C-SPAN Spotlight: "A panel of former Supreme Court law clerks, who are now judges and attorneys, talked about the legacy of former
Justice John Paul Stevens and his impact on the High Court."
SpeakersDaniel Bress
U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Former clerk to Justice ScaliaJeffrey Fisher
Professor of Law & Co-Director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Stanford Law School
Former clerk to Justice StevensKathleen Hartnett
Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Former clerk to Justice StevensLeondra Kruger
Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
Former clerk to Justice StevensModeratorBen Feuer
Chairman, California Appellate Law Group
Appellate Section Co-ChairWhen Justice John Paul Stevens passed away last July aged 99, the 35 years he spent on the Court left him as one of the longest-serving, as well as longest-living, Justices in American history. Appointed by a Republican president, during his career Stevens would come to be known as one of the court’s most liberal members. The opinions he wrote touched almost every aspect of American law, including administrative law (Chevron), criminal law (Apprendi), property rights (Kelo), and marijuana (Raich), and his dissents in cases like Bush v. Gore and Heller are taught in law school. Panelists, including former Stevens clerks and prominent members of the bench
and bar, will discuss the impact of his decades on the Court and the lessons to be learned from his life and tenure.