UCSC 2012: The People’s Advocate

THE TRAJECTORY OF JUSTICE 2012: THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE

In the spring of 2012, Daniel Sheehan taught a class at UCSC outlining the major cases he has litigated over the years. The class starts with stories from Harvard Law School and works through the Pentagon Papers, the Karen Silkwood case, and the Iran Contra scandal, to name a few.

VIDEOS
4-3-2012: Intro lecture – Danny Sheehan’s adventures in law school, how we will confront and hopefully overcome this generation’s upcoming major crises

4-5-2012: Second intro lecture, continuing to explain the upcoming crises and how to confront them, black panther cases, the Attica prison riot

4-10-2012: Eisenstadt v. Baird case

4-12-2012: Roe v. Wade case

4-17-2012: The New Bedford riots, right of journalists to protect their confidential news sources

4-19-2012: The Pentagon Papers Case

4-24-2012: The Watergate Burglary

4-26-2012: The Watergate Hearings, and the history of the Reactionaries, leading back to the Kennedy Assassination

5-1-2012: Sara Nelson introducing the Karen Silkwood case, talking about the organizing, outreach, and education necessary to the litigation

5-3-2012: Second Karen Silkwood Case class, the investigation

5-8-2012: Third Karen Silkwood Case class, the trial

5-10-2012: Fourth Karen Silkwood Case class, the appellate court cases, and the Three Mile Island case, which closely followed the Karen Silkwood case

5-15-2012: Greensboro Civil Rights Case

5-17-2012: Greensboro video, and the Mayor Eddie James Carthean murder trial

5-22-2012: American Sanctuary Movement Case, leading into Iran Contra

5-24-2012: Iran Contra Case, pre-filing investigation

5-29-2012: Iran Contra Case, pre trial discovery, post filing investigation

5-31-2012: Iran Contra Case, the appellate process, the special prosecutor’s investigation, etc

6-5-2012: The big picture: Putting it all together, why Danny has done all this stuff, what do we do from here

6-7-2012: Final class! Open discussion about new paradigm topics, world-views, UFOs, etc

https://youtu.be/qM9LrPhQdrY