As climate change rushes towards the point of no return, as Holocaust survivors die and can no longer give testimony, as once-vanquished diseases threaten pandemics, as the notion that there is "doubt" on settled scholarship becomes unremarkable, so the task facing the debunkers becomes both more urgent and more difficult.
As I noted in my opinion concurring in the result in Lopez (373 U.S., at 441, 83 S.Ct. at 1389, 10 L.Ed.2d 462), I would not sanction the use of a secretary made recording other than for the purposes of corroborating the testimony of a witness who can give firsthand testimony concerning the recorded conversations and who is made available for cross-examination.
In order that it is not simply those who have retired, or who have been made redundant and left the industry, who feel able to make a contribution we are working with the Inquiry team to ensure that journalists who wish to contribute to the Inquiry can give their testimony in confidence, to afford them protection from retribution.
Clinton's lawyers agreed that he would voluntarily sit for an interview, and Starr withdrew the subpoena — leaving open the question of whether a president can be compelled to give testimony.
However, when they do give testimony back home, it can be embarrassing for Mr Uribe's government.
You can be an expert in the field and give testimony without having an academic level of scientific knowledge..
You can be an expert in the field and give testimony without having an academic level of scientific knowledge...
The citizens themselves can have control over the process, including the vital decisions over who is invited to share expertise and give testimony.
The tradition of holding hearings that can be attended by non-legislators, in combination with the expectation that individuals will appear in person to give testimony, may make legislative hearings less susceptible to industry efforts to hijack public commentary.
There can be few complaints about the principle of such a policy: a guilty plea spares victims the pain of having to give testimony in court.
