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The Federalist Paper, November 2011

The Magazine of the Federalist Society

We are pleased to bring you the fall issue of The Federalist Paper. Inside, as...

State Court Challenges to Legislatively Enacted Tort Reforms

Andrew Cook, Emily Kelchen

White Paper

Introduction Over the past three decades, proponents of civil liability reform have made significant gains.1...

Forgotten Cases: Worthen v. Thomas and the Contract Clause

David F. Forte

Federalist Society Review, Volume 18

Note from the Editor: This article discusses the history of interpretation of the Contract Clause and...

Christie v. NCAA: Anti-Commandeering or Bust

Jonathan Wood, Ilya Shapiro

Federalist Society Review, Volume 18

Note from the Editor: This article argues that the Supreme Court should find unconstitutional the...

Miranda v. Arizona [SCOTUSbrief]

Paul G. Cassell

Short video featuring Paul Cassell

Whenever law enforcement performs a custodial interrogation of a suspect in the United States, it...

Lawyers at War

Dennis Jacobs

10th Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture

Dennis Jacobs is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit....

Chiafalo v. Washington: The Decision [SCOTUSbrief]

Michael T. Morley

Short video featuring Michael Morley

In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, members of the electoral college in Washington...

Criminal Law Update: A Survey of State Law Changes in 2019

Robert Alt

Criminal Justice Update

Note from the Editor:  The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...

State Court Docket Watch: In Re State of Texas

Cory R. Liu

State Court Docket Watch: 2020 Edition

In In re State of Texas, the Texas Supreme Court held that a voter’s lack...