Donald C. Samuels lecture : The Rehnquist court : civil liberties on trial [sound recording] / Norman Dorsen.

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Donald C. Samuels lecture : The Rehnquist court : civil liberties on trial [sound recording] / Norman Dorsen.

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Norman Dorsen, President of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Stokes Professor of Law at New York University, will discuss the orientation of the revised Supreme Court and the impact that it will have on Americans' civil liberties. Dorsen has successfully argued several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and was on the brief in the case of Roe v. Wade. In addition, he is the author or editor of such books as POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE U.S. (Boston : Little, Brown, 1976-1979), FRONTIERS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (New York, Pantheon Books [1968]), and DISORDER IN THE COURT (New York, Pantheon Books [1974, c1973]). [Description from the Sarah Lawrence College Weekly Calendar for Apr. 6-13, 1987].

1 sound cassette : analog.

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

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