This event is hosted by the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.
This debate features two articulate law professors and former government officials with very different political perspectives:
- Professor John Yoo, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, a Republican, former deputy assistant attorney general in the George W. Bush Administration, former general counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, who has served in all three branches of national government, and who is a regular commentator on FoxNews; and
- Harry Litman, senior legal affairs columnist for the Opinion page at the Los Angeles Times, a former U.S. Attorney and deputy assistant attorney general, a Democrat who advised the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004 and (post-election) the Obama-Biden campaign in 2008, and a regular commentator on MSNBC, CNN and CBS News.
This matchup promises an animated debate on a range of current political, legal, and constitutional issues facing the nation yet distinctive for its civility and civil engagement of the ideas embodied in the parties' differing perspectives. This event is free and open to the public.
Originally published at constudies.nd.edu.
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