Jeffrey Toobin to Deliver Supreme Court Lecture at Chautauqua
On July 7, Jeffrey Toobin will deliver at 4 p.m. a lecture co-sponsored by the Jackson Center and Chautauqua Institution at the Institution’s Hall of Philosophy on the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Toobin is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the senior legal analyst for CNN. His latest book, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court,” is a national bestseller.
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With his expert knowledge and insider’s perspective, Toobin examines the Court’s sagas from the Rehnquist years through the first full term of the Roberts Court, which ended with a series of blockbuster opinions in the spring of 2007. Based on exclusive interviews with Supreme Court Justices and other intimates, THE NINE depicts the difficult decision process of such landmark cases as Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Robert P. Casey, Bush v. Gore, and Lawrence v. Texas and analyzes the decisions and their impact. In addition, Toobin presents vivid, personal portraits of the justices, the arduous confirmation processes, and the eventual shift to the conservative right that Republicans have been pursuing for nearly three decades.
Following his Jackson Lecture on July 7th, Jeffrey Toobin will be signing books at Chautauqua Institution. To order copies of The Nine, click here.
Chautauqua Institution, a special venue of arts, education and recreational activities in western New York State, was a very significant part of Robert Jackson’s life, his broad and self-directed education, his public speaking training and experiences, and his thinking. For more information on Chautauqua, click this "Getting to Know Chautauqua" link.
The Jackson Lecture at Chautauqua Institution is developing as an annual consideration of the Supreme Court of the United States, on which Justice Jackson served from 1941-1954, in the weeks following the completion of its annual Term. In July 2005, Professor Geoffrey R. Stone of the University of Chicago delivered Chautauqua’s inaugural Jackson Lecture. In July 2006, Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court correspondent and Senior Writer for The New York Times, delivered Chautauqua’s second Jackson Lecture. In July 2007, attorney Seth P. Waxman, former Solicitor General of the United States, delivered Chautauqua’s third Jackson Lecture.
For further information on this event, please visit the Chautauqua Institution website.