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Justice Souter on Deciding Constitutionality

submitted by bmacs27
1 decade 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago

Justice Souter giving the commencement address at Harvard in 2010. He explains why deciding constitutionality is not as simple as a fair reading of the document using two examples. This is part two where he begins outlining the government's case for prior restraint during the "Pentagon Papers" case of 1971. Given the debate about Jefferson and the free-expression, I thought it was the right place to jump in. It's long, and lawyery but I almost guarantee you will learn something about what constitutionality means.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3el7qoRQus
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrmRxVFREsE&feature=related

I felt it was time for my first sift.

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*promote

Mr Souter's delivery is dry dry dry. But man oh man, does he say some interesting stuff. ("Stuff" is a lazy word, but it gets the idea across.)

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Monday, June 6th, 2011 11:29pm PDT - promote requested by bareboards2.

>> ^bareboards2:

promote
Mr Souter's delivery is dry dry dry. B

It's like he is talking concrete. (Concrete which can talk)

bmacs27 says...

Man, now I miss my probationary status.

I watched that whole thing.. A PATCH OF MOSS HAS GROWN ON ME IN THE MEAN TIME!

No no no!!! This is a great sift! The ideas need to be here!

It is just a fact that he is an uninspiring lecturer. Embrace the reality and all is well.

>> ^bmacs27:

Man, now I miss my probationary status.

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