[Bookings will open at 10:00 on Wednesday 23 September]
A focused discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court, its history and constitutional place in the light of current events and particularly the 2020 presidential election which may engage the Court as in Bush v Gore 531 U.S. 98 (2000).
Master Greenhouse is Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. She was a correspondent for The New York Times for nearly 30 years. Her beat was the U.S. Supreme Court and the Judges. For this work she won a Pulitzer Prize.
Bush v Gore 531 U.S. 98 (2000) was one of the cases she covered. She has a bi-weekly Op-Ed column in The New York Times which deals with legal matters and particularly the U.S. Supreme Court.
Master Wilmot-Smith (Treasurer 2018) is a practicing barrister and spent four years as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina studying history and journalism.
A number of places has been made available to the University of North Carolina School of Law, with whom the Inn usually holds mooting exchanges.
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Evaluate - students will be enabled to appraise and evaluate the work of the U.S. Supreme Court and its relationship to American politics.
There is immense public interest in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This session will provide an education in how the U.S. Supreme Court could decide its outcome and its impact on the rule of law and the respect for the rule of law which courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court, must nurture.
This session will engage students in understanding a court of final appeal which has the power to declare statutes unconstitutional and thus declare them void in contra-distinction to the U.K. where Parliament is sovereign and the U.K. Supreme Court is a creature of statute.
It will add to students’ knowledge and understanding of the key concepts and principles of public and private law in the context of a written constitution.
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Middle Temple endeavours to make the Inn as inclusive as possible for all of its members, guests and staff.
If you have questions regarding religious practice at the Inn or at Inn events, or if you would like to request support, please email the Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator Laura Hacon. The Inn endeavours to make reasonable adjustments where possible.
The Inn is committed to improving access to all its services and encourages members to get in touch with suggestions and feedback on how we can improve. If you feel your experience using the website or attending one of our events could be improved, please email Laura. Your suggestions will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Please be aware that photography, audio and video recording may take place at our events. These may be used for promotional purposes by the Inn, including in printed publications, on our website, and on our social media accounts. If you do not wish to have your photograph taken or to have images of you used, please alert the EducationTeam at the start of the event. We are unable to guarantee that you will not be included in the background of photographs that are being taken. Contact: 020 7427 4800, education@middletemple.org.uk
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