Separation of Powers: Encroachment by the Executive
Charlotte, North Carolina 28280
The Charlotte Lawyers Chapter
Speaker:
- John S. Baker, Jr., Ph.D., Visiting Professor at Georgetown Law School and Professor Emeritus of Law at Louisiana State University.
Speaker:
- John S. Baker, Jr., Ph.D., Visiting Professor at Georgetown Law School and Professor Emeritus of Law at Louisiana State University.
Dr. John Baker will join us on October 24th to discuss the separation of powers issues raised by the current administration’s exercise of executive power. Dr. Baker is a Visiting Professor at Georgetown Law School and Professor Emeritus of Law at Louisiana State University. His work focuses on Constitutional Law with a particular emphasis on federalism and separation of powers issues. He holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Political Thought from the University of London. He has authored a number of books, including Hall's Criminal Law: Cases and Materials and An Introduction to the Law of the United States. He also has published a number of pieces in The Wall Street Journal.
Dr. Baker has served as a Fulbright Fellow and a consultant to USAID, USIA (now part of the State Department), the Justice Department, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, and the Office of Planning in the White House. He currently serves as a consultant to the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime.
Lunch provided
COST: $10 for Federalist Society members; $15 for non-members
Please RSVP online by 10/23/14.
