James Monroe addresses crowd at Community Chalkboard
On August 20, 2008, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression brought a time machine to the Community Chalkboard at the eastern end of the Downtown Mall.…[...]
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VABook: A View from the Bench
On March 28, 2008, the Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit presented the Tenth Annual Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture Series,…[...]
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VABook 2008: Legal Issues in Higher Education
Legal questions involving academic freedom, affirmative action, and student speech are but a few of the issues facing college administrators today. On March 29, 2008, a panel of experts was…[...]
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Delegates Bell and Toscano speak at Chalkboard
On Wednesday, August 22, at 7:00 pm, Virginia General Assembly Delegates Rob Bell (R-58) and David Toscano (D-57) participated in a community forum to address audience questions on past and…[...]
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James Madison speaks at the Community Chalkboard
On August 14, 2007, a time machine temporarily turned the east end of the Downtown Mall back to the year 1807, allowing for Orange County resident James Madison to appear.…[...]
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Jerry Falwell and Larry Flynt debate
In November 1997, the Reverend Jerry Falwell and publisher Larry Flynt appeared together at the University of Virginia School of Law as part of a conference organized by the Thomas…[...]
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An Interview with Oliver Hill
Civil rights attorney Oliver Hill is well known for the role he played in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions that ended the doctrine of Guv,!E"separate but equalGuv,!Vkj and other…[...]
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Jan Crawford Greenburg on the U.S. Supreme Court
In March 2007, ABC News Supreme Court Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg delivered the ninth annual lecture of the Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lectureship Series. Sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center…[...]
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VABook 2007: The Trial of Lenny Bruce
Ronald Collins, co-author of The Trials of Lenny Bruce, and attorney Robert Corn-Revere discuss the free speech trials of comedian Lenny Bruce, including their successful effort to earn Bruce the…[...]
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist delivers 2003 Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture
In April 2003, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court William H. Rehnquist provided the fifth annual lecture of the Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lectureship Series. Sponsored by the…[...]
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VABook: The Influence of Sandra Day O’Connor
Legal news commentator and reporter Joan Biskupic, discusses her new biography, Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice. This event is…[...]
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