Neal Katyal, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and Lead Counsel, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (DC) James F. Flug, Senior Heyman Fellow, Harvard Law School (Cambridge) Jamie Gorelick, Partner, Wilmer Hale and former Deputy Attorney General (DC) Charles Fried, Professor, Harvard Law School and former Solicitor General (Cambridge) Walter Dellinger, Professor, Duke Law School and former Acting Solicitor General (DC) Viet D. Dinh, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center and former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy (DC) David Barron, Professor, Harvard Law School and former Attorney-Adviser, Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (Cambridge) The confirmation hearings for Attorney General Michael Mukasey raised numerous legal and constitutional issues relating to national security, civil liberties, and the separation of powers. The positions of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the attorney general present a rich variety of views of the constitution and the balance of power among the three branches of government. The panelists will analyze these positions and consider what the views of the new attorney general will add to the mix. This event is co-sponsored by Georgetown Law’s Center on National Security & the Law and Harvard Law School’s Heyman Fellows Program, Office of Public Interest Advising; Berkman Center for Internet & Society. A Web story is available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/webstory/Mukasey.html. |
