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Prominent Appellate Judge to Discuss
One of the Most Contentious Issues in the Supreme Court Today: Congressional
Power vs. States' Rights
Editor's note: To arrange interviews
with Judge Noonan, contact Laurie Fenlason at (413) 585-2190 or lfenlason@smith.edu.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- The Honorable Judge
John Noonan, one of the best known circuit judges in the country and
a respected legal scholar, will discuss recent Supreme Court decisions
limiting congressional power in deference to states' rights. His lecture,
titled "The Progeny of Marbury vs. Madison," will take place
at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in Neilson Library Browsing Room. It is
free and open to the public.
Appointed to the appellate court in 1985,
Judge Noonan is United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals, a district covering the nine western states, including Arizona,
Alaska, Idaho and Hawaii. His opinions include "Midler v. Ford Motor
Co.," establishing the right of a performer to sue for commercial
imitation of her voice; "Lazo-Majano v. Immigration and Naturalization
Service," upholding political asylum for a persecuted woman from
El Salvador; and "Harris v. Vasquez," staying the execution
of Robert Alton Harris.
Prior to appointment to the bench, Judge
Noonan taught law at the University of Notre Dame and the University
of California, Berkeley. He is Robbins Professor of Law, emeritus, at
the University of California. He has also been a visiting professor of
law at Boston College, Harvard, Southern Methodist, and Stanford, and
has given the Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Lectures at Harvard Law School.
Judge Noonan is the author of six major
legal works: "Persons and Masks of the Law," a study of the
effects of the legal system on people's lives; "Bribes," a
history of the ideal of integrity in government; "The Believer and
the Powers that Are," a study of the interaction of government and
religion; "The Responsible Judge," a pioneering study in judicial
ethics; "The Lustre of Our Country: The American Experience of Religious
Freedom"; and "Narrowing the Nation's Power: The Supreme Court
Sides with the States." He is co-author with Richard Painter of "Professional
and Personal Responsibilities of the Lawyer. "
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