National Security Prosecutions and the Federal Courts — Judge Joseph F. Bianco (2d Cir.)

How far should the government be allowed to go to stop a terrorist attack? Should suspected terrorists receive the same constitutional protections as ordinary criminal defendants? And what happens when the evidence needed to convict a terrorist is too classified to present in open court? Join the Federalist Society for a conversation with Judge Joseph F. Bianco of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, a former federal prosecutor who served as Chief of the Southern District of New York’s Organized Crime and Terrorism Unit and later oversaw the Justice Department’s Counterterrorism Section. Drawing on his experience prosecuting terrorism cases in the aftermath of 9/11, Judge Bianco will explore some of the most difficult questions in national security law, from enemy combatants and military tribunals to classified intelligence, due process, and the limits of executive power. When national security is at stake, how much liberty can the Constitution afford to protect—and who gets to decide?