The Joshua A. Guberman Lecture was established at Brandeis University to honor the memory of a man whose passionate concerns were for individual well-being and social justice. In tribute to Joshua A. Guberman, his family has endowed an annual lecture in law and social policy at Brandeis University. The lectures are sponsored under the auspices of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management and the Legal Studies Program.
This lecture addresses an urgent constitutional dilemma: What safeguards remain when a President claims sweeping executive authority and faces little meaningful prospect of criminal accountability? If the House returns to Democratic control, is impeachment not a constitutional imperative? But is impeachment of this President supported by the Constitution? On what basis? And is impeachment "worth the candle" given the virtual certainty that it will not result in his conviction and removal from office?
This year’s Guberman Lecturer is Jeff Robbins, Litigation Partner at Saul Ewing, Boston. Robbins' book Notes from the Brink: A Collection of Columns About Policy at Home and Abroad was published in the summer of 2024. Jeff has served as Chairman of the New England Board of the Anti-Defamation League and President of the World Affairs Council of Boston. He is the recipient of a Human Rights Award from the American Jewish Committee.
