Monday, November 8, 2010

Fed Event: Nov. 10th @ 3 PM-Brookings Institution

Making Our Democracy Work: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Judiciary, Justice and Law, Judges, Courts

Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM, Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC

Event Summary:

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s new book, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View, (Knopf, 2010) aims to elevate the public’s understanding of the U.S. Supreme Court, particularly the societal impact of its most important and historic decisions, its role in the evolution of our democracy and its contribution to what the Justice terms a “workable constitutional system of government.”

Participants:

Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution

Speaker:

Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

Moderator: Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies


Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

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