Host Margot Adler is joined by court reporter Joan Biskupic to discuss the climate of this year's Supreme Court and the cases to watch.
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Host Margot Adler is joined by lawyers Neal Katyal and Bradford Berenson to discuss the two upcoming Supreme Court cases dealing with detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Should the detainees have a right to habeas corpus?
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Neal K. Katyal
is a professor of law at Georgetown University. In 2006 he argued and won Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in the United States Supreme Court, a case that challenged the policy of military trials at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba. Katyal previously served as national security adviser in the U.S. Justice Department.
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Bradford Berenson
is an attorney in Washington, D.C. He served as associate counsel to President Bush from 2001-2003, in which capacity he worked on many legal and policy issues, including authorization of the use of military commissions, detainee and anti-terrorism litigation, presidential action against terrorist financing, and the creation of the new Department of Homeland Security. He also contributed to judicial selection, responses to congressional oversight and investigations, and the USA Patriot Act.
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Law professor James Lindgren talks with host Margot Adler about term limits for Supreme Court Justices.
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James Lindgren
is a professor of law at Northwestern University. He is a leading scholar in the growing movement of New Legal Empiricists. His Wall Street Journal op-ed on life tenure is available here.
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Journalist Kevin Merida joins host Margot Adler to discuss Clarence Thomas' new memoir and what we know about the Justice's personality.
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Author Jeffrey Toobin shares some stories from his new book The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.
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Jeffrey Toobin
is a staff writer at The New Yorker and CNN’s senior legal analyst. His other books include "Too Close to Call," "A Vast Conspiracy," and "The Run of His Life."
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