June 20, 2014
The Privatization of America
Jon D. Michaels, Kimberly Brown, Miriam Seifter, Paul R. Verkuil, Reuben A. Guttman
Paul R. Verkuil
Administrative Conference of the United StatesBegin: 0:00
Reuben A. Guttman
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.Begin: 4:38
Jon D. Michaels
Yale Law SchoolBegin: 15:13
Miriam Seifter
Georgetown University Law CenterBegin: 26:26
Kimberly Brown
University of Baltimore School of LawBegin: 33:20
This panel explored the question of whether rights are violated by the shift of inherently governmental functions to the private sector. Our prison systems are contracted out; some of our education schemes include vouchers and for-profit charter schools; our regulators are hiring private consultants to help enforce compliance and catch fraud; our federal Medicare systems rely on the insurance industry to determine medical necessity; and our courts are now telling litigants that judicial process is being privatized through arbitration. Are there constitutional or legal lines that are being crossed? How should progressives respond?
Speakers:
Kimberly Brown, Associate Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law
Reuben A. Guttman, Director, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.; Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow, Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, Emory University School of Law
Jon D. Michaels, Anne Urowsky Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Miriam Seifter, Visiting Researcher and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Paul R. Verkuil, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States