This program is something that jeff rosen and i have been thinking about and dreaming about for some time. We worked together on a number discussion and the in ourcial Independence Society was missing a piece, a lot of focus on constitutional vision powers and the role of judges and all that. What has been missing is who are judges . What is the human side of judging . What we are trying to do this evening is begin that conversation and shed some light on it. I will introduce the panelists and jeff for introduce our comoderator. Youre on stage, we have judge Charles Breyer and been a judge on that bench since 1998. To the left is Justice Guzman. Ary well regarded and successful member of that court. , we willcond panel hear from two individuals. Itting down in the front i will be joining the panel as well, but to get right to the business, this is my friend, jeffrey rosen. Thank you so much. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the National Constitution center on the road. Centerional cons
And a proudyear member of the bench of the Northern District of california. This program is something that jeff rosen and i have been thinking about and dreaming about for some time. We worked together on a number discussion and the in ourcial Independence Society was missing a piece, a lot of focus on constitutional vision powers and the role of judges and all that. What has been missing is who are judges . What is the human side of judging . What we are trying to do this evening is begin that conversation and shed some light on it. I will introduce the panelists and jeff for introduce our comoderator. Youre on stage, we have judge Charles Breyer and been a judge on that bench since 1998. To the left is justice guzman. Ary well regarded and successful member of that court. , we willcond panel hear from two individuals. Itting down in the front i will be joining the panel as well, but to get right to the business, this is my friend, jeffrey rosen. Thank you so much. Welcome, ladies and
We worked together on a number of projects and the discussion of Judicial Independence in the role of judiciary in our society was missing a piece, a lot of focus on constitutional vision powers and the role of judges and all that. What has been missing is who are judges . What is the human side of judging . What we are trying to do this evening is begin that conversation and shed some light on it. I will introduce the panelists and jeff will introduce our comoderator. Here on stage, we have judge breyer from the Northern District of california and has been a judge on that bench since 1998. To his left is Justice Eva Guzman from the Supreme Court of texas, and she has been on that edge for nine years. Correct . Yes. She is very well regarded and a successful member of that court. In the second panel, we will hear from two individuals sitting down in the front. Retired Justice Carlos m oreno, and the former chief judge of the second quarter. I will be joining that panel, as well. But to
Series of hearings on the state of the federal judiciary in the 21st century. This hearing we will investigate ideas for promoting ethics, accountability, and transparency in the federal courts. We focus on these ideas and our first hearing on the judiciary because they flow from two foundational principles of due process. First, that no one can be a judge in his own case. Second, to quote former Supreme Court Justice Felix frankfurter, justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. Both rules embody the understanding that the constitutions implicit promise of equal justice under law depends on at least two things that our court must be fair, independent and impartial and that we must also believe that our courts are fair, independent, and impartial. Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. It might take a second but we intuitively understand that. It means that as the Supreme Court recently explained, both the appearance and reality of impartial justice are necessary to the pu
Conversation which focuses on president ford the media and talk show host jack parr. Put these in perspective from your the way you look at it, and theyre importance in our country the Supreme Court well you know like Many Americans i revere the court. It is a fascinating Political Development and its had a Significant Impact on our politics and our president ial politics. That in the last generation or so. A discernible difference his emerged on the right the court is seen as absolutely essential and indeed any number of more traditional republicans, for example are willing to go along with the Trump Presidency specifically because of the court and because first of all of the justice that hes already put on the court and because of the expectation that if he serves a full term what alone two that he will have additional opportunities to shape the court along conservative ends for some reason conservatives have a strategy a longterm strategy. And a passion about the court. Which tradit