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Panel III: The Treaty Power [Archive Collection] Aug 13, 2020

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On November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC on "Foreign Affairs and The Constitution: The Roles of Congress, The President, and The Courts". The second day of the symposium began with a panel on "The Treaty Power".
Featuring:
Abraham Sofaer, Department of State
Prof. Harold Koh, Yale Law School
Prof. John Nowak, University of Illinois College of Law
Justice Grover Rees III, Chief Justice of the High Court of American Samoa
Moderator: Judge Laurence Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

Panel II: The First Amendment and National Security [Archive Collection] Aug 10, 2020

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On November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC on "Foreign Affairs and The Constitution: The Roles of Congress, The President, and The Courts". The second panel explored the relationship between "The First Amendment and National Security".
Featuring:
Floyd Abrams, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel
Prof. Henry Holzer, Brooklyn Law School
Don Oberdorfer, The Washington Post
Richard Willard, Department of Justice
Moderator: Dr. Suzanne Garment, American Enterprise Institute
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

A Conversation with Senator Marsha Blackburn Aug 10, 2020

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The DC Young Lawyers Chapter hosted Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on July 22, 2020. Sen. Blackburn gave her personal insight into some of the biggest issues currently facing the country.
Speaker:
Hon. Marsha Blackburn, Senator, State of Tennessee & Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
Introduction: Kaytlin Roholt Lane, Jones Day & President, DC Young Lawyers Chapter, The Federalist Society
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

Address by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger [Archive Collection] Jul 17, 2020

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On November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC on "Foreign Affairs and The Constitution: The Roles of Congress, The President, and The Courts". On the first day of the symposium, Caspar Weinberger, the Secretary of Defense, gave an address regarding the War Powers Act.
Featuring:
Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense
David McIntosh, Domestic Policy Council
Introduction: Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic & International Studies
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

Qualified Immunity: A Debate Jul 16, 2020

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Panel I: The President's Powers as Commander-in-Chief vs. Congress's War Power and Appropriations Power [Archive Collection] Jul 10, 2020

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On November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC on "Foreign Affairs and The Constitution: The Roles of Congress, The President, and The Courts". The first panel of the symposium discussed "The President's Powers as Commander-in-Chief vs. Congress' War Power and Appropriations Power".
Featuring:
Rep. Charles Bennett, U.S. Representative, Florida
Prof. Geoffrey P. Miller, University of Chicago Law School
William Bradford Reynolds, Department of Justice
Prof. William Van Alstyne, Duke University School of Law
Moderator: A.B. Culvahouse, Counsel to the President
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

DEBATE: Were the New Title IX Regulations Needed? Will They Result in Fairer Disciplinary Proceedings? Jul 07, 2020

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Clash of the Titans: General Michael Flynn & Judge Emmett Sullivan Jun 30, 2020

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On June 4, 2020, the Miami Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society hosted an online event discussing "Clash of the Titans: General Michael Flynn & Judge Emmett Sullivan - Does the DOJ have Unfettered Discretion to Dismiss the Flynn Prosecution?"
Featuring:
David Oscar Markus, Criminal Trial & Appellate Lawyer, Markus/Moss
Prof. Carissa Byrne Hessick, Ransdell Professor of Law and Director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Moderator: Clark Neily, Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

Opening Address by Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski [Archive Collection] Jun 19, 2020

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On November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC on "Foreign Affairs and The Constitution: The Roles of Congress, The President, and The Courts". The symposium commenced with an address by Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinksi, former National Security Advisor to President Carter.
Featuring:
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

Civil Liberties and COVID-19 Jun 17, 2020

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The Federalist Society's COVID-19 & the Law Conference concluded with a panel on "Civil Liberties and COVID-19". The panel took place via teleconference on Friday, June 12, 2020.
Various governmental and private measures relating to COVID-19 are raising challenging civil liberties questions both in the US and around the world. What are the limits on States and localities’ ability to restrict movement? Should journalists be able to be sued for promoting approaches deemed insufficiently or overly aggressive? Do businesses shut down by government order have any legal recourse? What kind of reason do police need to stop people on the street to enforce stay-at-home orders? What about government redirection of medical resources away from abortions? What about government redirection of goods and production capacity? Rationing of scarce medical resources on the basis of anticipated quality of life? What about churches told not to hold in-person or drive-in services? What about prisoners and detained unlawful entrants at heightened exposure risk? What about landlords forbidden to evict tenants? Nor are the challenges limited to the immediate emergency measures. Potential public health steps intended to facilitate safer reopening also raise thorny problems. Should the government be able to condition going back to work or getting on an airplane on a negative COVID-19 test? Or a positive antibody test? Should a company or an airline? Should privacy laws including HIPAA and others be relaxed to permit more effective isolation of people who test positive, including using cell phone location information to send phone alerts to health officials about people who have tested positive and are not self-isolating? Or their close contacts? Or to help with contact tracing? If not how will this affect the efficacy of stepped up testing efforts? Even if in theory some of this makes sense, does the US really have the enforcement resources and bureaucratic capacity effectively to borrow/emulate some of these techniques that have been used in other countries? This panel will explore these questions.
Featuring:
Prof. Julia Mahoney, John S. Battle Professor of Law; Class of 1963 Research Professor in Honor of Graham C. Lilly and Peter W. Low, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, Emerita, New York Law School; Former President, American Civil Liberties Union, 1991-2008
Prof. Mila Versteeg, Martha Lubin Karsh and Bruce A. Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law; Director, Human Rights Program; Senior Fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Moderator: Hon. Christopher C. DeMuth, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

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