SU College of Law to host expert panel on presidential power and surveillance Feb. 6

SU College of Law to host expert panel on presidential power and surveillance Feb. 6January 31, 2006Jaclyn D. Grossojgrosso@law.syr.edu

Syracuse University College of Law will present “All Means Necessary–Presidential Power, Warrantless Surveillance and Terrorism,” a forum on presidential powers Feb. 6, at 4 p.m. in Grant Auditorium.

The panel discussion will feature nationally recognized experts from SU’s College of Law and Maxwell School who will address presidential orders of warrantless surveillance of persons in the United States by the National Security Agency, executive authority, congressional statutes and resolutions. Speakers will provide legal and political insight into the issues, as well as personal thoughts and experiences. The Hon. Thomas Maroney LAW’63, professor of law, will moderate.

Members of the panel include Bill Banks, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Law and director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism; David Crane LAW’80, distinguished visiting professor of law and former chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, an international war crimes tribunal; David Driesen, Angela S. Cooney Professor of Law; Alasdair Roberts, associate professor in the Maxwell School and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute; and Bill Wiecek, Congdon Professor of Law and professor of history in The College of Arts and Sciences.

For more information, contact Jaclyn Grosso at (315) 443-9534 or jgrosso@law.syr.edu.