Predicting McCain and Obama Supreme Court Nominations

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Predicting McCain and Obama Supreme Court Nominations
The New School - The New School
Are these truly perilous times for democracy - times of uncertainty and instability? What role does the Supreme Court play in this transitional moment in American politics?Bob Kerrey, president of The New School, and journalist Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times, assess the decisions of the Roberts Court as the United States heads into a presidential election in a moment of domestic and international unrest.Cosponsored by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs and the Institute for Retired Professionals, the event will discuss whether civil liberties are being eroded or transformed by a changing balance between individual liberty and state security and what personnel changes on the Court might we expect in the next administration - The New School