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Trials
of Guantanamo Detainees and the Reach of the Hamdan Decision: A Council
Forum
Catch it on CAN-TV!
On July
21, the Chicago Council of Lawyers sponsored a discussion of the Supreme
Court decision on the trials of Guantanamo detainees. The Council thanks
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw for the use of its facilities. CAN-TV will replay
the discussion on Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. on CAN-TV19.
Tune
in and see speakers Joseph Margulies (Professor of Law, MacArthur Justice
Center, Northwestern University Law School) and Eric Posner (Professor
of Law, University of Chicago) debate the legal consequences and implications
the Guantanamo detainee trials have on law, presidential power and the
U.S. Constitution.
Both speakers
discussed the impact of the recent U.S. Supreme Court case of Hamdan
v. Rumsfeld in which the Court barred President Bush from using military
commissions to try some Guantanamo detainees. Professor Margulies concluded
that Hamdan was important for what it implies. He found that the case
shows "the role of the court in restraining the executive in times
of armed conflict." Professor Possner stated that "Political
and moral questions should be resolved by elections and protests, not
by the courts."
For more
information about the television airing, visit CAN-TV.
The
Future of Judicial Selection in Illinois
RSVP now to reserve
your space!
Date:
September 15, 2006
Time: 12:00 to 1:30pm
Place: Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W. Adams Street, Chicago,
Illinois
Sponsors:
The Chicago Council of Lawyers and the American Constitution Society
Confirmed
panelists:
Rachel
Caufield
(American Judicature Society/Drake University)
Deborah
Goldberg
(Director, Democracy Program, the Brennan Center for Justice at the
New York University School of Law)
Shira
Goodman
(Associate Director, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts)
Hon. Benjamin
Miller
(Former Chief Justice Illinois Supreme Court)
Lonny
Ogus
(Chicago attorney, Co-Chair Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial
Screening)
Zeophus
J. Williams
(Chicago attorney, Co-Chair Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial
Screening)
Larry
Suffredin
(Attorney, Shefsky & Froelich, Cook County Board Commissioner)
To
RSVP for this event, send an email to
chicago@acslaw.org by September 13th.
Upcoming
Events for the Council and Chicago Appleseed
August
6, 2006
CAN-TV presentation of the Council’s forum on Trials of Guantanamo Detainees
and the Reach of the Hamdan Decision, 6:00pm.
August
18, 2006
Meeting of the Civil Liberties Committee of the Council. To be held
at noon at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, 71 S. Wacker, 32nd Floor. New members
are welcome to attend.
August
24, 2006
Meeting of the Children and Family Law Committee of the Council. To
be held from noon to 2:00 pm at the offices of the Metropolitan Family
Services, One N. Dearborn, 10th Floor. New members are always welcome!
September
15, 2006
Forum on Judicial Selection sponsored by the Council and the American
Constitution Society.
October
17, 2006
Annual Luncheon of the Council and Chicago Appleseed. For ticket information,
contact Amanda Grant at 312-988-6599 or agrant@chicagoappleseed.org.
If you
have questions about any of our upcoming events, please contact Malcolm
Rich for more information (312-988-6552 or malcolmrich@chicagocouncil.org).