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Class Schedule--Thursday Oct. 2

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