Judge David Tatel’s new memoir, Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, recalls his remarkable legal career. In this episode, Judge Tatel joins Jeffrey Rosen to discuss his experience as a civil rights lawyer, landmark cases he presided over as a federal judge, the challenges his blindness posed, and how he overcame them.
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Today’s episode was produced by Lana Ulrich, Samson Mostashari, and Bill Pollock. It was engineered by Bill Pollock. Research was provided by Cooper Smith, and Yara Daraiseh.
Participants
Judge David S. Tatel has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since October 1994, assuming senior status in 2022. He previously served as the director of the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during the Carter Administration. Judge Tatel co-chairs the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology and Law; and is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center. Rosen is also a professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic. His most recent book is The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America.
Additional Resources:
- Judge David S. Tatel, Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice (2024)
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