Contempt & The Court (with Joan Biskupic) REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALSTHE Q&APerjury18 U.S. Code § 1001OLC Opinions The 1973 and 2000 Office of Legal Counsel memos on indicting a sitting PresidentExecutive Privilege & the subpoena fightsAttorney General Bill Barr’s letter to the President about executive privilege“Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report,” The New York Times, 5/8/19“Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Set...
Contempt & The Court (with Joan Biskupic)
REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
THE Q&A
Perjury
18 U.S. Code § 1001
OLC Opinions
The 1973 and 2000 Office of Legal Counsel memos on indicting a sitting President
Executive Privilege & the subpoena fights
Attorney General Bill Barr’s letter to the President about executive privilege“Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report,” The New York Times, 5/8/19“Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers,” The New York Times, 4/24/19“McConnell on Mueller report: 'Case closed',” Politico, 5/7/19“House Judiciary Committee Unveils Investigation into Threats Against the Rule of Law,” US House Committee on The Judiciary
Signed Prosecutors Letter
“Statement By Former Federal Prosecutors,” Medium, 5/6/19
THE INTERVIEW
Chief Justice John Roberts
The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts, BasicBooks“President Names Roberts as Choice for Chief Justice,” The New York Times, 9/6/05Roberts Confirmation Hearing, C-SPAN, 9/12/05Roberts’ Confirmation Hearings Conclude, National Public Radio, 9/15/05“Court Nominee's Life Is Rooted in Faith and Respect for Law,” The New York Times, 7/21/05“Senate Roll Call on Roberts Nomination,” The New York Times, 9/29/05“Files From Roberts' Reagan Years Are Released,” LATimes, 8/16/05“No More Mr. Nice Guy,” The New Yorker, 5/18/09“Rebuking Trump’s criticism of ‘Obama judge,’ Chief Justice Roberts defends judiciary as ‘independent,’” The Washington Post, 11/21/18
Chief Justice Charles Hughes
“Hughes, Charles Evan,” CQ Press Supreme Court Collection
Chief Justice William Rehnquist
“Rehnquist the Great?,” The Atlantic, April 2005
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice, MacMillan“Sotomayor Confirmed by Senate, 68-31,” The New York Times, 8/6/09
Justice Elena Kagan
“Elena Kagan moves up to big-game hunting with Antonin Scalia,” Washington Post, 7/1/13“Kagan’s life an undeviating course to high court,” NBCNews, 6/27/10
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Sandra Day O’Connor: How the First Woman on the Court Because Its Most Influential Justice, HarperCollinsLazy B: Growing Up On A Cattle Branch in the American Southwest, Penguin Random House“O’Connor to resign from Supreme Court,” CNN, 7/1/05“William proposed. Sandra said no. They reunited on the Supreme Court,” The Washington Post, 10/31/18
Justice Antonin Scalia
American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice, MacMillan“Supreme Confidence,” The New Yorker, 3/28/05“BFFs Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia agree to disagree,” LA Times, 6/22/15“Justice Scalia and Mr. Cheney,” The New York Times, 2/28/04“Scalia Angrily Defends His Duck Hunt With Cheney,” The New York Times, 3/18/04Scalia’s smoking at his confirmation hearingScalia’s confirmation hearing, C-SPAN, 8/5/86“In Memoriam: Justice Antonin Scalia,” Harvard Law Review, 5/8/19
Justice Anthony Kennedy
“Justice Kennedy, the pivotal swing vote on the Supreme Court, announces his retirement,” The Washington Post, 6/27/18“A Brief History Of Anthony Kennedy's Swing Vote — And The Landmark Cases It Swayed,” National Public Radio, 6/27/18“Tracing the Meaning of ‘Swing Vote’ as Justice Kennedy Retires,” Wall Street Journal, 7/6/18
Justice David Souter
“Souter known as low-key, fierce defender of individual rights,” CNN, 5/1/09
Robert Bork
“The Sad Legacy of Robert Bork,’ The Atlantic, 12/19/12
The Supreme Court
“The Court as an Institution,” Supreme Court of the United States“Opinions,” Supreme Court of the United States“Too Much Work?,” The New York Times, 8/7/13“Why Aren't Cameras Allowed at the Supreme Court Again?,” The Atlantic, 3/29/13“Debate over term limits for Supreme Court gains new life,” The Hill, 12/6/18“The Conservative Pipeline to the Supreme Court,” The New Yorker, 4/10/17“When Franklin Roosevelt Clashed with the Supreme Court – and Lost,” Smithsonian Magazine, May 2005
2019-2020 Supreme Court Cases
Supreme 2019-2020 Term, Oyez“2019's Supreme Court cases to watch,” Axios, 4/23/19
The Census Case: Department of Commerce v. New York
Department of Commerce v. New York (Argued on 4/23/19), SCOTUSblog“Argument analysis: Divided court seems ready to uphold citizenship question on 2020 census,’ SCOTUSblog, 4/23/19
The Muslim Ban: Trump v. Hawaii
Trump v. Hawaii (2018), Oyez
Voting Rights: Shelby County v. Holder
Shelby County v. Holder (2013), Oyez“Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act,” The New York Times, 6/25/13
School integration:
“Justices Reject Diversity Plans in Two Districts,” The New York Times, 6/28/07
The Affordable Care Act: King v. Burwell
King v. Burwell (2015), Oyez“The inside story of how John Roberts negotiated to save Obamacare,” CNN, 3/25/19“Affordable Care Act survives Supreme Court challenge,” The Washington Post, 6/25/15
Abortion
Roe v. Wade (1973), Oyez“Justices won’t hear states’ appeal over Planned Parenthood,” AP News, 12/10/18
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