Officials on the presidency and law. Ule of the Federalist Society hosted the 90 minute event. Judge jones good afternoon. And i am ajones judge on the fifth Circuit Court of appeals. This conferences on the powers of the executive office into the the powersce is on of the executive office. Constitution prescribes that the president will make sure the laws are effectively executed and swears an oath to that effect upon taking office. Norms have developed the control the exercise so presidency is not used as a tool to punish enemies or reward political friends. The questions our panelists will be addressing is how does the rule of law constrain the presidency, what role do these norms play, have norms surrounding the president s and ife of power eroded so, what role has the media, publicmedia and the played in the our guests jack goldsmith. He is a senior fellow at the harvard. Professor at to have his most recent wellknown books include after trump reconstructing the presidency and inh
Whether you are watching over zoom, youtube, facebook, twitter, or our webpage, we are delighted to have you with us. We are recording this, as is cspan, so you may find yourself on cspan at some point in the future. We dont know when. Before we turn to aspects of the upcoming term, i want to say a few words about Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, who died two weeks ago. I first met Justice Ginsburg 37 years ago, when i was a judge there. Judges are randomly assigned to the courts of appeals, and my boss, judge scalia, was on a panel. Justice ginsburg was an extra ordinary woman, and extra ordinary justice, an extraordinary lawyer, and an extra ordinary american. I would like to ask for a brief moment of silence in her honor. Let me introduce our moderator and turn it over to him to introduce our panel and get the discussion underway. Robert barnes got his bachelors degree in journalism from the university of florida. He has been a Washington Post reporter since 1987. He joined the paper to
Which are cosponsoring this event, i am delighted to welcome all of you here today to our first exclusively virtual preview of the Upcoming Supreme Court term. Whether you are watching over zoom, youtube, facebook, twitter, or our webpage, we are delighted to have you with us. We are recording this, as is may findo you yourself on cspan at some point in the future. We dont know when. To aspectse we turn of the upcoming term, i want to say a few words about Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, who died two weeks ago. I first met Justice Ginsburg 37 judgeago, when i was a there. Judges are randomly assigned to the courts of appeals, and my boss, judge scalia, was on a panel. Justice ginsburg was an extra ordinary woman, and extra ordinary justice, an extraordinary lawyer, and an extra ordinary american. I would like to ask for a brief moment of silence in her honor. Let me introduce our moderator and turn it over to him to introduce our panel and get the discussion underway. Robert barnes got hi
Whether you are watching over zoom, youtube, facebook, twitter, or our webpage, we are delighted to have you with us. We are recording this, as is cspan, so you may find yourself on cspan at some point in the future. We dont know when. Before we turn to aspects of the upcoming term, i want to say a few words about Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, who died two weeks ago. I first met Justice Ginsburg 37 years ago, when i was a judge there. Judges are randomly assigned to the courts of appeals, and my boss, judge scalia, was on a panel. Justice ginsburg was an extra ordinary woman, and extra ordinary justice, an extraordinary lawyer, and an extra ordinary american. I would like to ask for a brief moment of silence in her honor. Let me introduce our moderator and turn it over to him to introduce our panel and get the discussion underway. Robert barnes got his bachelors degree in journalism from the university of florida. He has been a Washington Post reporter since 1987. He joined the paper to
Hygiene. Thank you for coming. I hope everybody has disinfectant that they can use. We spaced out the room to be as safe as possible to my staff and minority staff, thank you for working together. We are back, we spent 40 something days since the senate has been able to meet. The committee has a lot to do related to the coronavirus but we have other things for the good of the nationlike filling judicial vacancies or getting comments throughout the country about the vacancies and how they are impacting the ability to deliver justice in various states it will be as prompt as we possibly can. My democratic colleagues are requesting hearings on the effect of the virus in Detention Centers for immigration purposes and we will try to Work Together to have those hearings. Im curious myself about safely in the nations prison. Next week we will hear about liability issues related to the virus. What can we do as a congress to safely open up and minimize legal exposure for those to reopen the ame