Judging the Judges

The role of judges came into the spotlight recently as the high profile Terry Schiavo story unfolded and with the comments of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on activist judges. We'll look at what it means to be a judge, the politics, pressures and preconceptions that range from the court of law to the court of public opinion. Laura's guests are Jeffrey Smith, Visiting Instructor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College who teaches classes on American politics, Joseph Nadeau, Senior Associate Justice with New Hampshire's Supreme Court who has travelled extensively speaking on the role of judges, and Buzz Scherr, Professor of Law and Director of the Trial Advocacy Program and the Intellectual Property Litigation Program at the Franklin Pierce Law Center.