Supreme Court 2009 Term Preview, Part 1

Nov 12, 2009

Smithsonian Institution | Associates Program

A portion of a forum examining upcoming Supreme Court cases was shown. The cases previewed included one on Gun Rights, and an Appeal by Former Enron Executive Jeffrey Skilling. The Smithsonian Institute Associates Program hosted this event at the Ripley Center in Washington, D.C. on November 12, 2009.
A portion of a forum examining upcoming Supreme Court cases was shown. The cases previewed included one on Gun Rights, and an Appeal by Former Enron Executive Jeffrey Skilling. The Smithsonian Institute Associates Program hosted this event at the Ripley Center in Washington, D.C. on November 12, 2009.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:22 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS C-SPAN'S [APPLAUSE] ." -- THIS IS C-SPAN'S "AMERICA & THE COURTS." NEXT, A CASE ON GUN RIGHTS...
00:00:47 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL TURN FIRST TO THE CASE THAT WAS ARGUED THIS PAST OCTOBER, JUST ARGUED THIS PAST NOVEMBER....
00:01:09 Unidentified Speaker THIS CASE CAME ON SEPTEMBER 9 FOR A SPECIAL SESSION, VERY RARE. IT IS CITIZENS UNITED. IT STARTED...
00:06:49 Unidentified Speaker THE NEXT CASE WAS ACTUALLY ARGUED IN SEPTEMBER, AND THAT IS THE U.S. STEEL CASE.
00:07:02 Unidentified Speaker I ACTUALLY DID NOT ARGUE WITH. WE HAD A CASE THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT FIRST, BRIEFLY. THE CASE WAS...
00:12:57 Unidentified Speaker DAVID, THE CASE YOU ARGUED, THE SALAZAR CASE?
00:13:03 Unidentified Speaker IT IS PART OF THE CONTINUING EXPLORATION OF THE COURTS, DEALING WITH THE SCHISMS IN SOCIETY ABOUT...
00:19:34 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU WATCH THE ARGUMENT IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA CASE, HERE'S A CASE THAT INVOLVES THE GRAND ISSUE...
00:20:26 Unidentified Speaker FOR ANY OF YOU WHO ARE IN WASHINGTON IN 1996, THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I REMEMBER THE COURT PRESS ON...
00:20:50 Unidentified Speaker I'VE ARGUED THAT DAY.
00:20:52 Unidentified Speaker YOU WERE THERE, AND HE WAS PROBABLY HAPPY.
00:20:55 Unidentified Speaker THE WHOLE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS CLOSED. EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS STAYING IN A HOTEL...
00:21:08 Unidentified Speaker WAS VERY HARD FOR THE JUSTICES TO GET THERE. IT IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR IT COURT TO POSTPONE ANY THING....
00:22:02 Unidentified Speaker YOU REMINDED ME OF THE CITIZENS UNITED CASE. NOT ONLY DID TED OLSON ARGUED IN THAT CASE TO OVERRULE...
00:22:38 Unidentified Speaker -- THERE WAS AN AMAZING LINEUP OF ADVOCATES.
00:22:46 Unidentified Speaker SHE WAS THE DEAN OF HARVARD LAW SCHOOL BUT WAS RELATIVELY NEW TO THE SOLICITOR GENERAL JOB, BUT YOU...
00:26:37 Unidentified Speaker THE NEXT CASE WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT, NOT LIKE THE FLORIDA CASES, A CASE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE WE HEARD...
00:26:54 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN GET A PATENT ON, AND IT SHOWS WHAT THE INSTRUMENT FOR ROLE THE SUPREME COURT...
00:29:53 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THERE WERE 70 BRIEFS.
00:29:56 Unidentified Speaker 70, WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH. IN THE MICHIGAN CASE, THERE WERE OVER 100, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST...
00:30:08 Unidentified Speaker THE PATENT CASE WAS ARGUED THE SAME DAY AS THE FLORIDA CASE. IT WAS ARGUED AT 1:00. THE FLORIDA JUVENILE...
00:30:43 Unidentified Speaker BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE NATION HAD A VERY INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY, AND THAT HAS CHANGED SO MUCH. IT IS...
00:31:00 Unidentified Speaker DAVID WILL TALK ABOUT A CASE WHICH HE ARGUED ONE WEEK AGO, THIS PAST MONDAY, A VERY BIG CASE THAT...
00:31:14 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THERE ARE SOME FLAWS IN THE ARGUMENT. [LAUGHTER]
00:31:23 Unidentified Speaker HOW MANY OF YOU OWN RETAIL MUTUAL FUNDS FOR SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT? THAT IS WHAT THIS CASE WAS ABOUT....
00:31:36 Unidentified Speaker I WILL NOT HAVE A REBUTTAL.
00:31:42 Unidentified Speaker THEY ALLEGED THAT THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS IN MUTUAL FUNDS HAD OVERCHARGED THEM FOR FEES. IT WAS A...
00:35:44 Unidentified Speaker IT IS QUITE APPARENT THAT THE JUSTICES WERE STRUGGLING WITH THIS AND MANY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AND...
00:36:13 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A CASE WHERE WHAT THE STANDARD IS IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OUTCOME, BECAUSE IF...
00:37:20 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS AN INTERESTING ORAL ARGUMENT OR THE CHIEF REFERRED TO ANY PERSON CAN LOOK AT MORNING START...
00:37:41 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO MY CLIENTS, BUT I TELL THEM HOW MUCH I WILL CHARGE AND A CONSENT, THE COURT...
00:38:02 Unidentified Speaker I WILL LET HIM DO THE WRONG BOTTLE AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON. -- I WILL LET HIM DO IT THE REBUTTAL,...
00:38:10 Unidentified Speaker THE PROBLEM IS EVERY YEAR THE ADVISER WITH HIS HAND-PICKED BOARD DECIDES WITH HIS COMPENSATION WILL...
00:38:59 Unidentified Speaker NOT THAT CLEARLY.
00:39:06 Unidentified Speaker JOAN, YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT CASES.
00:39:17 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS WHAT YOU HEAR IN COURT. ONE LAWYER GETS UP AND SAYS SOMETHING, THAT MAKES SENSE. THE NEXT...
00:44:25 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW.
00:44:26 Unidentified Speaker SORRY. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD DESIGNATED THESE ORGANIZATIONS AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, AND ...
00:45:40 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THREE CASES, WHITE- COLLAR CRIME CASES, INVOLVING HONEST SERVICES, DEPRIVATION OF HONEST SERVICES....
00:46:07 Unidentified Speaker THERE HAS BEEN A GROWING CONCERN, THE STATUTE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOK 20 YEARS, GROWING CONCERN ABOUT...
00:50:28 Unidentified Speaker WITHIN THE COURT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE JUST LAST TERM, THE COURT HAD DENIED CERT ON THE CASE...
00:51:04 Unidentified Speaker THEY GOT THREE OF THEM. THE DESCENT WAS VERY POWERFUL, NOT ONLY TO BE REFERRED TO THIS CRIMINAL, ALL...
00:51:38 Unidentified Speaker THE REASON IT WAS INTERESTING THEY TOOK THIS CASE IS THE COURT HAD ALREADY TAKEN TWO YEARS AGO, AND...
00:52:19 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS POSSIBLE, ALTHOUGH EACH OF THE CASES ARE RELATED, BUT EACH PRESENT A SEPARATE QUESTION ABOUT...
00:52:39 Unidentified Speaker DAVE IT WILL TALK ABOUT ANYTHING HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT, BUT ALSO A CITY OF CHICAGO CASE IN PARTICULAR....
00:52:50 Unidentified Speaker I START WITH A CAVEAT. I AM DOING THIS IN FRONT OF A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR, AND FOR ME, THIS...
00:58:01 Unidentified Speaker THE EXTRA TWIST IS WHEN THEY DECIDED THE CASE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH HELLER, WHERE THE COURT RULED...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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