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How to Clean Out the Shed

By Eric L. Lipman

This Thursday, of course, is May 1st.

While in many parts of the country this date is denominated as ?Law Day,? in Minnesota it is perhaps better known as the last day of winter?.

So, today, I conflated my celebrations for each occasion by withdrawing our picnic table and Adirondack chairs from the garden shed, packing in the snow-blower, sled and hockey sticks in their place, all while listening to some tremendous podcasts. Among the items that had me thinking about the law during my labors were:

n Professor Pam Karlan?s delivery of Duke Law School?s Brainerd Currie Lecture. Professor Karlan?s talk ? ?What can Brown do for you?? ? details how the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education lies at the heart of the contemporary struggles over the Equal Protection Clause. Professor Karlan traces the history of Brown and how lawyers on each side of present-day affirmative action debates lay claim to its holding and reasoning. This very compelling audio segment is accessible here.

n A set of podcasts from the Federalist Society?s 2008 Annual Student Symposium - ?The People and the Courts.? This year?s symposium was held at the University of Michigan Law School, and included an unbelievably interesting set of seminars on originalism, popular responses to unpopular court decisions and direct elections as a method of judicial selection. The complete set of audio segments is accessible here.

The audio was so good, that I hardly minded the heavy-lifting at all....

Full post as published by Within the Scope on April 27, 2008 (boomark / email).