About the Event

Presidential Power in Times of Crisis: The Steel Seizure Case Revisited
October 19, 2002
Memorial Auditorium
Stanford University

Marking the 50th anniversary of Stanford Law School's Kirkwood Moot Court competition and the 50th Reunion for the Law School class of '52, Stanford Law School revisted the Supreme Court's Steel Seizure Case, decided 50 years ago. The decision has generated recent interest as the debate about executive power grows over President Bush's War on Terrorism.

Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (JD '52, AM '48, AB '48), Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (JD '52, AB '50), and former University President Gerhard Casper served as judges for this re-enactment. Law School Alumni Charles Koob (JD '69) and Karen Stevenson (JD '98) argued the merits of the case.

The event was sponsored by the Stanford Alumni Association and the Graduate School of Business, and was generously funded by the Folger Levin & Kahn Philanthropic Fund.

Nearly 1,700 people attended the debate in Memorial Auditorium.

For more information, please visit the following pages:

Stanford Law School Alumni Weekend 2002

Presidential Power in Times of Crisis: The Steel Seizure Case Revisited:
Biographies of the participants
New coverage of the event
Program for the event (pdf format)
Alumni Weekend 2002 postcard (pdf format)

"The Buck Stops Where?" (Stanford Lawyer, Fall 2002)