Tag: Deborah Pearlstein

9/11 at 10: National Security as a Drive of Doctrinal Shifts in Other Areas of Law & Policy

ACS's "9/11 at 10" symposium, marking the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, featured:

  • Moderator, Charlie Savage, Washington Correspondent, The New York Times;
  • David D. Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center;
  • Richard D. Klingler, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP and former General Counsel and Legal Advisor on the National Security Council (2006-2007);
  • Wendy Patten, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations;
  • Deborah Pearlstein, Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University; and
  • Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago Law School and ACS Board Chair.

Deborah Pearlstein on the Role of Courts Post-9/11

Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs Associate Research Scholar Deborah Pearlstein speaks with ACSblog following the "National Security as a Driver of Doctrinal Shifts in Other Areas of Law & Policy" at "9/11 at 10", an ACS symposium marking the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. She speaks on the role of executive power and attempts by the courts and civil society to restrain excess grabs to that power.