Rather than have class at our regularly scheduled time, instead we will attend Clark Forsythe's talk on Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court's abortion jurisprudence. Here are the details (if you can not make the lecture in person, the IT Dept. will have a video recording available for your viewing convenience. Here are the details:
Who: Clark Forsythe
Biography: Clarke Forsythe is senior counsel of Americans United for Life and the author of Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade (Encounter Books 2013). Abuse of Discretion has
been favorably reviewed in the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago
Tribune, and other publications. As Senior Counsel at Americans United
for Life, Clarke has been co-counsel for parties in three U.S. Supreme
Court cases and has
argued cases before federal and state appellate courts. He has
also testified before Congress and state legislatures. Clarke has
authored or co-authored nineteen professional legal articles on
constitutional and bioethical issues. His latest, entitled, “The Medical
Assumption
at the Foundation of Roe v. Wade and Its Implications for Women’s Health,” was published by the Washington & Lee Law Review in 2014. His first book, Politics for the Greatest Good,
which draws on lessons in political prudence from Thomas Aquinas,
William Wilberforce, and Abraham Lincoln, was published by InterVarsity
Press (IVP) in 2009. Clarke has a B.A. from Allegheny College, a J.D.
from Valparaiso University, and an M.A. in Bioethics from Trinity
International University. Clarke and his wife, Karen, married for 32
years, have five daughters.
What: Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade
Summary: Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade examines the behind-the-scenes deliberations in the Supreme Court in 1971-73 that led to the decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton.
This is the most important book written about the abortion decisions
since 1973, because it reviews in detail the papers of 8 of the 9
justices who voted in Roe, which have been released to the public over the past 10-15 years. Abuse of Discretionexplains why the national controversy over Roe v. Wade continues unabated 41 years later. Jeffrey Rosen in the Wall Street Journal said that “‘Abuse
of Discretion’ provides a cautionary tale about the political and
constitutional hazards of unnecessarily broad Supreme Court decisions.” If you want to
understand the legal future of the abortion
issue in the United States, Abuse of Discretion is necessary reading.
When: October 2, 2014
Time: 12:00 - 1:15
Where: UNL College of Law - Hanaan Auditorium
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