Stephen Vladeck on Dalmazzi
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2018
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Lawfare contributor and University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck argued before the Supreme Court last week in United States v. Dalmazzi, a case concerning the appointment of military judges to the Court of Military Commission Review and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Vladeck joined Scott Anderson on the Lawfare Podcast to discuss the complexities of the case, why it matters and what it’s like arguing before the nine justices.
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| 0:30.0 | If you're arguing the second case of the day, |
| 0:34.0 | there's a backup council table that's just behind the arguing council's table. |
| 0:38.0 | It's actually one of the best seats in the house. |
| 0:42.0 | Actually, I was really, really glad that I was able to |
| 0:46.0 | have an hour basically after the pomp and circumstance of the court |
| 0:52.0 | coming into session that justices ascending the bench |
| 0:56.0 | to just sort of collect my thoughts to watch other people argue |
| 1:00.0 | and to settle into the moment. |
| 1:02.0 | I think it would have been a lot more stressful for me if I had been first. |
| 1:06.0 | It was really fun to sit there. |
| 1:08.0 | I mean, the first case was this hyper-technical civil procedure case |
| 1:12.0 | where my former mentor Neil Cacciol was arguing about the half of the respondents. |
| 1:16.0 | It was just a lot of fun to see Neil in action |
| 1:20.0 | and to sort of rev myself up for what I was about to do. |
| 1:24.0 | Basically, look, they get questions that they're not sure of the answer of either. |
| 1:28.0 | And the justice is, you know, they're human, they're smiling, |
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