research, the Hoover Institution puts its accumulated knowledge to work as a prominent contributor to the world marketplace of ideas defining a free society.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5724-benjamin-wittes-confirmation-wars">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5671-jan-crawford-greenburg-justice-thomas-s-misunderstood-role 2008-10-15T09:29:24Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s4vUpV6eDNk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s4vUpV6eDNk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5671-jan-crawford-greenburg-justice-thomas-s-misunderstood-role"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4945" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=642">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Legal analyst and ABC News correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg discusses Justice Clarence Thomas's often-misunderstood role on the Supreme Court of the United States.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Jan Crawford Greenburg talks about "Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States."</p> <p>Drawing on unprecedented access to the Supreme Court justices, acclaimed ABC News legal correspondent Jan Greenburg offers an explosive account of the struggle to control the Supreme Court and the direction of the United States. -- Book Passage</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5671-jan-crawford-greenburg-justice-thomas-s-misunderstood-role">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5621-bryan-stevenson-racism-and-the-death-penalty 2008-10-15T09:29:40Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6e3ZfKcgQyw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6e3ZfKcgQyw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5621-bryan-stevenson-racism-and-the-death-penalty"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4895" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1030">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Bryan Stevenson, NYU Professor of Clinical Law and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, discusses the seemingly inherent racial bias to the administration of capital punishment in the United States.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, professor of clinical law at New York University and a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, speaks on political rights under the U.S. Constitution. This is the final lecture of the four-part series.</p> <p>This four-part lecture series curated by Sam Haselby, Visiting Professor, and co-sponsored by the Leonard and Louise Riggio Writing and Democracy Program, the New School Writing Program, and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts aims to deepen public understanding and raise critical awareness of this charter document of the United States by bringing three of the country's leading scholars of law, history, and literature and one of America's outstanding human rights activists to address the topic of the Constitution in Crisis. -- The New School</p> <p>Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of EJI and Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law, has won national acclaim for his work challenging bias against the poor and people of color in the criminal justice system. Since graduating from Harvard Law School and the Harvard School of Government, he has assisted in securing relief for dozens of condemned prisoners, advocated for poor people and developed community-based reform litigation aimed at improving the administration of criminal justice.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5621-bryan-stevenson-racism-and-the-death-penalty">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5514-lilly-ledbetter-correctthecourt-com 2008-10-31T09:29:23Z Josh Glasstetter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YhSFttshcPk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YhSFttshcPk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5514-lilly-ledbetter-correctthecourt-com"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4785" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Lilly Ledbetter talks about the job discrimination she faced, how she took her lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court and lost because of an unjust and impractical ruling. Hear more from Lilly and petition Congress at CorrectTheCourt.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5514-lilly-ledbetter-correctthecourt-com">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5513-lilly-ledbetter-there-were-early-signs-of-trouble 2008-10-31T09:29:56Z Josh Glasstetter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LkOFO1c2j3A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LkOFO1c2j3A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5513-lilly-ledbetter-there-were-early-signs-of-trouble"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4784" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This is extra footage we weren't able to include in our original video. Watch the full video here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhSFttshcPk">www.youtube.com</a> </p> <p>Lilly Ledbetter talks about the job discrimination she faced, how she took her lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court, and lost because of an unjust and impractical ruling. Find out more and sign the petition at www.CorrectTheCourt.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5513-lilly-ledbetter-there-were-early-signs-of-trouble">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5512-lilly-ledbetter-why-lilly-went-to-the-supreme-court 2008-10-31T15:31:02Z Josh Glasstetter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpVHMYe2oHQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpVHMYe2oHQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5512-lilly-ledbetter-why-lilly-went-to-the-supreme-court"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4783" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This is extra footage we weren't able to include in our original video. Watch the full video here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhSFttshcPk">www.youtube.com</a> </p> <p>Lilly Ledbetter talks about the job discrimination she faced, how she took her lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court, and lost because of an unjust and impractical ruling. Find out more and sign the petition at www.CorrectTheCourt.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5512-lilly-ledbetter-why-lilly-went-to-the-supreme-court">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5511-lilly-ledbetter-what-lilly-thinks-of-justice-samuel-alito 2008-10-31T21:29:38Z Josh Glasstetter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BJzMhuT0Nt8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BJzMhuT0Nt8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5511-lilly-ledbetter-what-lilly-thinks-of-justice-samuel-alito"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4782" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This is extra footage we weren't able to include in our original video. Watch the full video here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhSFttshcPk">www.youtube.com</a> </p> <p>Lilly Ledbetter talks about the job discrimination she faced, how she took her lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court, and lost because of an unjust and impractical ruling. Find out more and sign the petition at www.CorrectTheCourt.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5511-lilly-ledbetter-what-lilly-thinks-of-justice-samuel-alito">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5510-lilly-ledbetter-what-kind-of-judge-the-supreme-court-needs 2008-10-27T12:27:45Z Josh Glasstetter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qu-pHZdjyv4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qu-pHZdjyv4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5510-lilly-ledbetter-what-kind-of-judge-the-supreme-court-needs"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4781" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This is extra footage we weren't able to include in our original video. Watch the full video here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhSFttshcPk">www.youtube.com</a> </p> <p>Lilly Ledbetter talks about the job discrimination she faced, how she took her lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court, and lost because of an unjust and impractical ruling. Find out more and sign the petition at www.CorrectTheCourt.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5510-lilly-ledbetter-what-kind-of-judge-the-supreme-court-needs">Watch the video</a>