National Security, Government Transparency, and the First Amendment
On Monday, November 15, 2010, ACS hosted a panel discussion at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace exploring the tensions, real and perceived, in a democracy between national security interests and government transparency. A panel of national security, government transparency, and First Amendment scholars examined these questions in the context of current controversies, such as those surrounding WikiLeaks and the Washington Post’s Top Secret America project.
The event featured a lunchtime keynote address by Beth S. Noveck, United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer; Director, White House Open Government Initiative.
A panel discussion was held from 12:30 - 2 pm and featured:
* Moderator, Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent for The New York Times
* Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
* Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights
* Jerome A. Barron, Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School; former consultant to the Senate Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate)
Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity
On Thursday, November 4, 2010, ACS hosted a panel discussion at the Economic Policy Institute about the issues and ideas presented in Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity, by Professor Douglas A. Kysar.
The panel featured:
- Moderator, Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
- Jonathan Adler, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Business Law and Regulation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Douglas A. Kysar, Joseph M. Field '55 Professor of Law, Yale Law School
- Amy Sinden, Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law
A Briefing on AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
On Tuesday, October 19, 2010, ACS hosted a briefing on AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, which will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in November. Some commentators believe that this case, which has garnered relatively little attention, has potentially wide-ranging implications for consumer, civil rights, and other class actions.
The panel featured:
* Moderator, Suzette M. Malveaux, Associate Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America
* F. Paul Bland, Jr., Senior Attorney, Public Justice
* Alan S. Kaplinsky, Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP
* Nina Pillard, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
* Stephen J. Ware, Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law
A Briefing on AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
The Future of Gun Regulation Following Heller and McDonald
The panel featured:
• Moderator, Jamal Greene, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
• The Honorable Mary M. Cheh, Council of the District of Columbia; Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
• Michael P. O'Shea, Associate Professor of Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law
• Jon S. Vernick, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Co-Director, The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
• Adam Winkler, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law