Sponsored jointly by the Law Library of Congress, the Burton Foundation and the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, this year's June 14 debate at the Library of Congress, the "Just Pursuit of Terrorism," continued a dialogue suggested by Chief Justice William Rehnquist for the first Holmes Debate in 2003. The purpose of the series of debates is to create a prominent national forum to examine critical issues facing the judiciary. Michael AFitts, dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, was the program chair of this year's event. Law Librarian Rubens Medina welcomed participants, law enforcement figures and legal scholars, and cautioned that past mistakes may be "repeated if their causes are not addressed." This year's debate looked at issues involved in the confrontation between the need for law enforcement measures to safeguard the nation's security and the toll that may take on traditional American civil liberties.
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机译：由美国国会法律图书馆，伯顿基金会和舒克，哈迪与培根律师事务所联合赞助的今年6月14日在美国国会图书馆举行的辩论“正义追求恐怖主义”，继续由首席大法官威廉建议进行对话伦奎斯特（Rehnquist）于2003年进行首次霍姆斯辩论。一系列辩论的目的是建立一个重要的全国性论坛，以审查司法机构面临的关键问题。宾夕法尼亚大学法学院院长兼法学教授伯纳德·G·西格尔（Bernard G. Segal）是今年活动的主持人。法律图书馆员鲁本斯·麦地那（Rubens Medina）欢迎与会者，执法人员和法律学者，并警告说，过去的错误“如果不解决其原因，则可以重复”。今年的辩论着眼于在维护国家安全所需的执法措施与可能损害美国传统公民自由权之间的对抗中所涉及的问题。
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