Trials and Error: Cassius Clay v. United States, The Trial of Muhammad Ali

Originally held on Thursday, March 16, 2017 | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

 

Program Planner
January Barker
Trials & Error Producer
FOLCS

Moderator
Thane Rosenbaum
Artistic Director
FOLCS

  • With the recent passing of legendary heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marsellus Clay, Jr.), Trials & Error revisits the 1971 Supreme Court opinion that nearly ended Ali’s career: Clay v. United States. After refusing induction into the military in 1967, and the Draft Board and a federal appeals court denying his request for conscientious objector status, Ali was stripped of his boxing license and heavyweight title. It took months of infighting within the chambers of the Supreme Court for eight Justices to unanimously rule that Clay’s religious objection to war, as a Muslim, was valid. Join us for a discussion with Thomas Krattenmaker, who was the law clerk to Justice John Marshall Harlan who served on the Supreme Court during that term, Ali’s appellate attorney, Jonathan Shapiro, leading Ali biographer, Thomas Hauser, and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actress and choreographer Rosie Perez.

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  • Moderator: Thane Rosenbaum
    Thomas Hauser
    Thomas Krattenmaker
    Rosie Perez
    Jonathan Shapiro

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  • 6:30 pm – 6:35 pm Introduction
    6:35 pm – 7:50 pm Round table Discussion Moderated by Thane Rosenbaum
    7:50 pm – 8:00 pm Q & A

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  • This program provides 1.5 credits in professional practice for the New York & New Jersey MCLE requirements. California & Pennsylvania credit differs as it is based on a 60-minute credit hour. The live program provided transitional credit to newly admitted attorneys; the recording does not provide transitional credit.

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    Co-produced with the Forum on Law, Culture & Society at NYU School of Law (FOLCS.org)

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