Hutton Honors College
— Indiana University
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Ruling in Controversial Cases
An Undergraduate Discussion Breakfast with Former Federal District
Court
Judge
While on campus, Judge Walker will deliver a public lecture, "On the
Bench and in the Game," on Thursday, Nov. 3, 3 p.m., Maurer School of
Law Moot Court Room. For more on Judge Walker and his visit, click
here.
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As a federal judge for 21 years, Vaughn Walker decided high-profile
cases in civil liberties, national security, and many other areas,
including cases dealing with World War II Japanese Forced Labor and
media access to executions. In August 2010, he struck down California's
Proposition 8, the California voter initiative banning same-sex
marriage, on the grounds that it violated the due process and equal
protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Prop 8 case, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, now Perry v. Brown, is on
appeal and may eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Walker retired
in February 2011 as chief judge of the US District Court for the
Northern District of California in San Francisco. We invite you to join
us for an informal discussion of the role of judges in our democratic
system and how they deal with politically controversial issues.
