Tag: Noah Feldman

  • Nation & World

    The conservative club that came to dominate the Supreme Court

    In a new audiobook “Takeover,” Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman explores the rise of the Federalist Society.

    5 minutes
    Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, and John Roberts.
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    Eminent historian Bernard Bailyn dies at 97

    Professor Bernard Bailyn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who reframed our understanding of colonial America, dies at 97.

    7 minutes
    Bernard Bailyn.
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    ‘One for the ages’

    The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding gay marriage nationally is “one for the ages,” a Harvard legal analyst said, a judgment echoed by others.

    7 minutes
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    American Academy elects new members

    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of 197 new members, including 10 from Harvard.

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    Breaking down the Middle East

    Harvard experts assess the rolling waves of violence and political upheaval across much of the Middle East and North Africa.

    11 minutes
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    The Islamic State of play

    Harvard Law School’s Noah Feldman and Kristen Stilt joined NPR correspondent Deborah Amos to discuss the fast-moving ideological evolution and spread of the ISIS in the Middle East.

    8 minutes
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    Cruel summer

    Faculty from HLS and HKS examined recent upheaval in the Middle East as part of a new Harvard Hillel series on politics and public policy.

    6 minutes
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    A man of many talents

    Law School graduate Elliot Schwab multitasks, from music to real estate to Talmudic studies

    4 minutes
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    Bursts of thought

    Twelve professors delivered short lectures on research or teaching in an event sponsored by the Harvard Graduate Student Government.

    3 minutes
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    The politics of money

    Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman discusses whom the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent ruling on campaign contributions will affect, and what the decision means for the future of campaign-finance reform, and for American politics.

    7 minutes
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    Lessons in an unappealing law

    Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman ran a Socratic master class to dig beneath the 1927 Supreme Court decision upholding forced sterilization of “mental defectives.”

    3 minutes
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    How the attack affects our lives

    Harvard analysts in a range of fields discuss the many ways that the Boston Marathon bombings are likely to affect daily life in this area and beyond.

    12 minutes
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    A fall snapshot of Arab Spring

    Short on certainties, a Harvard panel convenes nearly two years after the start of the Arab Spring to offer perspectives on the past, present, and future.

    8 minutes
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    Wendell prize offers opportunities

    More than 100 sophomores finalized applications for the Jacob Wendell Scholarship Prize this week. Established in 1899, the prize is awarded without reference to financial need, and the recipient is free to spend the $17,000 award as he or she sees fit.

    6 minutes
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    ‘The Constitution and the Question of Power’

    Noah Feldman, Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School, will deliver a lecture titled “The Constitution and the Question of Power” at 1 p.m. Sept. 19 in Emerson Hall, Room 101. The event is free and open to the public.

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    It was a very good year

    With its 360th Commencement, another chapter in Harvard’s history draws to a close, as marked by highlights from this year. Reinstallation of ROTC, ongoing innovation in science and humanities, and Wynton Marsalis at Harvard top off some of the year’s historical benchmarks.

    17 minutes
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    The one, indispensable book

    A handful of authors featured in Harvard Bound over the past year answer the question: What is an essential book for today’s graduates — and why? Here are their suggestions as the newest Harvard degree-holders head out into the world.

    6 minutes
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    The ripples of Brown v. Board

    Panelists say Brown v. Board of Education is still a banner for racial equality, but its inspiration may not be matched by its actual legal impact.

    5 minutes
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    Feeling the pinch

    Harvard Law School’s Noah Feldman’s gripping history of FDR’s most prominent — and turbulent — Supreme Court justices plays out in his book, “Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices.”

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    The Supreme Court’s new dynamic

    A question-and-answer session with Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow and professor Noah Feldman discusses the arrival of former dean Elena Kagan on the U.S. Supreme Court, and the likely issues for the year ahead in American jurisprudence.

    15 minutes
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    Film explores military tribunal

    A short film based on military tribunals held at Guantanamo Bay examines the legality and morality of the U.S. justice system.

    6 minutes
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    Challenging the Constitution

    To honor the signing of the Constitution, a panel of experts examined the legacy of the historic document, followed by a discussion with retired Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter.

    5 minutes
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    Kudos, criticisms for U.S. Constitution

    In honor of Constitution Day, a panel of constitutional scholars will discuss the historic document’s merits and shortcomings. The event will also include a conversation between retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter and Noah Feldman, Bemis Professor of Law.

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