We know about the opinions of Supreme Court justices from Marshall to Scalia, but do we know enough about their personalities? Legal eagle Jeffrey Rosen explains why High Court personalities matter to the law. Also, Socrates and the search for romance and the latest from the Libby trial.
Dispatches from the Trial
Ana Marie Cox, political correspondent for Time.com and author of Dog Days (Riverhead Books 2006), talks about the trials and tribulations of Scooter Libby.
The Supremes
Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law at George Washington University, legal correspondent and author, The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America (Times Books/Henry Holt & Company, 2006), discusses current legal affairs and why personality matters more to a Justice's legacy than ideological dogmatism.
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Love's Philosophy
Christopher Phillips, the founder and director of the Society of Philosophical Inquiry and the author of Socrates In Love: Philosophy for a Passionate Heart (W. W. Norton, 2007) talks about his search through dialogue for the meaning of love.
Socrates In Love is available ...
Socrates In Love is available ...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former member of the Dutch Parliament, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and author of "Infidel" discusses the current ...
Sara Horowitz
Sara Horowitz, executive director of Working Today Freelancer's Union, poses outside the Brian Lehrer studio after laying out her ...
Required Reading: February 8, 2007
7 GOP Senators Back War Debate (Washington Post)
Iran to Hit U.S. Interests if Attacked (Washington Post/AP)
Copter Crashes Suggest Shift in Iraqi Tactics (NY Times)
Deal Reached on Palestinian Cabinet (Al Jazeera)
U.S. May Be Mishandling Asylum Seekers, Panel Says (NY Times)
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