Replacing the Irreplaceable: When to Fill a Supreme Court Vacancy, and Does it Matter?
A Live from Amherst College program
Wednesday, March 16 4:00 p.m. EDTRegistration: www.advweb2.amherst.edu/event/registrations/index/196?_ga=1.179927780.1113101914.1453816802 Newswise — Watch a live-streamed panel discussion with:** Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science and Associate Dean of the Faculty;
** Martha Umphrey, Bertrand H. Snell 1894 Professor in American Government in the Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought;
** Jeff Bleich '83, former clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Special Counsel to President Obama, former ambassador to Australia; and
** Andy Nussbaum '85, Amherst trustee, former law clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia and previously for then-judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg while on the Court of Appeals, and partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
** The panel will be moderated by Warren Tolman '82, P'13, former State Senator, 2014 candidate for Massachusetts Attorney General and Political commentator on Fox, New England Cable News and WGBH.
Please email questions to: [email protected]. Note that we will only be taking questions prior to the event.After registration you will receive instructions for how to view the live-stream. You will need access to a web browser.
Live from Amherst! talks are held during the academic year and feature Amherst College professors and alumni discussing their area of expertise and research. These events often coincide with events happening on campus and feature an in-person audience.Questions, comments or suggestions? Please contact Carly Nartowicz at [email protected].
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