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This lecture is supported by the fund established to honor Robert W. Kastenmeier, an outstanding graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, who served with great distinction in the United States Congress from 1958-1990. During his tenure, Congressman Kastenmeier made special contributions to the improvement of the judiciary and to the field of intellectual property law. He drafted the rules for the House Committee on the Judiciary that were used for the impeachment against Richard M. Nixon and drafted the articles of impeachment against Judge Harry Claiborne. In 1985, Kastenmeier received the Warren E. Burger Award, presented by the institute for Court Management, and the Service Award of the National Center for State Courts. In 1988, he was honored by the American Judicature Society with its Justice Award for his contributions to improving the administration of justice.

The Kastenmeier Fund was created to recognize these contributions by fostering important legal scholarship in the fields of intellectual property, corrections, administration of justice, and civil liberties. It is a fitting tribute to the leadership of Robert W. Kastenmeier in these areas.

Planning Committee: Peter Carstensen, Bill Kaplan, Robert Kastenmeier, Michael Remington

2008 Kastenmeier Lecture

"Economic Injustice"

Rep. David Obey

4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 13, 2008

Godfrey & Kahn Hall, Room 2260
University of Wisconsin Law School
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2008 Speaker Biographies

Congressman David R. Obey

Congressman Dave Obey was elected to four terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly where he was privileged to serve as Deputy Democratic Leader. He has been elected nineteen times to the U.S. House of Representatives by the citizens of Wisconsin?s 7th Congressional District. As of April 5, 2005 he has served Wisconsin longer in Congress than any other person.

When first elected to Congress in 1969 ? succeeding Mel Laird, who was appointed Secretary of Defense ? Dave was the youngest Member of Congress in the United States.

Dave?s decisions in public life have been driven by the values he absorbed from the Social Gospel and the values he inherited from Wisconsin La Follette Progressive tradition.

Dave?s top priority in public life has been the cause of economic justice. He is the only Democratic Member of the House to have served on the three major economic committees in Congress ? The Budget Committee, The Joint Economic Committee, and The Committee on Appropriations.

He served two terms as the Chairman of Joint Economic Committee where he focused Committee research on the growing gap between the rich and poor. In 1994 he was elected Chairman of the Appropriations Committee in a challenge to a more senior member of the Committee. He served ten years as Chairman of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee and more than ten years as the ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee and ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. In the 110th Congress, Dave regained the Chairmanship of the Committee and continues to use his position to try and make life better for all Americans, not just the social and economic elite.

Dave and his wife, Joan Lepinski, both went to St. James Catholic School. Both graduated from Wausau East High School together and both went on to receive Bachelor?s degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Joan received her Masters in Social Work from Catholic University. Dave did his graduate work in Soviet politics at the University of Wisconsin under a National Defense Education Act three-year scholarship and fully expected to be teaching Russian and Chinese politics before he took a turn toward public service.

Dave and Joan have two adult sons, Craig and Doug, and their family has grown to include Kirsten Johnson-Obey and Kate Gibney and two grandchildren, Lucas and Isabelle.

In his spare time, Dave enjoys playing the harmonica and performs with his sons and some friends in a bluegrass band, ?The Capitol Offenses?, which has recorded three albums.

Previous Kastenmeier Events

2007	Lecture: The National Security Constitution in a Time of Terror Dean Harold Hongju Koh
2006	Lecture: The Law in Action: What the Bayh-Dole Act Means to the University of Wisconsin and the State of Wisconsin and an Effective National Science Policy [Audio/Video] Dr. Carl Gulbrandsen
2005	Lecture: The Iraq War: Lessons from the Past The Honorable George McGovern
2004	Lectures: Civil Rights Act of 1964: Hopes and Promises Professor Frank Tuerkheimer Bob Kastenmeier and 1960s Civil Rights Legislation: Leadership Through Commitment and Foresight Professor Roger Wilkins
2003	Lecture: The Forgotten Balance of Robert Kastenmeier Professor Lawrence Lessig
2002	Lecture: Civil Liberties in a Time of Terror Mr. Anthony Lewis
2001	Colloquium: Sentencing Criminals: After a Quarter Century of Reform, Where Are We?
2000	Colloquium: From the Bill of Rights to the Internet: Protecting Privacy Rights and Interests in the New Millennium
1999	Colloquium: From Watergate to the Present: Impeachment, Presidential Accountability, and the Separation of Powers
1997	Lecture: The Transformation of American Copyright Law Professor Paul Goldstein
1996	Lecture: Political Extremism: Is It New? Is It Worse? Is It Curable? The Honorable Abner J. Mikva
1995	Symposium: Is Effective Crime Policy Possible?
1994	Symposium: Computer Software Protection: Reinventing Intellectual Property
1992	Lecture: Seen in a Glass Darkly: The Future of the Federal Courts Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

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