JALSA conference: Restoring America After Bush (Speaker List)

Professor Andrew Bacevich
[Photo of Andrew Bacevich] A professor of history and international relations at Boston University. His new book, "The Limits of Power," will be published later this year; recent op-ed in Washington Post, Jan. 20, 2008 entitled “Surge to Nowhere”.
Mr. Louis Fisher
[Photo of Louis Fisher] A specialist in constitutional law with the Law Library of the Library of Congress, his books include Presidential War Power (2d ed. 2004), The Politics of Executive Privilege (2004), and The Constitution and 9/11: Recurrent Threats to America’s Freedoms (2008).
Professor Charles Fried
[Photo of Charles Fried] A professor at Harvard Law School, former Solicitor General of the U.S. (1985-89), his books include Modern Liberty and the Limits of Government (2006) and Saying What the Law Is: The Constitution in the Supreme Court (2004).
Mr. Norman Ornstein
[Photo of Norman Ornstein] A resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author or editor of numerous books, most recently The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track, written with Thomas E. Mann (2006) and co-editor with John Fortier of Second Term Blues: How George W. Bush Has Governed (2007).
Mr. F.A.O. Schwarz , Jr.
[Photo of F.A.O. Schwarz , Jr.] A senior counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School, Chief Counsel for the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activity (“Church Committee”) (1975-76)), NY City Corporation Counsel (1982-86) author, with Aziz Huq, Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror (2007).
Professor Detlev Vagts
[Photo of Detlev Vagt] Professor of International Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School. He is the author of many books and articles on international law, and he has written extensively on military commissions, the Geneva Conventions and the detentions at Guantanamo.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
[Photo of Sheldon Whitehous] Us Senate, (D.RI), committees include the Judiciary Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence; former US Attorney for R.I.

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