JACKSON, Tenn. — Jan. 13, 2006 — An acclaimed legal scholar and a national columnist will visit 51社区 this spring to provide their insights into the judicial nomination process and the changing U.S. Supreme Court.
Robert George and Margaret Carlson will be keynote speakers for the 2006 Union Forum lecture series. George will visit Union Thursday, March 16, while Carlson will be on campus April 6.
Each will address the subject, 鈥淛udicial Appointments and the U.S. Supreme Court.鈥�
George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. He is a member of the President鈥檚 Council on Bioethics and formerly served as a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He was Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award.
George is the author of 鈥淚n Defense of Natural Law,鈥� 鈥淢aking Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality鈥� and 鈥淭he Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion and Morality in Crisis.鈥� He has published numerous scholarly articles and book reviews.
Carlson was named a columnist for Time magazine in February 1994. Her column, 鈥淧ublic Eye,鈥� makes Carlson the first woman columnist in the magazine鈥檚 76-year history.
Prior to being named a columnist, Carlson served as the magazine鈥檚 deputy Washington bureau chief, and became White House correspondent in 1992. She is a frequent panelist on national political programs such as CNN鈥檚 鈥淚nside Politics鈥� and was a regular on 鈥淭he Capital Gang鈥� during its lengthy run.
Carlson has extensively covered the last three presidential campaigns. Currently she is on the board of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. She wrote the book 鈥淎nyone Can Grow Up: How George Bush and I Made It to the White House.鈥�
The luncheons begin at 11:45 a.m. each day. Tickets are $25 each, or $125 for a table of six. A table for both luncheons is $200. Online registration is available at .
Now in its eighth year, Union Forum is sponsored by the First Tennessee Foundation, TLM Associates, West Tennessee Healthcare and The Jackson Sun.
For more information, contact Union鈥檚 Office of University Relations at (731) 661-5050.