Federalist Society
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Federalist Society, Food, Law Schools, Nauseating Things
An Explosive Federalist Society Lunch at Michigan Law?And another scatological law school tale at UT.
You’d think those in the law would know by now not to send out embarrassing emails. But a Federalist Society officer at the University of Michigan Law School, whose name we’ve replaced with a pseudonym, seems oblivious. Apparently, Fed Soc served up some E-coli tainted lettuce at a recent lunch: Subject: [lawopen] Fed Soc Lunch/ […] -
Federalist Society, John Yoo, Politics
John Yoo v. Bob Barr Debate Presidential PowerAnd: Did Yoo just accuse the Bush Administration of 'incompetence and stupidity'?
This afternoon, the Federalist Society at the University of Chicago Law School sponsored an interesting debate. It featured Berkeley law professor John Yoo, author of the so-called “torture memos,” and Bob Barr, the prominent libertarian and former congressman, debating the following subject: “Presidential Power v. Civil Liberties in Times of War.” (Executive power is the […] - Sponsored
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Federalist Society, Job Searches, Legal Ethics, Politics
Discriminating Against Conservatives in Law Firm Hiring:Is It Wrong?
That was the question posed in yesterday’s popular Ethicist column, in the New York Times. Here’s the question that a reader posed to columnist Randy Cohen: While interviewing law students for jobs as paid summer interns and full-time associates for my firm, I noticed several had résumés listing their activities in the Federalist Society. Some […]
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Conferences / Symposia, Federal Government, Federalist Society
Breakdown of the Public-Private Distinction: Implications for the Administrative State
Time to resume our lateblogging — or can we call it early-blogging, in light of the morning hour? — of the Federalist Society’s 2009 National Lawyers Convention. If you’re a conservative or libertarian lawyer (or law student), this is an event well worth attending every year. In addition to the lively and informative panel discussions […] -
Banking Law, Conferences / Symposia, Federalist Society, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street
Regulation of Financial Institutions
We continue our lateblogging of the Federalist Society’s 2009 National Lawyers Convention. The conversations at the conference are always interesting. As far as we’re concerned, this has to be one of the most painless ways to rack up CLE credits. Here’s the next panel discussion that we attended: Regulation of Financial Institutions Hon. Paul S. […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Federalist Society, Free Speech, Media and Journalism, Politics
Free Speech: The Fairness Doctrine
Over the weekend, we had the pleasure of attending the Federalist Society’s 2009 National Lawyers Convention, down in Washington, D.C. As in past years, conservative and libertarian legal luminaries were plentiful, and the panel discussions and other events were excellent. Some folks — e.g., Josh Blackman — were liveblogging the proceedings. We’re only writing up […] -
Federalist Society, Media and Journalism, Shameless Plugs, Tony Mauro
Mr. Lat Goes to Washington
We mentioned this in passing yesterday, but in case you missed it, please take note of this event in D.C. next week: On Wednesday, September 23, the Georgetown Federalist Society will be hosting a panel event on New Media & The Law at 7 PM in Hart Auditorium [at Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New […] - Sponsored
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Federalist Society, War on Terror
Do We Have the Legal Tools To Prevent Terrorist Attacks?
On Tuesday night, we attended a very interesting panel discussion, “Do We Have the Legal Tools to Prevent Terrorist Attacks?” It was sponsored by the New York City Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society, and it featured the following panelists: Andrew C. McCarthy (no, not that Andrew McCarthy) — Senior Fellow, National Review Institute, and […] -
9th Circuit, Admin, Alex Kozinski, Announcements, Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Kozinski & Lat Take Manhattan
If you missed our recent event with Chief Judge Alex Kozinski (9th Cir.) in Los Angeles, and if you’re here in New York, feel free to swing by Columbia Law School at around noon tomorrow: A Judge in Full: Personality and Jurisprudence When: Thursday, January 22, at 12:10 PMSpeakers: The Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, […] -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Federalist Society
Kozinski & Lat: The Podcast
While David Lat’s west coast rampage continues — he just finished speaking at UCLA — the good people from the Federalist Society furnished us with a podcast of Lat’s lunch talk yesterday with Chief Judge Alex Kozinski (9th Cir.). If you weren’t able to make it yesterday, or you live in the part of the […] -
9th Circuit, Admin, Alex Kozinski, Announcements, Fabulosity, Federalist Society, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
ATL Visits the West Coast
Sometimes readers complain that Above the Law focuses too much on the East Coast. Since our headquarters is here in New York, and since we lived in Washington from 2006 to 2008, we may have an East Coast bias. But we do try to run a national legal news site. Even if we’re physically located […] -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, Federalist Society, Health Care / Medicine, Michael Mukasey
Breaking: Attorney General Mukasey Collapses at Federalist Society Dinner
ATL correspondent Laurie Lin, on the scene at the annual dinner of the Federalist Society, reports that Attorney General Michael Mukasey “literally collapsed mid-sentence at the podium,” while delivering a speech at the Society’s National Lawyers Convention. It is not clear what AG Mukasey suffered, but a stroke is possible. “Medical people are working on […]
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Federalist Society, Gay, Gay Marriage
Skadden Partner Walks Into the Lion's Den Society
Prominent litigator Raoul Kennedy, a partner in the San Francisco office of Skadden, stuck his head in the lion’s mouth — and lived to talk about it. Legal Pad reports that Kennedy went to a Federalist Society meeting in San Francisco to defend gay marriage, where he didn’t pull any punches: “How are any of […] -
Federalist Society, Shameless Plugs
Coming Attractions: ATL at CLS
Speaking of the Federalist Society, the Columbia Law School chapter has invited us to speak. We’ll be doing an event there tomorrow. It will be a pretty casual Q-and-A, less formal than last year’s appearance. Here are the details: Tuesday, November 20, 12:25 PM A Q-and-A with David Lat, Editor of Above the Law Columbia […] -
Antonin Scalia, Conferences / Symposia, Fabulosity, Federalist Society, J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Parties, Pictures, Samuel Alito
More About the Fabulous Fed Soc Fête
At the Federalist Society festivities: Ryan Bounds, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy; Deputy Associate Attorney General John O’Quinn; and Susanna Dokupil, Assistant Solicitor General for the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. Last week, the Federalist Society celebrated its 25th anniversary, with a black-tie gala at Union Station. The […] -
11th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Clarence Thomas, Department of Justice, Eugene Volokh, Fabulosity, Federalist Society, Judicial Nominations, Kevin Newsom, Parties, Pictures, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Ted Olson, William Pryor
A Night at the Federalist Society Birthday Bash
We now yield the floor to Laurie Lin. Who better to report on one of the year’s biggest social events than the writer of Legal Eagle Wedding Watch? Over to you, Laurie. **************** Ambition and Old Spice wafted sweetly through the air last night at the Federalist Society’s 25th Anniversary Gala at Union Station — […] -
Affirmative Action, Federalist Society, Law Schools, Politics
Affirmative Action for Federalist Society Members?
We know how you all love to argue about affirmative action. It’s a hot-button topic here at ATL. So here’s a proposal worth considering, from Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw (via Paul Caron): If right-wingers are underrepresented in universities relative to the population and discriminated against by the left-wing majority, as [former Harvard president] Larry […] -
American Constitution Society (ACS), Brett Kavanaugh, Clerkships, Federalist Society, Hotties, J. Harvie Wilkinson III, John Roberts, Kids, SCOTUS, Sports, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, UVA Law, You Go Girl
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2008 (Update #5)
Not too long ago, we said we had a “gut feeling” that some Supreme Court clerk hiring was going on (despite the Court being in recess). We were right. Meet Porter Wilkinson. And don’t hate her because she’s beautiful. Or brilliant. Or rich. Or the daughter of a top feeder judge and frequent Supreme Court […] -
Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Law Professors, Old People, Robert Bork, Tort Reform
Lawsuit of the Day: Robert Bork Hearts Plaintiffs?
Who says that conservative judicial icon Robert Bork, of the famously ill-fated Supreme Court nomination, is anti-plaintiff? Judge Bork is all in favor of punitive damages — when, for example, he’s demanding them in his Complaint (PDF). The distinguished law professor and former judge has filed a slip-and-fall lawsuit against the Yale Club of New […]