Tag: Mark Tushnet

  • Nation & World

    Whither that wall

    Weeks into a federal government shutdown over the president’s request for money to build a border wall to keep out migrants coming from Central America and Mexico, Harvard analysts discuss the practical, legal, and historical implications of Donald Trump’s possible move to declare a national emergency to bypass congressional opposition.

    15 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Are there holes in the Constitution?

    Legal and political analysts across Harvard discuss some of the constitutional questions raised by the Trump administration’s actions, and the possible scope of a president’s power.

    23 minutes
    Constitution of America,
  • Nation & World

    Thurgood Marshall: The soundtrack of their lives

    Five former law clerks of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall took part in a panel discussion at Harvard Law School about his life and legacy.

    6 minutes
    William W. Fisher (from left), Randall Kennedy, and Carol Steiker speak during a panel discussion on Thurgood Marshall.
  • Nation & World

    Denial of coverage

    A question-and-answer session probes the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that for-profit companies can object to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate on religious grounds.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Companies or coverage

    The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear challenges by some for-profit companies that have a religious objection to a mandate under the Affordable Care Act that employers must provide employees with health insurance that includes contraceptive coverage. In a question-and-answer session, Harvard Law Professor Mark Tushnet examines what’s at stake in the suits.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A question of balance

    At Harvard Law School on Friday, a panel of four leading legal scholars examined a single question: Is there a lack of intellectual diversity at law schools?

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A backdrop on Islam in America

    A teach-in at Harvard tries to put the Ground Zero mosque controversy in a historical context.

    4 minutes