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Although the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee David H. Souter '61 do not begin until next month, legal and political buffs here may get a sneak preview at the Kennedy School of Government tomorrow...
Yourow said that he will play the part of Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. In addition, Yourow said that Brian Couchouchis, a constitutional lawyer who has worked with Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe '62, will play Souter...
...before questioning is opened to the audience, two students working on Harvard's Summer in Boston program will grill the mock Souter extensively...
Yourow said that Couchouchis will attempt to befaithful to the real Souter's character, and addedthat the mock Souter--like the real one--might notanswer questions about certain controversialissues, such as abortion...
Yourow, who taught an Institute of Politicsseminar on the U.S. Supreme Court two years ago,said he was scheduled to give a lecture on thecourt's past term even before last month'sresignation of Justice William J. Brennan. Butwhen Brennan resigned and President Bush hastilynominated Souter, Yourow said he thought he shoulddo something out of the ordinary, in order tocapitalize on the new political climate...