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An Empty SCOTUS Seat: Epstein & Yoo on Ginsburg, Barrett, the Hearings, and the Future of the Court
John Yoo is a professor at the University of California–Berkeley School of Law and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. Richard Epstein is a professor of law at NYU, a professor of law emeritus at the University of Chicago, and a fellow at the Hoover Institution. In this wide-ranging discussion, recorded the day after Amy Coney Barrett accepted President Trump’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the professors discuss Barrett’s qualifications and why it was correct and proper to nominate her now—five weeks before an election. They also provide, based on her writings on stare decisis (the legal principle of determining points in litigation according to precedent), insight on how Barrett may rule on some issues sure to be put to in front of the court in the near future, including abortion. Finally, Epstein and Yoo remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whom they both knew personally, and discuss her career, both as a jurist and as an activist.
Recorded on September 27, 2020
Published in General
where is @troysenik?
This isn’t law talk?
I was so much younger then, I’m older than that now.
This isn’t “Law Talk,” it is The Hoover Institute’s “Uncommon Knowledge” with Ricochet Co-Founder Peter Robinson!
This is an absolutely wonderful interview!
Great show. We have Uncommon Knowledge bookmarked on YouTube.
Watched on the 55″ OLED in our living room. Richard Epstein’s legal knowledge and vast experience in constitutional interpretation filled the big screen perfectly. He just needs to clean off the little schmutz on his lens.
Loved how John had a book on roman law cued up on his desk, near several bottles of (Italian?) red wine.
Peter Robinson is a gracious host, and maybe the best guest booker since Jim McCawley screened acts for Johnny Carson.
On the question of term limits, does it make sense to limit the President but not Congress or Supreme Court?
How can 3 branches of government be considered ‘co-equal’ if one branch is term limited while other 2 branches are not?