The View from an Inferior Court

This Article was originally delivered as The Morrison Lecture at the annual meeting of the California State Bar Association in October 1981. Drawing upon his vast experience as an appellate judge, the author comments on many of the problems facing today\u27s federal judiciary

The President\u27s Veto Power: An Important Instrument of Conflict in Our Constitutional System

This Article analyzes the scope of presidential veto power. The author reviews the history and debate surrounding the design of the Veto Clauses, and highlights the veto\u27s role in United States political and legal history. The author then examines the debate over the proper scope of the President\u27s veto power, including recent judicial treatment of the pocket veto. The author argues that the veto power continues to play an important role in the separation of power scheme of our political system

Private Lawyers and Public Responsibilities

A half-century ago when this Law Quadrangle was conceived and constructed, it was surely an act of faith on the part of its wise and generous donor. So it was also of this University which undertook the challenge to make of his vision a reality - to provide, in the most magnificent plant for legal education this country has ever seen, instruction in the law and constant refinement of its ideals worthy of the most rigorous traditions of the higher learning