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Trials & Error: Cassius Clay V. United States

Trials & Errors: Cassius Clay v. United States, The Trial of Muhammad Ali (On-Demand)

Originally held on Thursday, March 16, 2017 | 6:30-8 pm CLE Credit: NY: 1.5 pp NJ: 1.5 general CA: 1.5 general PA: 1.0 general On-Demand: $69 Member | $149 Nonmember Download Program Agenda & Faculty. Download Registration Form

With the recent passing of legendary heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marsellus Clay, Jr.), Trials & Error revisits the 1971 Supreme Court opinion that nearly ended Ali's career: Clay v. United States. After refusing induction into the military in 1967, and the Draft Board and a federal appeals court denying his request for conscientious objector status, Ali was stripped of his boxing license and heavyweight title. It took months of infighting within the chambers of the Supreme Court for eight Justices to unanimously rule that Clay's religious objection to war, as a Muslim, was valid. Join us for a discussion with Thomas Krattenmaker, who was the law clerk to Justice John Marshall Harlan who served on the Supreme Court during that term, Ali's appellate attorney, Jonathan Shapiro, leading Ali biographer, Thomas Hauser, and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actress and choreographer Rosie Perez.


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New York City Bar 42 West 44th St New York, NY 10036

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