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- Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Randy Weaver explains his version of events during his standoff with U.S. Marshals and ATF agents during the 1992 siege at his home in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Weaver alleges that false charges were made against him by the U.S. government which led to a warrant for his arrest and the assault by Federal agents in his home. Weaver answers questions about his religious and racial separatist beliefs, and how undercover agents tried multiple times to compromise him. Weaver is questioned by Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Herb Kohl (D-WS), and Fred Thompson (R-TN) in this excerpt from the first day of hearings. Ends abruptly.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-09-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Part 1: Harold Hoag shares stories of his time as Deputy Clerk and Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court between 1967 and 1982. Hoag talks about deciding to become a lawyer while in the Navy, his law school experience, the role of the law clerk in the judicial process,and the Supreme Court Justices he served under, and how they dealt with cases and how he interacted with each. He also discusses the effect the addition of female justices had on the Court, the law in general, and the history of law enforcement in the United States. Hoag ends by reminiscing about his parents and his childhood. Part 2: Harold Hoag, clerk and Deputy Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court talks about the duties of the clerk, his desire to conduct his office in as apolitical a manner as possible, the partisan nature of the court, shepherding cases through the system and assigning them to the justices by lottery, hiring his own assistant when the case load became to much to bear, and playing "gatekeeper" in the face of the appeals process. Hoag says that the justices have become more like "CEOs and less like judges" as the work load has increased and they have been forced to bring in more clerks and other staff to manage the extreme caseloads. Hoag concludes by recalling the women justices with whom he worked and his legal training at the University of Michigan, and explaining how he came to the Michigan Supreme Court.
- Date Created:
- 2006-03-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices
- Description:
- Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Randy Weaver explains his version of events during his standoff with U.S. Marshals and ATF agents during the 1992 siege at his home in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Weaver alleges that false charges were made against him by the U.S. government which led to a warrant for his arrest and the assault by Federal agents in his home. Weaver answers questions about his religious and racial separatist beliefs, and how undercover agents tried multiple times to compromise him. Weaver is questioned by Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Herb Kohl (D-WS), and Fred Thompson (R-TN) in this excerpt from the first day of hearings. Ends abruptly.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-09-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection