The 2018 National Lawyers Convention is scheduled for Thursday, November 15 through Saturday, November 17 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The theme for the convention this year is: Good Government through Agency Accountability and Regulatory Transparency. Registration is now open!
The Second Annual Kentucky Chapters Conference will be held at the Kentucky State Capitol House on October 29, 2018. The Keynote Address will be delivered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Register now!
Thirty years after the decision in Morrison v. Olson, questions raised in Justice Scalia’s lone dissent continue to inform legal debate on separation of powers and the unitary executive. What can today’s law school students learn from Scalia’s dissent?
According to precedent, some civil servants have a property interest in their job and receive due process protections before they can be fired. Gregory Jacob explains three Supreme Court cases which have come to define the limits of hiring and firing civil servants.
Does the US have a mass incarceration problem or a crime problem? Have mandatory minimums and other tactics led to safer communities? Steven Cook and Shon Hopwood discuss sentencing reform in the first video of a POLICYbrief series on criminal justice.
In 1913 the 17th Amendment replaced the original means for election of Senators with the current system of direct election by the people. What impact has this significant change made? Would reinstating the Framers’ design be a worthwhile step toward restoring constitutional government? Audio and video now available.
A panel of experts discussed the upcoming Supreme Court term, with opening remarks from Solicitor General Noel Francisco. This event was recorded and live streamed.
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The Federalist Society’s Practice Group members are grouped by substantive area of law. Every Practice Group has an Executive Committee that meets once a month via conference call. These volunteers help direct the efforts of the Practice Group: they organize events, including Teleforum calls, in person programs, and the panels for the Federalist Society’s flagship event, our National Lawyers Convention.