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== <center> '''PANEL DISCUSSIONS -- THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL'''</center> ==


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.



===<center>Watch the archived [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2007/11/29/the-mukasey-hearings-revisited-legal-experts-analyze-the-new-attorney-generals-views-on-national-security-and-separation-of-powers/ video webcast] of the Panel Discussion</center>===


===<center>Listen to the archived [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2007/11/29/the-mukasey-hearings-revisited-legal-experts-analyze-the-new-attorney-generals-views-on-national-security-and-separation-of-powers/ audio] of the Panel Discussion</center>===


===<center>View the [https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/~ashar/Misc/Mukasey_revisited.doc Event Poster] from Harvard Law School's OPIA</center>===


===Previous Panel Discussion:===  Also visit the Berkman Center Wiki for and listen to an audio recording of the October 1, 2007 [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/clinicalwiki/DOJ_Suggested_Priorities '''Justice Veterans Offer Suggestions for Renewing DOJ’s Effectiveness & Morale'''] panel discussion at Harvard Law School.


===Co-Sponsored by=== Harvard law School's [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/clinical/ Clinical Program in Cyberlaw] of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/ Berkman Center for Internet & Society] and OPIA/[http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/fellowships/heyman/description.php Heyman Fellowship Program], and by [http://www.law.georgetown.edu/ Georgetown University Law Center's] Center on National Security & the Law



== <center>''THE MUKASEY HEARINGS REVISITED: LEGAL EXPERTS ANALYZE THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL'S VIEWS ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND SEPARATION OF POWERS''</center> ==


'''<center>A Live Videoconferenced Panel Discussion</center>'''


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.


== <center>''BACKGROUND MATERIALS AND PRESS COVERAGE''</center> ==

===AG Mukasey's Confirmation Hearing Transcript Excerpts===


Senate Judiciary Committee [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/attorney_general_hearing_101707.html Day One Hearing Transcript] (from Washington Post)

Senate Judiciary Committee [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/transcript_mukasey_hearing_day_two_101807.html Day Two Hearing Transcript]


Senate Judiciary Committee official [http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2994 prepared testimony and webcast link] for day one of the Mukasey hearings

Senate Judiciary Committee official [http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=3001 prepared testimony and webcast link] for day two of the Mukasey hearings


===Press Coverage and Commentary===

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2007/10/16/LI2007101600693.html "In Depth:  Michael Mukasey,"] Washington Post

Senator Leahy, [http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200711/112907a.html 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, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/opinion/20katzenbach.html Release Justice's Secrets,]" New York Times, November 20, 2007

Peter Grier, [http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1108/p01s06-usgn.html "Wartime Powers and Mukasey,]" Christian Science Monitor, November 8, 2007

Philip Shenon, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/washington/19mukasey.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Senators Clash with Nominee About Torture,]" New York Times, October 19, 2007

Massimo Calabresi, "[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1677612,00.html 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.
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