The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order.
Apr 23, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Forty years ago on April 23rd, 1982, students from around the country came together at Yale Law to organize the First Annual Federalist Society Student Symposium.
The symposium laid the foundation for what would grow to become a national organization of over 60,000 students, lawyers, and faculty members.
"We need experience & expertise at the agencies which were created by Congress to develop the specifics…The courts can & have held Congress & regulations invalid when the agencies go out of the lanes that were established for them." Prof. Sally Katzen @nyuniversity#FedSocEvents
"We are giving enormous power to the judiciary to define our lives" and members of the courts don't have the background "to make these kinds of decisions." Prof. Sally Katzen @nyulaw#FedSocEvents
Feb 2, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Panel 3 of the Annual Florida Chapters Conference: Election Law and Redistricting in Florida. #FedSocEvents
J. Christian Adams of @PILFoundation opens the panel. #FedSocEvents
Feb 2, 2019 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Day 2 of the Annual Florida Chapters Conference begins with a Round Table Discussion on Religious Liberty Court Cases. #FedSocEvents@AllianceDefends
“Religious freedom protects the devout Catholic as much as the ardent atheist.” @KWaggonerADF#FedSocEvents
Feb 2, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The 2019 Florida Chapters Banquet begins with an address by @AshleyMoodyFL. #FedSocEvents
“Government should only act within the powers given to it by the Constitution and the people. That power is limited.” @AshleyMoodyFL#FedSocEvents
Feb 1, 2019 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
The Annual Florida Chapters Conference opens with a panel on “Stare Decisis and Precedent.” #FedSocEvents
.@randyjkozel sets the stage for the discussion of stare decisis. #FedSocEvents
Jan 26, 2019 • 5 tweets • 6 min read
The 2019 Annual Western Chapters Conference is underway at the @Reagan_Library. Hon. Allison Eid moderates the opening panel, "Debate on Nationwide Injunctions." #FedSocEvents
“The federal government can’t commandeer state and local officials” to enforce federal law, but “that doesn’t apply when the federal government has made an unambiguous condition on federal spending.” @jeastman714#FedSocEvents
Jan 15, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
[STARTING at 12:15p ET] The “Second Amendment in the New Supreme Court” Conference concludes with an address by Prof. Renee Lerner of @gwlaw. #FedSocEvents#SCOTUS
[LIVE] Starting momentarily: Address by Prof. Renee Lerner of @gwlaw. #FedSocEvents
Jan 15, 2019 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
[LIVE] Panel 2 of the “Second Amendment in the New Supreme Court” Conference begins at 10:30a ET. Panelists will debate: Are semiautomatic rifles, aka “assault weapons,” protected by the Second Amendment? #FedSocEvents#SCOTUS#2A
STARTING NOW: Are semiautomatic rifles, aka “assault weapons,” protected by the Second Amendment? Watch live: #FedSocEvents
Jan 15, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
[LIVE] The first panel of today’s “Second Amendment in the New Supreme Court” Conference will begin momentarily. #FedSocEvents#SCOTUS
The first panel will debate the question: Does the right to bear arms include a right to carry handguns in public? Watch live:
Sep 10, 2018 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
"The U.S. will use any means necessary to protect our citizens & those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court. We will not cooperate with the ICC, will not provide any assistance to the ICC, & we certainly will not join the ICC."
[LIVE] The ICC "unacceptably concentrates power in the hands of an unchecked executive who is accountable to no one." Hon. John Bolton #FedSocEvents