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A Lesson on Civics by Justice Anthony Kennedy

“We are judged by what we write,” said Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on July 11, when he joined us in Aspen as the first speaker in a new su ...

BY Meryl Chertoff

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08.06.2012
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Institute's Congressional Program Hosts 400th Breakfast

On July 19, the Institute’s Congressional Program hosted its 400th breakfast conversation for members of the US Congress. Since the first breakfast in 19 ...

BY Dan Glickman

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07.19.2012
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Ideas That Matter: Reflection on a Justice and Society Seminar Reunion

Last weekend, the 2011 Justice and Society Program Seminar participants held the first of what I suspect will be many reunions. A group that met as strange ...

BY Meryl Chertoff

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06.15.2012
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Dick Lugar: Thoughtfulness, Civility, Leadership

In Washington it is said that no politician is indispensable, but Senator Dick Lugar is as close as it comes. Over four decades, Senator Lugar has served h ...

BY Dan Glickman

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05.09.2012
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Proposition 8 and Same Sex Marriage in California: David Boies and Ted Olson at AIF 2010

This week's decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the ban on gay marriage in California -- known as Proposition 8 - ...

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02.08.2012
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Institute Experts Respond to the State of the Union Address

Skills training, community colleges, entrepreneurship, and civility were a few of the key issues President Obama spoke about in his State of the Union addr ...

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01.25.2012
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Justice and Society Program Welcomes Saudi Judicial Delegation

In December the Justice and Society Program (JSP) served as a consultant to the Saudi Judicial Engagement Project, administered by the Institute of Interna ...

BY Michael Green

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12.23.2011
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What's the 4-1-1 on 9-9-9?

Think Global Your pals at APEP work for the scrupulously non-partisan and open-minded Aspen Institute. We convene folks and let the Ideas fall where they m ...

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10.21.2011
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Does the Supreme Court Follow the People?

During a program at the Aspen Institute's Ideas Festival, Justice Stephen Breyer and retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor both rejected the hoary notion tha ...

BY Meryl Chertoff

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07.05.2011
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