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PANEL DISCUSSIONS -- THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL
Welcome to the Berkman Center Wiki for THE MUKASEY HEARINGS REVISITED: LEGAL EXPERTS ANALYZE THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL'S VIEWS ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND SEPARATION OF POWERS, a panel discussion at Harvard Law School and Georgetown Law Center.
Watch the archived video webcast of the Panel Discussion
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===Previous Panel Discussion:=== Also visit the Berkman Center Wiki for and listen to an audio recording of the October 1, 2007 Justice Veterans Offer Suggestions for Renewing DOJ’s Effectiveness & Morale panel discussion at Harvard Law School.
===Co-Sponsored by=== Harvard law School's Clinical Program in Cyberlaw of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and OPIA/Heyman Fellowship Program, and by Georgetown University Law Center's Center on National Security & the Law
THE MUKASEY HEARINGS REVISITED: LEGAL EXPERTS ANALYZE THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL'S VIEWS ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND SEPARATION OF POWERS
Thursday November 29, 2007 -- 12 Noon to 1:30 PM
Locations:
Harvard: Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, 2nd Floor (Pizza & Drinks – seating preference to those intending to remain for the full program)
Georgetown Law: Gewirz 12th Floor (Brown Bag)
Panelists:
Jamie Gorelick, Esq., Former Deputy Attorney General
Prof. Charles Fried, HLS, Former Solicitor General
Prof. Walter Dellinger, Duke Law School, Former Acting Solicitor General
Prof. Viet D. Dinh, Georgetown Law, Former Asst. Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy
Prof. David Barron, HLS, former Attorney-Adviser, DOJ Office of Legal Counsel
Moderators:
Cambridge: James F. Flug, Senior Heyman Fellow, HLS; Acting Director-Designate, Federal Legislation Clinic, Georgetown Law D.C.: Prof. Neal K. Katyal, Director Center on National Security & the Law, Georgetown Law
The Program
The confirmation hearings for Attorney General Michael Mukasey raised numerous legal and constitutional issues relating to the interplay of national security, civil liberties, and the separation of powers. The positions of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and of the then-nominated, now-confirmed, Attorney General present a rich variety of views of the Constitution, the balance of powers among the three Branches of government, and the pressures on both in a time of international conflict. A panel of experts in both Cambridge and Washington will analyze these positions and consider whether and what the views of the new Attorney General will add to the legal mix.
BACKGROUND MATERIALS AND PRESS COVERAGE
AG Mukasey's Confirmation Hearing Transcript Excerpts
Senate Judiciary Committee Day One Hearing Transcript (from Washington Post)
Senate Judiciary Committee Day Two Hearing Transcript
Senate Judiciary Committee official prepared testimony and webcast link for day one of the Mukasey hearings
Senate Judiciary Committee official prepared testimony and webcast link for day two of the Mukasey hearings
Press Coverage and Commentary
"In Depth: Michael Mukasey," Washington Post
Senator Leahy, Leahy Takes Next Step on White House Subpoenas, Directing Compliance by Current and Former White House Officials, November 29, 2007
Nicholas Katzenbach and Frederick Schwartz, "Release Justice's Secrets," New York Times, November 20, 2007
Peter Grier, "Wartime Powers and Mukasey," Christian Science Monitor, November 8, 2007
Philip Shenon, "Senators Clash with Nominee About Torture," New York Times, October 19, 2007
Massimo Calabresi, "Squeezing Mukasey on Torture," Time, October 30, 2007
Special Thanks
Thanks to Harvard Journal on Legislation students Josh Stern, Ryan Buschell, Brian Chernoff, Dan Friedman, Rachel Murphy, and Robert Williams for assistance in preparing an excerpted version of the Mukasey confirmation hearings and QFR answers for use by the panelists, and to Sebastian Diaz of the Berkman Center for heroic technical skills in making the videoconference a success.
