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KPFA presents: LAURENCE TRIBE "Uncertain Justice: The Roberts' Court and the Constitution.
KPFA Radio presents: LAURENCE TRIBE
"Uncertain Justice: The Roberts' Court and the Constitution. Hosted by
Norman Solomon. Wednesday, June 11, 7:30 pm. Hillside Club 2286 Cedar
Street, Berkeley
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday, June 11, 7:30 pm
Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street Berkeley
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Supreme Court is more influential than ever. The Roberts’ Court is
currently re-shaping this nation’s laws, shaking the very foundation of
our former democracy. From Citizens United to the momentous rulings
regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, this Supreme Court under Chief
Justice John Roberts has profoundly affected American life. Yet it
remains a mysterious institution. The motivations of the nine men and
women who serve for life are often obscure. At last, however, at a
make-or-break moment for the court and this entire country, Laurence
Tribe and Joshua Matz in Uncertain Justice reveal the astonishing extent
to which this court is revising the meaning of our Constitution.
Political
gridlock, rapid cultural change, and major technological progress mean
that the court’s decisions on crucial topics—including free speech,
privacy, voting rights, and presidential power—could be uniquely
durable. Acutely aware of their opportunity, the present justices are
rewriting critical components of constitutional law and revising the
basic ground rules of American government. Laurence Tribe, long one of
the country’s leading constitutional lawyers digs deeply into this
court’s recent rulings, going well beyond tired debates over judicial
“activism” to draw out hidden meanings and silent battles. The
undercurrents reveal a strikingly different vision for the future, a
vision sure to be hotly debated.
The authors explore exactly how the
Court’s approach to immigration, the vaunted war on terror, GPS
tracking, and secret usage of databases of everything from our DNA to
our phone records will affect our privacy rights and presidential power
itself in these increasingly unstable years.