Federalist Society Practice Groups Podcasts

To what extent are law enforcement personnel required to read the standard Miranda warning to terror suspects? Does the reading of such a warning so compromise the government's ability to investigate acts of terror, both prospectively and retrospectively, that a public safety exception exists? Or does such a public safety exception for terror suspects effectively erode a vital protection for all criminal suspects? Panelists include Hon. Paul G. Cassell of The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law; Prof. Amos N. Guiora of The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law; and Mr. Richard D. Klingler of Sidley Austin LLP as the moderator.

To what extent may the U.S. Congress, using its power of the purse, determine in which courts war terror detainees must be tried? Is the decision solely that of the President as a core executive power? Or does Congress have a measure of control, using its appropriations authority, to prohibit expenditure of funds for certain trials? Panelists include Mr. Andrew C. McCarthy, Senior Fellow at the National Review Institute; Mr. David B. Rivkin Jr., Partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP; and Mr. Dean A. Reuter, Vice President & Director of Practice Groups at The Federalist Society.

In this Practice Groups Podcast, Professor Michael W. Lewis and ACLU National Security Project Litigation Director Ben Wizner discuss the legal limits and policy considerations of unmanned aerial vehicles in the War on Terror. Dean Reuter, Vice President & Director of the Federalist Society's Practice Groups, moderated the discussion.