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Lawyer of the Century
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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Walter Dellinger and Charles Black are hard acts to follow, but our concluding role model is up to the task. Telford Taylor was legislator, war hero, Nuremberg prosecutor, international law pioneer, law firm founder, tenured professor and scholar extraordinaire, public intellectual, and always a principled, skilled lawyer. Professor Amar admired his work from afar, and that admiration led to a personal meeting, to Akhil’s first major law review article in the Harvard Law Review, and ultimately, to the opening scene of his latest book. Meanwhile, in the news, we also take time to look at the latest developments, statements, and misstatements filling the air on the notorious Texas abortion law, SB8.
Released:
Mar 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Snap - You're in Lisbon: The many dangers of the lame duck that gave rise to our "Bullets Dodged" series raise the question - do we really need a lame duck period at all? Akhil and Andy recall the "secession winters" of the past and how 2020 shared aspects of all of them; and o... by Amarica's Constitution