Host Margot Adler moderates a debate on the Supreme Court confirmation hearing process with political scientist Michael Comiskey and law professor Michael Gerhardt.
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Michael Comiskey
is associate professor of political science at the Penn State Fayette Campus. Professor Comiskey's research since the early 1990s has centered on the appointment process for federal judges, primarily Supreme Court Justices. His book, Seeking Justices: The Judging of Supreme Court Nominees, was published in 2004.
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Law professors Dawn Johnsen and Douglas Kmiec discuss the future of the new Roberts Court with host Margot Adler.
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Dawn Johnsen
is a professor of law at the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, where she teaches and writes about issues of constitutional law. She served in the Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice under President Clinton (1993-1998). From 1988-1993, she was the Legal Director of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (now NARAL Pro-Choice America).
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Douglas W. Kmiec
holds the endowed chair in constitutional law at Pepperdine Law School. He was previously the dean and St. Thomas More Professor of Law at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and for nearly two decades, on the law faculty at the University of Notre Dame. He served in the Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice from 1985-1989.
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Host Margot Adler talks with reporter and author Joan Biskupic about her new book and the legacy of the first woman on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Joan Biskupic
is the author of the book, Sandra Day O'Connor. As a journalist, she has covered the Supreme Court since 1989. Prior to that, she covered government and politics for newspapers in Wisconsin and Oklahoma. Biskupic holds a law degree from Georgetown University. She is also the author of several reference books.
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