Articles
Democratic Evolution and the Church of the United Nations
Competition among the diverse values systems developed over time to create and maintain social order...
Premature Recognition: Isn't There A Better Way?
How many times do labor lawyers see this? Company A is interested in purchasing Company...
The Supreme Court and Judicial Restraint: Philip Morris USA v. W
Judicial pragmatists have implicitly ceded the moral high ground to more restrained approaches to constitutional...
The Judge and State Law: MTBE Multi-District Litigation
Imagine a product that, when used properly, is safe, valuable and environmentally sound, but when...
Evaluating Judicial Nominees: Will a Nominee Respect and Protect the Amendment Process and the Right of the People to Participate?
Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution provides that the President “shall nominate, and by...
Non-Discrimination Rules and Religious Associational Freedom
Governments are applying rules banning “discrimination” on the basis of religion and “sexual orientation” to...
Conforming Communications Policy to a Constitutional Culture
With over a decade elapsed since enactment of the supposedly (but not really) deregulatory Telecommunications...
Jonathan H. Adler Reviews The Supreme Court Opinions of Clarence Thomas, 1991-2006 by Henry Mark Holzer
Since his nomination to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1991, Justice...
Katherine Spaht Reviews The Future of Marriage by David Blankenhornn
David Blankenhorn’s The Future of Marriage is an ambitious book—ambitious in its exploration of the...
Dale A. Carpenter Reviews The Future of Marriage by David Blankenhorn
On March 28, I addressed part of David Blankenhorn’s argument, relying on international survey data,...
Michael B. Brennan Reviews Principles and Heresies by Kevin J. Smant
Civilized society seeks to achieve a proper balance between freedom and order. Law is often...
Welcome & Opening Address - Paul D. Clement
Introduction: Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Leonard Leo, and I serve as Executive Vice...
Showcase Panel I: Limited Government and Spreading Democracy - Uneasy Cousins?
JUDGE RANDOLPH: Good morning. We all know the topic that we’re going to hear our...
2006 NLC Address - Karl Zinsmeister
Introduction: My name is Allyson Ho, and it is my privilege to introduce Karl Zinsmeister,...
Net Neutrality: Battle of the Titans
Introduction: I’m David McIntosh, a partner at Mayer Brown. I’ll be the moderator for today’s...
Bringing Terrorists to Justice: Can Criminal Prosecution Work?
Introduction: I’m Judge Lois Haight. I’ll be the moderator of the panel today. Bringing terrorists...
Executive Power in Wartime
William H. Pryor, Jr.: The topic for this panel is, if not the most heated...
2006 NLC Address - Arlen Specter
Dean Reuter: Good morning and welcome on this second day of the Federalist Society’s National...