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DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio presents\n\nHosted by Norman Solomon\n\n$12 advance tickets: 
 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/680107 :: 800-838-3006 or Pegasus 
 Books (3 locations), Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s Books, Walden 
 Pond, DIESEL a Bookstore. SF: Modern Times  ($15 door)   Info: 
 www.kpfa.org/events    KPFA benefit   \n\nThe Supreme Court is more 
 influential than ever. The Roberts’ Court is currently re-shaping this 
 nation’s laws. It is shaking the very foundation of our former democracy. 
 From Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay 
 marriage, this Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has 
 profoundly affected American life. \nYet this court remains a mysterious 
 institution. The motivations of the nine  men and women who serve for life 
 are often obscure.  At last, however, at a make-or-break moment for the 
 court and this entire country, Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz in Uncertain 
 Justice reveal the astonishing extent to which this court is revising the 
 meaning of our Constitution.\n\nPolitical gridlock, rapid cultural change, 
 and major technological progress mean that the court’s decisions on 
 crucial topics—including free speech, privacy, voting rights, and 
 presidential power—could be uniquely durable. Acutely aware of their 
 opportunity, the present justices are rewriting critical components of 
 constitutional law  and revising the basic ground rules of American 
 government. Laurence Tribe, long one of the country’s leading 
 constitutional lawyers – and Matz dig deeply into this court’s recent 
 rulings, going well beyond tired debates over judicial “activism” to 
 draw out hidden meanings and silent battles. The undercurrents they reveal 
 suggest a strikingly different vision for the future of our country, a 
 vision sure to be hotly debated.  \n\nThey explore exactly how the 
 Court’s approach to immigration, the vaunted war on terror, GPS tracking, 
 and secret usage of databases of everything from our DNA to our phone 
 records will affect our privacy rights and presidential power itself in 
 these increasingly unstable years.\n\nLaurence Tribe has taught 
 constitutional law at Harvard for four decades and has written widely about 
 the law. He has argued dozens of cases at the Supreme Court, including the 
 first argument in Bush v Gore.\n\nNorman Solomon is a journalist, media 
 critic, antiwar activist, and was a candidate in 2012 for the United States 
 House of Representatives. A longtime associate of the media watch group 
 Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), in 1997 he founded the Institute 
 for Public Accuracy, which works to provide alternative sources for 
 journalists, and served as its executive director until 2010. Solomon's 
 weekly column, "Media Beat", was in national syndication from 1992 to 2009. 
 Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org.  His books include “War Made 
 Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death” and "Made 
 Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State."\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/24/18756235.php
SUMMARY:LAURENCE TRIBE “Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution
LOCATION:Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/24/18756235.php
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