Thursday, Nov. 12
4 p.m. CST
The passing away of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg deprived the Supreme Court and the American people of one of the greatest legal minds. It also occurred in the time of a political crisis of U.S. democracy that threatens to become a constitutional crisis, which include potentially transformative challenges to the Supreme Court. In this context, we invite you to join us for a conversation with two leading scholars of U.S. constitutional law who will offer their perspectives on the state of the Supreme Court and its relationship to American democracy.
Speakers
Melissa Murray is a leading expert on family law, constitutional law and reproductive rights. The Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at New York University, she has published extensively on the legal regulation of marriage, sex, reproduction, the family and the U.S. Constitution. She served as a clerk for Sonia Sotomayor when she was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is a co-host of Strict Scrutiny, a podcast about the U.S. Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.
Michael Klarman is a leading legal scholar and historian of the U.S. Constitution. The Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School, he has written extensively on race, civil rights and the Supreme Court, in addition to a major history of the origins of the U.S. Constitution. He served as a clerk for Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she was on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.