Judge Lawrence Silberman - A Tribute ( Bonus Edition) United States Circuit Judge for the Federal District Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia Circuit

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In this special edition we look back at a giant of the American Justice System. Lawrence Silberman is a man most people, including me, had probably never heard of unless you were knowledgeable about the law.  I was introduced to him because he was on a panel examining the massive evidence of prosecutorial misconduct that the 2013 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Geoff Shepard had uncovered.  It was a symposium on the papers of Watergate hosted by The Federalist Society. 

That Symposium will be featured on our podcast all next week. The legal experts that are participating in that symposium are impressive to say the least.  we are honored that The Federalist Society has granted our show permission to share the event with you.  

Sadly, just over two weeks after the symposium Judge Silberman passed away at age 86. The suddenness of his passing had me curious to learn more about him, when I did ,  I realized that this man was an impressive one. 

In this episode, we will hear from Judge Laurence Silberman on a range of topics including, his role in protecting the second amendment in a ruling that struck down the Washington D.C.  gun policy, his thoughts on free speech in this modern age, the Rowe v Wade decision, His thoughts on the court system, the number of lawyers in the United States, and his role as a co-chair on the special committee that looked into the second Gulf War and how we got involved in it. 

This is one fascinating episode about  one of the most fascinating individuals in modern American History and a man that almost no one in the general public has even heard of,  until now.   

It is a tribute to a giant.