Channel Title: United States Courts Channel Description: The United States Courts provide fair and impartial justice as an independent, co-equal branch of the U.S. government. The work of the federal courts impacts the lives of the American public in many ways: resolving civil, criminal, and bankruptcy disputes; offering jury service as a way to participate in the judicial process, holding naturalization ceremonies; and providing civics education opportunities. This channel features videos from the federal Judiciary, including the U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center. <video> The Evolution of the Criminal Justice Act Description: The Criminal Justice Act (CJA) helped guarantee the Sixth Amendment right to counsel for federal criminal defendants by creating a system for appointing and compensating lawyers to represent defendants unable to retain counsel. Today, nearly 90 percent of federal criminal defendants are aided by lawyers, investigators, and experts paid for under the CJA. In commemoration of the legislation, signed into law in 1964, federal judges and attorneys addressed legal professionals at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2024. The event culminated in a panel discussion on the history and evolution of the CJA. Skip ahead to various parts of the CJA Commemoration Program: 00:00 - Introductions and history of the CJA 16:07 - Remarks by Jarrett Adams, a Chicago attorney 38:08 - Remarks by Judge Judith E. Levy 57:39 - Panel discussion on the evolution of the CJA Taking part in the panel were U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone, of the Western District of Texas, and retired U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Edward C. Prado. Katherian D. Roe, the federal defender for the District of Minnesota, moderated the discussion. Elizabeth Brown Luck, chief of the Judiciary’s Defender Services Office; U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; U.S. District Judge Judith E. Levy, of the Eastern District of Michigan; and Jarrett Adams, a Chicago attorney; made remarks at the event. Learn more about the federal defender program: https://www.fd.org/ • Sign up for U.S. Courts email updates: http://www.uscourts.gov/email-updates​ • Follow @USCourts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/uscourts​ • Follow U.S. Courts on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-courts </video> <video> Term Talk (2023-2024): Alexander v. S.C. State Conference of NAACP; Robinson v. Callais Description: Voting. Redistricting. Experts discuss how courts should determine if race or party affiliation predominates in a legislature's redistricting in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, and the uncertainty surrounding application of the Purcell principle in Robinson v. Callais. Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, University of California Law, San Francisco; and Hamid Khan, Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video> <video> Term Talk (2023-2024): Moody v. NetChoice; Lindke v. Freed Description: First Amendment. Social Media. Experts analyze the Court’s varied opinions on whether social media platform content moderation is speech protected by the First Amendment in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC, and when posts to personal social media accounts by government officials becomes government speech in Lindke v. Freed. Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law; Michael McConnell, former Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; and Beth Wiggins, Director of Research at the Federal Judicial Center., Stanford Law School; and Beth Wiggins, Director of Research at the Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video> <video> Term Talk (2023-2024): Fischer v. United States; Snyder v. United States Description: Criminal Law. Statutory Interpretation. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act as applied to January 6 defendants in Fischer v. United States, and whether the amended federal bribery statute criminalizes gratuities in Snyder v. United States. Participants. Laurie Levenson, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video> <video> Term Talk (2023-2024): Smith v. Arizona; Diaz v. United States Description: Criminal Law. Sixth Amendment. Expert Testimony. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s guidelines for determining when reports prepared by analysts are testimonial in Smith v. Arizona. They also discuss how Diaz v. United States impacts the limitations FRE 704(b) places on expert testimony about a defendant’s mental state. Participants. Laurie Levenson, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video> <video> Term Talk (2023-2024): Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon Description: Criminal Law. Malicious-prosecution. § 1983. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s determination that probable cause for one charge does not insulate other charges from a §1983 malicious-prosecution claim. Participants. Laurie Levenson, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video> <video> Moments in History: Mendez v. Westminster Description: Sylvia Mendez was just eight when she became part of a landmark school desegregation case that helped pave the way for the famous Brown v. Board ruling a decade later. The story of Mendez v. Westminster is told in a new Moments in History video. “You have to work hard for it, and you don’t let anybody stand in your way. You will live that American dream,” said Mendez. “I’m living that American dream, because I know that it’s true.” Mendez’s family moved to a farm in Orange County, California, in 1943, only to learn that Westminster schools would not admit Mexican American students into white schools, and that she would have to attend a school for Hispanic students. Her parents organized and paid for a class-action lawsuit. Five families, including Mendez’s, were plaintiffs. A federal court ruled in their favor, and that decision was upheld by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in 1947. However, Mendez v. Westminster never reached the U.S. Supreme Court, because then-Gov. Earl Warren signed legislation that outlawed school segregation in California. Many of the arguments in Mendez were later used by Thurgood Marshall in Brown v. Board, but the Mendez case lapsed into obscurity for many years. At her mother’s urging, Mendez began speaking about the case, and in 2011, she received the presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2019, the city of Westminster opened a sculpture park(link is external) honoring Mendez, her family, and the case they brought. Learn more: https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/background-mendez-v-westminster-re-enactment • Sign up for U.S. Courts email updates: http://www.uscourts.gov/email-updates​ • Follow @USCourts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/uscourts​ • Follow U.S. Courts on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-courts </video> <video> Judge and Intern Forge Lasting Bond Through Shared Native Heritage Description: As a member of the Navajo Nation who had little mentorship early in her legal career, U.S. District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes makes a point of speaking with young people entering the law. When Rose Saubel, a fellow Native American, joined Sykes’ chambers as an intern, the connection became personal, not just professional. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, this video describes Sykes’ relationship with Saubel, and their respective professional perspectives. Saubel started her internship in 2023 while going to college and raising a family. “Working with Rose has been one of the first times in my life and in my career that I’ve been able to work with another Native American woman,” said Sykes, of the Central District of California. “She has been an amazing intern, and an amazing colleague, an amazing sister and friend.” “I started to change my mindset on what is possible,” said Saubel, a member of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian tribe. She added that Sykes, as the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge in California, “gives not only me, but my family and my daughter, a chance to see how far we can really go.” Learn more: https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/annual-observances/native-american-heritage-month • Sign up for U.S. Courts email updates: http://www.uscourts.gov/email-updates​ • Follow @USCourts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/uscourts​ • Follow U.S. Courts on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-courts </video> <video> Term Talk Extended (2023-2024): Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo; SEC v. Jarkesy; Corner Post v. Bd. Description: Term Talk Extended: Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo; SEC v. Jarkesy; Corner Post v. Bd. of Govs. of the Fed. Reserve Sys. Administrative Law. Chevron deference. In this extended edition of Term Talk, experts review the Supreme Court's administrative law decisions over the past few terms and analyze their impact on the regulatory state, to include the rejection of Chevron deference in Loper Bright v. Raimondo; the prohibition against imposing administrative penalties for fraud without a jury trial in SEC v. Jarkesy; and extending the statute of limitations under the Administrative Procedure Act in Corner Post v. FRB. Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law; Michael McConnell, former Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; and Beth Wiggins, Director of Research at the Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video> <video> Term Talk (2023-2024): United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons; Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. Description: Bankruptcy. Non-uniformity. Non-debtor Release. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to not reimburse claimants for bounded non-uniformities in Hammons as well as the Court’s rejection of the release of claims against third-party non-debtors without claimant consent in Purdue Pharma. Participants. Tara Grove, Vinson and Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas Austin, School of Law; Melissa Jacoby, Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and Beth Wiggins, Director of Research at the Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video> <video> Term Talk (2023-2024): United States v. Rahimi; Garland v. Cargill Description: Second Amendment. National Firearms Act. Experts discuss the Court’s continued development of the history and tradition standard of analysis in the context of the Second Amendment, and how the abandonment of the Chevron Doctrine impacted the interpretation of the National Firearms Act. Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Tara Grove, Vinson and Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin, School of Law; and Hamid Khan, Judicial and Legal Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video> <video> In Session: Leading the Judiciary - Episode 42: How to Quickly Solve Problems & Lead Change Description: In Session: Leading the Judiciary - Episode 42: How to Quickly Solve Problems & Lead Change Episode 42: In Move Fast & Fix Things, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss explain why speed is important to organizational change and offer a five-step approach for leaders to identify and prioritize the appropriate problems to address, implement the best solutions to those problems, and maintain focus on the success and well-being of their organization’s employees and stakeholders. Together Frei and Morriss co-host Fixable, a TED podcast focused on discussing actionable solutions to real-world problems. They are also co-authors of the bestselling books Uncommon Service and Unleashed and have been recognized by Thinkers50 as among the world’s most influential business thinkers. In Session: Leading the Judiciary is an audio podcast designed to bring cutting-edge thinking about public and private-sector leadership to the attention of judiciary executives. Each episode includes a conversation with one or more thought leaders whose research and expertise are relevant to the work of executives in the federal courts. </video> <video> In Session: Leading the Judiciary - Episode 41: Curiosity Can Transform Your Leadership Description: In Session: Leading the Judiciary - Episode 41: Curiosity Can Transform Your Leadership Episode 41: Research shows that heart-centered curiosity differs from intellectual curiosity and leads to a better understanding of ourselves and others, and to happier and more productive organizations. Scott Shigeoka’s book Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World, based on his work at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, provides strategies for developing curiosity and explains why it is important to do so. Scott has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California Berkeley, and currently teaches courses on innovative design at the University of Texas at Austin. In Session: Leading the Judiciary is an audio podcast designed to bring cutting-edge thinking about public and private-sector leadership to the attention of judiciary executives. Each episode includes a conversation with one or more thought leaders whose research and expertise are relevant to the work of executives in the federal courts. </video> <video> Term Talk (2023-2024): Erlinger v. United States; Pulsifer v. United States Description: Criminal Law. Fifth and Sixth Amendments. First Step Act. Armed Career Criminal Act. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s determination in Erlinger v. United States that the existence of a prior offense is a jury question and the requirements for safety-valve relief under the First Step Act in Pulsifer v. United States. Participants. Laurie Levenson, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video> <video> Term Talk (2023-2024): City of Grants Pass v. Johnson; McElrath v. Georgia Description: Criminal Law. Eighth Amendment. Fifth Amendment. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of status and conduct in the context of ordinances that punish sleeping in public in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, and the absolute bar to retrial of acquittals, even when there are inconsistent verdicts, in McElrath v. Georgia. Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center. The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. </video>

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