Calendar -- Fall Semester 2006
 


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August 2006

8/9/06Southern Methodist Stephen Halbrook, Attorney, "Did the Second Amendment Survive Hurricane Katrina?"-SPEECH
8/24/06St. Louis Judge Raymond Gruender, U.S. CA 8, "Experiences as a
Judge and The Importance of The Federalist Society"-SPEECH
8/24/06Texas Tech James Ho, Gibson Dunn, "Defining American: Birthright Citizenship" -SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Calvin Lewis, Texas Tech Law
8/24/06South Texas James Ho, Counsel to Sen. Cornyn (TX) vs. Professor Robert Holland, South Texas Law, "Defining American: Birthright Citizenship"-DEBATE
8/29/06AlabamaProfessor Richard Epstein, Chicago Law, "Is Big Oil Too Big for Free Markets?"-SPEECH
8/30/06StetsonEd Page, Local Attorney, "What is The Federalist Society?"- SPEECH
8/30/06PepperdineProfessor Douglas Kmiec, Pepperdine Law, "What is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
8/30/06Missouri-Kansas CityProfessor William Eckhardt, Missouri-Kansas City Law, "What Is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
8/30/06BerkeleyProfessor John Yoo, Berkeley Law, "Introduction to The Federalist Society"-SPEECH
8/30/06MarquetteJudge Michael Brennan, Milwaukee County Circuit Court,
"What is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
8/31/06Texas Tech Judge J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. CA 9, "The Federalization of Crime" - SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Bill Mateja, Local Attorney
8/31/06VanderbiltJudge William Pryor, U.S. CA 11, Topic TBA-SPEECH
8/31/06HoustonAllyson Ho, Baker Botts, "Life as a Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of the United States"-SPEECH
8/31/06HoustonAllyson Ho, Baker Botts, "Life as a Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of the United States"-SPEECH
8/31/06UtahJudge Michael McConnell, U.S. CA 10, "Religious Liberty and the Roberts Court"-SPEECH
8/31/06CampbellJudge John Tyson, North Carolina Court of Appeals, "The Legal Climate in North Carolina's Courts"-SPEECH
8/31/06ArizonaJames Ho, Gibson Dunn, "Defining American: Birthright Citizenship"-SPEECH

September 2006

9/1/06GeorgiaProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Sonja West, Georgia Law
9/5/06Loyola-New OrleansProfessor Lino Graglia, Texas Law; Professor James Viator,
Loyola-New Orleans Law; TBA, "Affirmative Action: Race Preferences in Higher Education and the Diversity Hoax"-PANEL
9/5/06George Mason Professor Ilya Somin, George Mason Law, "What Is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
9/5/06New MexicoAhmad Assed, Local Attorney; Mark Holyan, New Mexico Law Student; Heather Larronde, Veterans for Peace and Amnesty International; Sharon Merecki, Local Nurse; Joseph Klobe, Former Marine Intelligence Officer; Professor Denise Fort, New Mexico Law, "Guantanamo Bay"-PANEL
9/5/06Louisiana State Professor Lino Graglia, Texas Law vs. Professor John Devlin,
Louisiana State, "Affirmative Action in Higher Education"-DEBATE
9/6/06IllinoisProfessor Jonathan Adler, Case Western Law, "Environmentalism and State's Rights"-SPEECH
9/6/06KansasProfessor Robert Turner, Virginia Law, "ACLU v. NSA"- SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor David Gottlieb
9/6/06St. LouisMatthew Spalding, Heritage Foundation, "The Lost Promise of Immigration"-SPEECH
9/6/06Missouri-Kansas CityProfessor Robert Turner, Virginia Law, "Is Congress Above the Law?: The Constitutionality of Congressional Office Searches"-SPEECH
9/6/06Southern Methodist Stephen Halbrook, Attorney, "Second Amendment"- SPEECH
9/6/06Texas WesleyanStephen Halbrook, Attorney, "Second Amendment"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Joe Spurlock, Texas Wesleyan Law
9/6/06California-DavisProfessor Robert Hillman, California-Davis Law, "What Is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY By Professor Mike Vitiello, California-Davis Law
9/6/06San DiegoProfessor John Eastman, Chapman Law vs. Professor David McGowan, San Diego Law, "Does the Espionage Act Allow the Government to Prosecute the Media for Disclosing Classified Info?"-DEBATE
9/6/06PacePeggy Little, Little and Little, "What is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
9/6/06Notre DameJudge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, U.S. CA 9, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/6/06William MitchellRay Sobocinski, Former William Mitchell Federalist Society Chapter President, "What Is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
9/6/06St. Louis Matthew Spalding, Heritage Foundation, Topic TBA- SPEECH
9/7/06New EnglandProfessor Charles Baron, Boston College vs. Professor Lawrence Friedman, New England Law, "The Importance of Constitutional Interpretation"-DEBATE
9/7/06Florida Coastal Roger Pilon, Cato Institute vs. Professor Brian Foley, Florida Coastal Law, "Resolved: The NSA Surveillance Program is
Legal"-DEBATE
9/7/06ChapmanProfessor John Eastman, Chapman Law, "Annual Supreme Court Review"-SPEECH
9/7/06WashburnProfessor Robert Turner, Virginia Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/7/06ColumbiaProfessor Richard Epstein, Chicago Law vs. Professor Thomas Merrill, Columbia Law, "Liberals and Conservatives: Do the Twain Meet?"-DEBATE
9/7/06Indiana-BloomingtonProfessor John Nagle, Notre Dame Law, "Gerrymandering Under the Voting Rights Act After the League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry"-SPEECH
9/7/06TexasStephen Halbrook, Attorney, "Second Amendment"- SPEECH
9/7/06Florida State Roger Pilon, Cato Institute, "The Libertarian Foundations of
American Law: Neither Liberal Nor Conservative"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Rob Atkinson, Florida State Law and Nathan Adams, Governor Jeb Bush's Associate Legal Counsel
9/7/06BaylorStephen Halbrook, Attorney, "Second Amendment"- SPEECH
9/7/06CumberlandStephen Dillard, Attorney, "The Most Dangerous Branch"
9/8/06California-HastingsJeffery Ventrella, Alliance Defense Fund, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/8/06FloridaRoger Pilon, Cato Insitute, "Federalism and the Fourteenth Amendment: How Both Liberals and Conservatives Get It Wrong"-SPEECH by Professor Michael Wolf, Florida Law
9/11/06SoutwesternProfessor Joerg Knipprath, Southwestern Law, Rumsfeld v. Hamdan"-SPEECH
9/11/06Texas Wesleyan Eliezer Sandberg, Israeli Kinneset, Topic TBA-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Joe Spurlock, Texas Wesleyan Law
9/11/06VirginiaProfessor Stephen Smith, Virginia Law; Professor John Harrison, Virginia Law, "What Is The Federalist Society?"- PANEL
9/11/06MinnesotaProfessor Michael Paulsen, Minnesota Law vs. Professor Mark Rotenberg, Minnesota Law, "Presidential Power and the War on Terror"-DEBATE
9/12/06North Carolina Hon. John Ashcroft, Former U.S. Attorney General
9/12/06HarvardProfessor Steven Calabresi, Northwestern Law; Professor
Charles Fried, Harvard Law; Professor Larry Tribe, Harvard Law, "Freedom and Security Five Years After 9/11"-PANEL
9/12/06LouisvilleProfessor Jessica Sanger, Johannes Guttenburg University;
Professor Russell Weaver, Louisville Law; Professor Paul Salamanca, Kentucky Law; Professor Ron Krotozsynski, Washington and Lee Law, "Free Speech and the Danish Cartoons"-PANEL
9/12/06San FranciscoDavid DeGroot, Local Attorney; Joe Wiegand, Local Attorney, "The Philosophy of The Federalist Society"-PANEL
9/12/06Washington & LeeRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity, "Discrimination, No: Law Schools, Affirmative Action, and the ABA"-SPEECH
9/12/06Seton Hall Professor Steven Eagle, George Mason Law vs. Professor
Marc Poirier, Seton Hall Law, "Eminent Domain Abuse? The Reality Statutes that Purport to Nullify Kelo v. New London"-DEBATE
9/12/06ColumbiaHon. David McIntosh, Mayer, Brown, Rowe, and Maw, "Demystifying The Federalist Society"-SPEECH
9/13/06DukeCharles Blahous, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, "The Future of Social Security"-SPEECH
9/13/06CardozoProfessor Daniel Crane, Cardozo Law, "The Purpose of The
Federalist Society"-SPEECH
9/13/06KentuckyJames Bopp, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, "Campaign Finance"-SPEECH
9/13/06New York Walter Olson, Manhattan Institute, "Elliot Spitzer: The Very Model of a State Attorney General"-SPEECH
9/13/06VermontProfessor Jonathan Adler, Case Western Law vs. Professor
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law, "The Rapanos Decision and the Impact on Federalism with Regard to the Clean Water Act"-DEBATE
9/13/06Southern Illinois Hon. Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman, "Are Privacy and Limited Government Casualties of the Global War on Terror?"-SPEECH
9/14/06WashburnJeffrey Clark, Kirkland and Ellis, "The Ninth Circuit's Poor
Record in Fairly Adjudicating Environmental Cases"-SPEECH
9/14/06George WashingtonRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity; Professor Alberto
Benitez, George Washington Law; Stewart Verdery, Mehlman
Vogel Castagnetti, "Immigration Law and Reform"-PANEL
9/14/06Ohio StateRobert Alt, Ashbrook Center vs. Professor Peter Swire, Ohio
State Law, "ACLU v. NSA"-DEBATE
9/14/06Boston College Professor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans University,
"Why the Rule of Law is Not Taught in American Law Schools"-SPEECH
9/14/06GeorgetownJudge Richard Posner, U.S. CA 10, "Judicial Self-Restraint"-SPEECH
9/14/06George Mason Professor John Yoo, Berkeley Law, "The Imperial Judiciary at War: Terrorism Policy after Hamdan"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Horace Cooper, George Mason Law
9/14/06WashburnJeffrey Clark, Kirkland and Ellis, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/14/06WillametteHon. Karen Emmergut, U.S. Attorney, "The Role of a U.S.Attorney"-SPEECH
9/14/06Boston UniversityProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans University, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/15/06William & MaryProfessor John Yoo, Berkeley Law vs. Paul Smith, Jenner &
Block, "Supreme Court Preview"-DEBATE
9/15/06ConnecticutPeggy Little, Little & Little, "What About The Federalist Society?" -SPEECH
9/18/06Georgia StateRyan Teague, Local Attorney, "Who is John Roberts, and What Can We Expect from Him?"-SPEECH
9/18/06IdahoJustice Daniel Eismann, Idaho Supreme Court, "The Constitution and the State Judiciary"-SPEECH
9/18/06St. John's Professor David Gregory, "What is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
9/18/06SeattleProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Justice Scalia's Original Meaning Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"-SPEECH
9/18/06George Mason Professor John Eastman, Chapman Law vs. TBA, "NSA
Surveillance"-DEBATE
9/18/06Ohio Northern Professor David Mayer, Capital Law, "Interpreting the Constitution Contextually: How Conservatives and Liberals Both Get It Wrong" -SPEECH
9/19/06DenverProfessor Ronald Rotunda, George Mason Law, "The Supreme Court and the Detainee Cases of 2004 and 2006"-SPEECH
9/19/06OregonRoss Day, Oregonians in Action, "Oregon Land-Use"-SPEECH
9/19/06MinnesotaVictor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, "Why We Must Stay
the Course in Iraq"-SPEECH
9/19/06ChapmanProfessor Bill Gangi, St. John's University, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/19/06BYUProfessor Tom Lee, Brigham Young Law, "What is The
Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
9/19/06QuinnipiacBrian Freeman, Local Attorney; Thomas Blatchley, Local
Attorney, "What is The Federalist Society?"-PANEL
9/20/06ColoradoChristina Hoff Sommer, American Enterprise Institute, "Sex, Lies, and Feminism"-SPEECH
9/20/06KentuckyAmul Thaper, U.S. Attorney, "Immigration and Terrorism"- SPEECH
9/20/06FloridaProfessor Lino Graglia, Texas Law, "Affirmative Action"-
SPEECH
9/20/06SeattleProfessor James Bond, Seattle Law; Professor David Skover, Seattle Law; Professor Christian Halliburton, Seattle Law; Professor Ron Slye, Seattle Law, "Individual Liberties v. National Security: The Tension Between Your Rights and My Security in a Post-9/11 World - Should We Really Have to Choose?"-PANEL
9/20/06TennesseeRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity vs. Loures Perez,
Catholic Diocese of Knoxville, "Immigration"-DEBATE
9/20/06VirginiaLeonard Leo, The Federalist Society, "Recent Nominations of Justices Roberts and Alito"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by
9/20/06NorthwesternProfessor Douglas Kmiec, Pepperdine Law, "Faith and
Judicial Service-Was it Right to Inquire of John Roberts' Faith?"-SPEECH
9/20/06Missouri-ColumbiaJennifer Perkins, Institute for Justice, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/20/06DrakeNikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/20/06William MitchellJudge Michael Brennan, Wisconsin County Circuit Court,
"Personal Responsibility: Perspectives from the Bench and of
Chief Justice Burger"-SPEECH
9/20/06St. LouisRoger Pilon, Cato Institute vs. Professor Eric Claeys, St. Louis
Law, "The Judicial Protection of Unenumerated Rights: From Lochner to Lawrence"-DEBATE
9/20/06Texas WesleyanPat Toomey, Club for Growth
9/20/06Santa ClaraProfessor Bradley Joondeph, Santa Clara Law, "What is The
Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
9/20/06Southern CaliforniaProfessor Bill Gangi, St. John's University, "Caring Too Much About Important Things: The Decline of American Constitutional Law"-SPEECH
9/21/06ChapmanProfessor Bill Gangi, St. John's University, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/21/06IowaNikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund, "What Every Law Student Should Know About Human Cloning"-SPEECH
9/21/06NebraskaProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law, "Corrupting the
First Amendment: The Consequences of Granting Highest Constitutional Protections to Non-Political Speech, or Why Hugh Heffner Has More Rights Than Cindy Sheehan"-SPEECH
9/21/06RichmondHon. Bob McDonnell, Virginia Attorney General, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/21/06VanderbiltProfessor Ronald Rotunda, George Mason Law, "Detainees in the War on Terror"-SPEECH
9/21/06SouthwesternProfessor Bill Gangi, St. John's University, "Caring Too Much About Important Things: The Decline of American Constitutional Law"-SPEECH
9/22/06StanfordRamesh Ponnuru, National Review, "The Future of Roe"-SPEECH
9/22/06St. Thomas-MN Justice Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/22/06Northern Illinois Professor Douglas Kmiec, Pepperdine Law, "The Rookie Year of the Roberts Court & A Look Ahead"-SPEECH
9/22/06MichiganHon. Paul Clement, U.S. Solicitor General, "Supreme Court Review with the Solicitor General"-SPEECH
9/22/06TexasProfessor John McGinnis, Northwestern Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/23/06FordhamJudge Loretta Preska, U.S. District Court for Southern New York, "Judicial Independence"-SPEECH
9/25/06BaylorKevin Hasson, The Becket Fund vs. Jeremy Gunn, ACLU, "Religion in the Public Square"-DEBATE
9/25/06San Diego Clint Bolick, Alliance for School Choice, "Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education"-SPEECH
9/25/06Texas WesleyanKevin Hasson, The Becket Fund vs. Jeremy Gunn, ACLU, "Religion in the Public Square"-DEBATE
9/25/06Thomas Cooley-OaklandProfessor Daniel Ray, Thomas Cooley Oakland Law, "Constitutional Issues in America"-SPEECH
9/25/06UCLAProfessor Francis Beckwith, Baylor University vs. TBA, "Stem Cell Research"-DEBATE
9/26/06WashburnScott Bloch, Office of Special Counsel, Topic TBA-SPEECH
9/26/06ColumbiaClark Neily, Institute for Justice, "Conservative Public Interest
Groups-They Really Exist!"-SPEECH
9/26/06NYUJames Bopp, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom; Professor Samuel Isaacharoff, NYU Law, "Campaign Finance in the Aftermath of Randall v. Sorrell"-PANEL
9/26/06Rutgers-NewarkJames Bopp, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, "Campaign
Finance"-SPEECH
9/26/06Seton Hall James Bopp, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom; Brenda Wright, National Voting Rights Institute; Professor Mark Alexander, Seton Hall Law; Assemblyman Bill Baroni, New Jersey's Fouteenth District, "Paying for Elections: Are We Restricting the Flow of Money or Speech in Politics?"-PANEL
9/26/06YaleProfessor John Manning, Harvard Law vs. Professor William Eskridge, Yale Law, "Oregon Euthanasia Case"-DEBATE
9/27/06CornellRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Should Judges Secure
Unenumerated Rights? (Yes!)"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTRAY by Professor Bernadette Meyler, Cornell Law
9/27/06Florida A&MRob Sirianni, Local Attorney, "What Is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
9/27/06ColumbiaJordan Lorence, Alliance Defense Fund, "Conservative Public
Interest Groups-They Really Exist!"-SPEECH
9/27/06CardozoJames Bopp, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, "Campaign Finance"-SPEECH
9/27/06KentuckyProfessor Bill Fortune, Kentucky Law, "Judicial Campaign Speech"-SPEECH
9/27/06Loyola-New Orleans Matt Spalding, Heritage Foundation, "Illegal Immigration and
Alternatives to Amnesty"-SPEECH
9/27/06TulaneMatt Spalding, Heritage Foundation, "Illegal Immigration and
Alternatives to Amnesty"-SPEECH
9/27/06Florida Coastal Professor Mike Jorgensen, Florida Coastal Law, "Introduction
to Law School"-SPEECH
9/27/06SyracuseRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Receiving Constitutionalism: Where Both Liberals and Conservatives Go Wrong"-SPEECH
9/27/06ColumbiaClark Neily, Institute for Justice, "Conservative Public Groups: The Really Do Exist"-SPEECH
9/27/06ChapmanProfessor Douglas Kmiec, Pepperdine Law, "The Constitution v. Precedent"-SPEECH
9/27/06St. John's Clark Neily, Institute for Justice, "Rational Basis Excuse: Property Right After Kelo"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY By Professor Philip Weinberg, St. John's Law
9/27/06ArizonaProfessor Ralph Rossom, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"-SPEECH
9/27/06Indiana-IndianapolisWilliam Saunders, Family Research Council vs. Ken Falk, ACLU of Indiana, "Free Exercise or Constrained Conscience: Religious Liberties on the Landscape of Hinrichs v. Bosma"-DEBATE
9/28/06AlbanyRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Is the NSA Surveillance Program
Legal?"-SPEECH
9/28/06Louisiana StateMatt Spalding, Heritage Foundation, "The Lost Promise of
Immigration"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Darlene Goring, Louisiana State Law
9/28/06Southern MethodistKevin Hasson, The Becket Fund, "Religious Liberties"
9/28/06CampbellHon. Edwin Meese, Former U.S. Attorney General, "Originalism"
9/28/06Ohio State Chad Readler, Local Attorney vs. John Gotherman, Ohio Municipal League, "Economic Development and Eminent Domain"-DEBATE
9/28/06MontanaProfessor Kurt Lash, Loyola-Los Angeles, "Interpreting the
Constitution"-SPEECH
9/28/06George WashingtonProfessor Jonathan Turley, George Washington Law vs.
Professor Gregory Maggs, George Washington Law, "Hamdan v. Rumsfeld"-DEBATE
9/28/06St. Thomas-MNLee McGrath, Institute for Justice; Nick Dranias, Institute for Justice, "Property Rights"-PANEL
9/29/06California Western Chief Terrance Gainer, Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief vs. TBA, "Racial Profiling"-DEBATE
9/29/06Thomas Jefferson Chief Terrance Gainer, Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief vs. TBA, "The Law and Law Enforcement"-DEBATE

October

10/2/06FordhamProfessor John McGinnis, Northwestern Law vs. Professor Martin Flaherty, Fordham Law, "Should International Law be Part of Our Law?"-DEBATE
10/2/06Loyola-Los Angeles Professor Bradley Smith, Capital Law, "Independent Agencies' Effect on Democracy"-SPEECH
10/2/06MontanaCathy Young, Cato Institute, "Feminism and Freedom: Women's Issues in a New Era"-SPEECH
10/2/06NebraskaJennifer Roback Morse, Author, "Authentic Feminism: Having It All, Eventually"-SPEECH
10/3/06MarquetteJordan Lorence, Alliance Defense Fund vs. Brenda Lewison, Local Attorney, "Same Sex Marriage"-DEBATE
10/3/06OregonProfessor Sasha Volokh, Georgetown Law, "Law and Economics of Lobbying"-SPEECH
10/3/06PepperdineProfessor Bradley, Capitol Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/3/06Southern Methodist Jeffery Ventrella, Alliance Defense Fund, "What's God Got to Do With It?: The Prima Facie Property of Public Religious Expression"-SPEECH
10/3/06VanderbiltHon. Dick Thornburgh, Former U.S. Attorney General, "Corporate Investigations and the Thompson Memorandum"-SPEECH
10/4/06Case WesternProfessor David Mayer, Capitol Law, "The Ninth and Tenth
Amendments: The Forgotten Foundations of the Constitution"-SPEECH
10/4/06StanfordProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"-SPEECH
10/4/06TennesseeSen. Jamie Wilson, Tennessee State Senator, "Liberty"-SPEECH
10/4/06HarvardDana Berliner, Institute for Justice, "Eminent Domain"-SPEECH
10/4/06KentuckyProfessor Francis Beckwith, Baylor Law vs. TBA, "What's
Wrong With Roe v. Wade?"-DEBATE
10/4/06SeattleTimothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundatoin, "Eminent Domain's Racial and Environmental Effects"-SPEECH
10/4/06NebraskaDr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Author, "The New Feminism: Having it All, Eventually!"-SPEECH
10/4/06MichiganStephen Murphy, U.S. Attorney, "The Role of the U.S. Attorney in a Post 9/11 Environment"-SPEECH
10/4/06Texas Wesleyan Jeff Ventrella, Alliance Defense Fund vs. Amy Benevides, Lambda Legal, "Traditional Marriage vs. Other Ideas"-DEBATE
10/5/06California-DavisHon. Ronald Cass, Cass & Associates vs. Professor Michael
Vitiello, California-Davis Law, "Liberal Bias Among Law School Faculty"-DEBATE
10/5/06CampbellJudge Rusty Duke, North Carolina Superior Court, "The Importance of Traditional Beliefs and Their Influence on Judicial Decision-Making"-SPEECH
10/5/06ColumbiaProfessor John Yoo, Berkeley Law vs. Professor Michael Dorf, Columbia Law, "After Hamdan: The Supreme Court and the Future of U.S. Responses to Terrorism"-DEBATE
10/5/06CUNYProfessor Steven Eagle, George Mason Law, "The Condemnation of Homes for Private Redevelopment: Why Individual Property Rights Matter"-SPEECH
10/5/06NYUProfessor John Yoo, Berkeley Law vs. Professor Burt Neuborne, NYU Law, "Hamdan: How Should The U.S. Congress React?"-DEBATE
10/5/06New Mexico Professor Denise Fort, New Mexico Law; Ahmad Assed, Local Attorney; Joseph Klobe, Former Marine Intelligence
Officer, "The War on Terrorism and Machiavelli"-PANEL
10/6/06ColumbiaJudge Richard Posner, U.S. CA 7, "Domestic Intelligence:
The Dangers of an Overly Centralized Intelligence System"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Timothy Wu, Columbia Law
10/6/06McGeorgeProfessor Ronald Cass, Boston University Law, "Executive Power in Peace and War"-SPEECH
10/7/06TrinityPaul Marshall, Claremont Institute, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/9/06Florida StateProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College,
"Scalia's Jurisprudence"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Fernando Teson
10/10/06HarvardBen Wittes, Washington Post, "Confirming Wars: Preserving
Independent Courts in Angry Times"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Jack Goldsmith, Harvard Law
10/10/06Indiana-BloomingtonHon. Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman, "Are Privacy and
Limited Government Casualties of the Global War on Terror?"-SPEECH
10/10/06WashingtonTodd Gaziano, Heritage Foundation, "Debunking Half-Baked
Conspiracy Theories: Why the NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program is Legal"-SPEECH
10/10/06FordhamHon. Ronald Cass, Cass & Associates vs. Professor Martin Flaherty, Fordham Law, "Should International Law be Part of Our Law?"-DEBATE
10/10/06SeattleTodd Gaziano, Heritage Foundation, "Debunking Half-Baked
Conspiracy Theories: Why the NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program is Legal"-SPEECH
10/10/06VanderbiltProfessor Richard Epstein, Chicago Law, "How Progressives
Rewrote the Constitution"-SPEECH
10/11/06ArizonaProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans vs. Professor Elwood McDowell, University of Arizona, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/11/06Florida StateProfessor Jonah Gelbach, Maryland Law vs. Professor Jonathan Klick, Florida State, "Modern Economic Controversies: The Proper Role of Government in Maximizing Market Efficiency and Social Utility"-DEBATE
10/11/06NorthwesternDr. Robert Levy, Cato Institute, "Second Amendment in the
Cross-Hairs"-SPEECH
10/11/06ColumbiaJudge Thomas Griffith, U.S. CA DC Circuit, "The Curious Role of the D.C. Circuit"-SPEECH
10/11/06Lewis & Clark Todd Gaziano, Heritage Foundation, "Debunking Half-Baked
Conspiracy Theories: Why the NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program is Legal"-SPEECH
10/11/06Georgia State Jeffery Ventrella, Alliance Defense Fund vs. TBA, "Gay Marriage Amendments"-DEBATE
10/11/06IllinoisRobert Levy, Cato Institute, "Warrantless Surveillance and
Constitutional Government"-SPEECH
10/11/06San DiegoProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"- SPEECH
10/11/06WillametteTodd Gaziano, Heritage Foundation, "Debunking Half-Baked
Conspiracy Theories: Why the NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program is Legal"-SPEECH
10/12/06Arkansas-Little RockProfessor Robert Turner, Virginia Law, "FISA and NSA Wiretap"-SPEECH
10/12/06South Carolina Professor Francis Beckwith, Baylor Law, "The Supreme Court and Abortion Cases"-SPEECH
10/12/06PaceRoger Pilon, Cato Institute vs. TBA, "Property Rights"
10/12/06BrooklynRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Judicial Protection of
Unenumerated Rights? From Lochner to Lawrence"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor David Bernstein, Brooklyn Law
10/12/06TulsaDr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Author, "Love and Economics: Why the Free Society Needs the Family"-SPEECH
10/12/06Arizona State Professor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans, "Why the Rule of Law is not Taught in American Law Schools"-SPEECH
10/12/06ColumbiaRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Judicial Protection of Unenumerated Rights? From Lochner to Lawrence"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor David Bernstein, Columbia Law
10/12/06RichmondKevin Hasson, Becket Fund vs. Jeremy Gunn, "Religious Liberties" -DEBATE
10/12/06OregonTodd Gaziano, Heritage Foundation, "Debunking Half-Baked
Conspiracy Theories: Why the NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program is Legal"-SPEECH
10/12/06SuffolkSilvestre Fontes, SEC Boston Regional Office, "Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley on Corporate Responsibility"-SPEECH
10/13/06AlabamaCindy Hayden, Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, "Immigration Update 2006"-SPEECH
10/13/06YaleProfessor Steven Calabresi, Northwestern Law, "The Relative
Importance of Text and Precedent in Constitutional Interpretation"-SPEECH
10/14/06TrinityVishal Mangalwadi, Author, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/15/06North Carolina CentralProfessor Margaret Stock, U.S. Military Academy, "Immigration and National Security"-SPEECH
10/16/06North CarolinaProfessor Margaret Stock, U.S. Military Academy, "Immigration and National Security"-SPEECH
10/16/06Arizona State Professor James Bond, Seattle Law vs. Professor Evelyn Cruz,
Arizona State Law, "Immigration: Boon or Bane?"-DEBATE
10/16/06St. Louis Allison Hayward, Former Counsel to FEC Commissioner, "The Court's Incoherent Campaign Finance Jurisprudence"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Alan Howard, St. Louis Law
10/16/06Case Western Roger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Is the NSA Surveillance Program
Legal?"-SPEECH
10/16/06HoustonProfessor Francis Beckwith, Baylor Law, "Intelligent Design"-SPEECH
10/16/06SouthwesternProfessor Rick Garnett, Notre Dame Law vs. Professor Paul
Horwitz, Southwestern Law, "May Churches Discriminate?"-DEBATE
10/16/06ConnecticutProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Justice Scalia's Original Meaning Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"-SPEECH
10/16/06UCLATim Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/16/06Cleveland-MarshallRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Reviving Constitutionalism: How Both Liberal and Conservative Justices Get It Wrong"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Arthur Landever, Cleveland -Marshall Law
10/16/06HarvardSecretary Michael Chertoff, Department of Homeland Security, "Homeland Security"-SPEECH
10/16/06QuinnipiacProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College;
Lesley Mara, Connecticut Deputy Secretary of State; Rep. William Dyson, Connecticut General Assembly; Professor Robert Farrell, Quinnipiac Law; Christine Horrigan, League of Women Voters; Dean Brad Saxton, Quinnipiac Law, "Gerrymandering, Voting, and Election Issues"-PANEL
10/16/06WyomingRep. Becket Hinkley, Wyoming State Representative, "Gun Control"-SPEECH
10/17/06ColoradoWilliam Saunders, Family Research Council, "Law and
Morality"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Robert Nichols, Colorado Law
10/17/06Loyola-Los AngelesTim Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation vs. Professor Karl Manheim, Loyola-Los Angeles Law, "Eminent Domain"-DEBATE
10/17/06PepperdineProfessor Rick Garnett, Notre Dame Law, "May Churches Discriminate?"-SPEECH
10/17/06HarvardClint Bolick, Alliance for School Choice, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/17/06NYUScott Bullock, Institute for Justice, "A Career in Libertarian
Public Interest Litigation"-SPEECH
10/17/06Western New EnglandProfessor Gary Lawson, Boston University Law, "Bill of Rights as an Exclamation Point!"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Leora Harpaz, Western New England Law
10/17/06Florida InternationalClark Neily, Cato Institute vs. Jorge Martinez-Esteve, Attorney, Miami-Dade County, "A Policy Discussion on the Kelo Decision"-SPEECH
10/17/06Washington-St. LouisAllison Hayward, Former Counsel to FEC Commissioner, "Public Financing of Campaigns"-SPEECH
10/17/06AlbanyProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"-SPEECH
10/17/06MinnesotaProfessor Dale Carpenter, Minnesota Law vs. Professor Teresa
Collett, St. Thomas-Minnesota Law, "Gay Marriage"- DEBATE
10/18/06CornellScott Bullock, Institute for Justice, "The Problem with
Kelo"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Gregory Alexander, Cornell Law
10/18/06KentuckyProfessor Jonathan Adler, Case Western Law, "Conservative
Environmental Policy"-SPEECH
10/18/06Michigan StateJames Kelly, The Federalist Society, Director of International
Affairs vs. Professor Frank Ravitch, Michigan State Law, "Moral Education and the Case for School Choice"-SPEECH
10/18/06New MexicoChristina Hoff Sommers, American Enterprise Institute, "Sex,
Lies, and Feminism"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Dean Suellyn Scarnecchia, New Mexico Law
10/18/06MichiganRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity; Reginald Turner, Local Attorney; Jennifer Gratz, Michigan Civil Rights Initiative; Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui, Virginia Law; Reginald Turner, Michigan State Board of Education, "Michigan Civil Rights Initiative"-PANEL
10/18/06St. LouisProfessor Henry Manne, Chicago Law, "Law and Economics"-SPEECH
10/18/06TulaneNikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund, "Human Cloning and Destructive Embryo Research"-SPEECH
10/18/06KansasProfessor Michael Uhlmann, Claremont McKenna College, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/18/06YaleMaggie Gallagher, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy vs.
Professor Pamela Karlan, Yale Law, "Religious Free Exercise
in a Post-Lawrence World"-DEBATE
10/18/06TempleJudge Seamus McCaffery, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, "Law and Order, Gun Control in Philadelphia, and Life after Temple Law"-SPEECH
10/19/06DenverSteve Simpson, Institute for Justice, "Silencing Political Speech: Colorado's Campaign Finance Laws Stifle Political Debate"-SPEECH
10/19/06Penn StateProfessor Teresa Collett, St. Thomas Law; Jack Kress, Albany
Medical College; Professor Thomas Odom, Penn State Law, "Gonzalez v. Oregon"-PANEL
10/19/06Texas Tech Professor Lynn Wardle, Brigham Young Law, "Defense of Marriage Acts"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Arnold Loewy, Texas Tech Law
10/19/06WashburnProfessor Eugene Kontorovich, Chicago Law, Topic TBA-
SPEECH
10/19/06Seton Hall David Rivkin, Baker and Hostetler vs. Professor Baher Azmy, Seton Hall Law, "Detainees and Guantanmo Bay"-DEBATE
10/19/06DenverSteve Simpson, Institute for Justice, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/19/06VillanovaProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans vs. TBA, "ABA Diversity Standards"-DEBATE
10/19/06DaytonJudge Michael Brennan, Wisconsin County Circuit Court, "Are Criminal Procedure Protections Elastic?: Constitutional Rights and the Judicial Role"-SPEECH
10/19/06Detroit Mercy Roger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity; Glen Lenhoff, Michigan Civil Rights Initiative; Khaled Beydoun, ACLU; Lysa Postula-Stein, One United Michigan, "Affirmative Action in Government Hiring, Contracting and Education"-PANEL
10/19/06Louisiana State Dorinda Bordlee, Bioethics Defense Fund, "What Every Law Student Should Know About Human Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Ed Richards, Louisiana State Law
10/19/06Ave MariaRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity vs. Professor Richard Friedman, Michigan Law, "The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative: Stepping Forward or Falling Back"-DEBATE
10/19/06CapitalProfessor John McGinnis, Northwestern Law, "Should International Law Be Part of Our Law?"-SPEECH
10/19/06UtahSen. Scott McCoy, Utah State Senate; Joe Jarvis, Health Policy Project; Bill Tibbits, Anti-Hunger Action Committee; Professor Roberta Herzberg, Utah State University, "Healthcare for All?: The Pros and Cons of a Proposed Constitutional Amendment"-PANEL
10/20/06Widener-DelawareProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans Law, Topic
TBA-SPEECH
10/20/06ChapmanTimothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation; Professor Lawrence Rosenthal, Chapman Law; Paul Weiland, Environmental Implications of Eminent Domain; Rick Rayl, Nossaman, Guthner Know Elliot; Professor John Eastman, Chapman Law; John Murphy, Nossaman Guthner Knox and Elliot; Professor Gideon Kanner, Loyola-Los Angeles Law; Hon. Ray Haynes, Attorney; Ken MacVey, Attorney; Gary Patton, Pacific Legal Foundation, "A Symposium, Eminent Domain: An Imminent Danger?"-PANEL
10/20/06Missouri-ColumbiaProfessor Michael Uhlmann, Claremont McKenna College, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/20/06St. Mary'sLinda Schlueter, The Justice Foundation vs. TBA, "Roe v. Wade"-DEBATE
10/20/06IowaChief Lou Cannon, Naval Intelligence Police, "Civil Liberties vs. National Security"-SPEECH
10/21/06WhittierVictor Davis Hanson, Author, "Islam vs. the West"-SPEECH
10/21/06Arizona StateDorinda Bordlee, Bioethics Defense Fund vs. Eleanor Eisberg, NARAL Pro-Choice AZ, "Roe in Review"-DEBATE
10/21/06TrinityJustice Stephen Markham, Michigan Supreme Court, Topic
TBA-SPEECH
10/23/06LouisvilleProfessor Eric Clayes, St. Louis Law, "The Rehnquist Court" - SPEECH
10/23/06Indiana-IndianapolisProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"-SPEECH
10/23/06DePaulKevin Hasson, Becket Fund vs. Jeremy Gunn, ACLU, "Religious Liberties"-DEBATE
10/23/06Southern MethodistDoug Bandow, Competitive Enterprise Institute vs. Professor Chip Pitts, Stanford Law, "Can We Afford to Sacrifice?: Balancing National Security, Law Enforcement, Personal Freedom, and Civil Liberties in the Fight Against Terrorism"-DEBATE
10/23/06Texas-WesleyanDoug Bandow, Competitive Enterprise Institute vs. Professor Chip Pitts, Stanford Law, "Can We Afford to Sacrifice?: Balancing National Security, Law Enforcement, Personal Freedom, and Civil Liberties in the Fight Against Terrorism"-DEBATE
10/23/06NorthwesternJohn Fund, The Wall Street Journal, TBA
10/23/06Kellogg BusinessJohn Fund, The Wall Street Journal
10/23/06St. Mary'sDoug Bandow, Competitive Enterprise Institute vs. \TBA, "Illegal Immigration and Law Enforcement"-DEBATE
10/24/06BaltimoreRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Is the NSA Surveillance Program Legal?"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Kenneth Lasson, Baltimore Law
10/24/06Missouri-Kansas City Professor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"- SPEECH
10/24/06MinnesotaJohn Fund, Wall Street Journal, "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Co-Dean Guy-Uriel Charles, Minnesota Law
10/24/06Lewis & ClarkProfessor James Lindgren, Northwestern Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/24/06Penn StateManuel Miranda, Family Research Council, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/24/06Notre DameProfessor Jonathan Adler, Case Western Law, "Conservation
Without Regulation: Property Rights and Environmental
Protection"-SPEECH
10/24/06NorthwesternKevin Hasson, Becket Fund vs. Jeremy Gunn, ACLU, "Religion in the Workplace"-DEBATE
10/24/06GonzagaProfessor Richard Stroup, Montana State University vs.
Professor Hugh Lefcort, Ganzaga University, "The Endangered Species Act"-DEBATE
10/24/06California WesternProfessor James Bond, Seattle Law vs. TBA, "Immigration"-
DEBATE
10/24/06TexasDoug Bandow, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/24/06BarryGeneral Hugh Overholt, U.S. Army, Retired, "Military Law and Ethics and the War on Terrorism"-SPEECH
10/25/06GeorgetownCommissioner Hans Von Spakovsky, Federal Election Commission; Robert Lenhard, Federal Election Commission; Joseph Sandler, Democratic National Committee; Charlie Spies, Republican Governors Association, "Election Law and Political Campaigns"-PANEL
10/25/06Louisiana StateClark Neily, Institute for Justice, "The State's Flower Power
and the Wilting of Economic Freedom in Louisiana"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by TBA
10/25/06Florida A&M Frances Rice, National Black Republican Association, "Inner-
City Minister Sues Democratic Party for Reparations"-SPEECH
10/25/06Thomas JeffersonProfessor James Bond, Seattle Law vs. Professor Samuel
Bettwy, Thomas Jefferson Law, "U.S. Immigration Policy"-DEBATE
10/25/06LouisianaProfessor Eric Claeys, St. Louis Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/25/06North CarolinaJustice Paul Newby, North Carolina Supreme Court, Topic
TBA-SPEECH
10/25/06DukeTerry Anderson, PERC vs. Professor James Salzman, Duke Law, "Free Market Environmentalism"-DEBATE
10/25/06PennsylvaniaProfessor Ilya Somin, George Mason Law, "Your Land Is My
Land: Eminent Domain After Kelo-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Sarah Gordon, Pennsylvania Law
10/25/06Wake ForestLt. Col. Craig Minnick, U.S. Army Reserves, "POW's, Detainees, and the Law That Govern Them"-SPEECH
10/25/06OregonProfessor James Lindgren, Northwestern Law, "Cherished
Superstitions About Conservatives: Do the Stereotypes Really
Fit?"-SPEECH
10/25/06HoustonDoug Bandow, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/25/06North Carolina CentralTerry Anderson, PERC, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/25/06KansasProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans Law, "Why
the Rule of Law Is Not Taught in America's Law Schools"-
SPEECH
10/25/06Michigan State Justice Stephen Markman, Michigan Supreme Court, "The Role of the Judge"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Dean Kevin Saunders, Michigan State Law
10/25/06South TexasJudge Edith Jones, U.S. CA 5, "Role of a Judge"
10/25/06McGeorgeProfessor Lynn Wardle, Brigham Young Law vs. John Lewis, Marriage Equality USA, "Same Sex Marriage"-DEBATE
10/25/06VirginiaWilliam Niskanen, Cato Institute, "Social Security and Other Federal Ponzi Schemes"-SPEECH
10/25/06PaceAbigail Thernstrom, Manhattan Institute vs. Professor Randolph McLaughlin, Pace Law, "Voting Rights Act"-DEBATE
10/25/06NorthwesternAlysson Ho, Baker Botts, "Immigration Reform"-SPEECH
10/25/06SeattleTimothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundatoin, "Eminent Domain's Racial and Environmental Effects"-SPEECH
10/25/06Boston CollegeProfessor Lino Graglia, Texas Law; Professor Mary-Rose
Papandrea, Boston College; Peter Rubin, American Constitution Society; Dean John Garvey, Boston College, "The U.S. Supreme Court"-PANEL
10/25/06WillametteProfessor James Lindgren, Northwestern Law, "Cherished
Superstitions About Conservatives: Do the Stereotypes Really
Fit?"-SPEECH
10/26/06AlabamaProfessor Mike DeBow, Cumberland Law, "Electing Judges: A Defense"-SPEECH
10/26/06BarryGeneral Hugh Overholt, U.S. Army, Retired, "Military Law and Ethics and the War on Terrorism"-SPEECH
10/26/06William & Mary Professor Jeremy Rabkin, Cornell Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/26/06NorthwesternJames Ho, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, "Birthright Citizenship"-SPEECH
10/26/06ArizonaMonte Stewart, Marriage Law Foundation; Monte Stewart, Marriage Law Foundation; Jordan Lorence, Alliance Defense Fund; Cindy Jordan, "No on Prof. 107", Wayne Yehling, DeConcini, McDonald, Yetwin & Lacy, "Proposition 107: Should Arizona's Constitution Be Amended to Prohibit the State and Local Governments from Recognizing Same Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnerships, or Any Legal Benefit from Them?"-PANEL
10/26/06WillametteDwight Holton, U.S. Attorney, "The Role of a U.S. Attorney"-SPEECH
10/26/06RichmondRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity vs. Clarence Dunnaville, Local Attorney, "Affirmative Action"-DEBATE
10/26/06California-DavisProfessor Lynn Wardle, Brigham Young Law vs. Professor Martha West, California-Davis Law, "The Constitutionality of Same-Sex Marriage"-DEBATE
10/26/06Mississippi College Justice Jess Dickinson, Mississippi Supreme Court, "What is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
10/26/06MichiganProfessor Joan Larsen, Michigan Law; Professor Douglas Laycock, Michigan Law; TBA; TBA, "Supreme Court Roundup"-PANEL
10/26/06WashburnProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans Law, Topic
TBA-SPEECH
10/28/06New MexicoProfessor Norman Bay, New Mexico Law; Edmund Perea, New Mexico Law Student; Yvonne Chicoine, New Mexico Law Student "Limited Government"-PANEL
10/28/06TrinityMichael Cromartie, Ethics and Public Policy Center, "The Work of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom"-SPEECH
10/30/06KansasClark Neily, Institute for Justice, "School Choice"-SPEECH
10/30/06TorontoEzra Levant, Western Standard vs. Professor Mohammad Fadel, Toronto Law, "The Mohammed Cartoons"-DEBATE
10/30/06Thomas Cooley-Michigan Hon. Spencer Abraham, Former Secretary of Energy, "Energy
Security: Challenges and Opportunities"-SPEECH
10/30/06Cleveland-MarshallPeter Kirsanow, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/30/06MiamiHon. Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman, "The Vanishing Right to Privacy"-SPEECH
10/30/06St. John'sJames Carafano, Heritage Foundation, "Can Freedom Survive
the War on Terror?"-SPEECH
10/30/06NebraskaProfessor James Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law, "A Public Purpose is not a Public Use: Why the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Kelo"-SPEECH
10/30/06Seton HallJason Torchinsky, Holtzman & Vogel, "Voter ID Requirements"-SPEECH
10/30/06FordhamProfessor Bradley Smith, Capital Law vs. Professor Burt Neuborne, NYU Law, "Campaign Finance Law and the First Amendment"-DEBATE
10/31/06IllinoisClark Neily, Institute for Justice, "Kelo v. New London"-SPEECH
10/31/06Western New EnglandJack Kress, Albany Medical College, "Federal Sentencing Guidelines"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor
Arthur Leavens, Western New England Law
10/31/06William & Mary Jay Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice, "Public Morality, Individual Rights, and the Constitution: Old Challenges for a New Supreme Court"-SPEECH
10/31/06St. LouisProfessor Richard Epstein, Chicago Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/31/06GeorgetownRachel Brand, Department of Justice, "Judicial Nominations"-SPEECH
10/31/06Washington St. LouisProfessor Richard Epstein, Chicago Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
10/31/06CampbellNikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund, Topic TBA-SPEECH

November

11/1/06CincinnatiManuel Miranda, Third Branch Conference, "Judicial Nominations"-SPEECH
11/1/06FordhamProfessor John Pfaff, Fordham Law; Professor Abner Greene, Fordham Law; Professor Tracy Higgins, Fordham Law; Professor Tom Lee, Fordham Law; Professor Martin Flaherty, Fordham Law, "Supreme Court Round-Up"-PANEL
11/1/06PaceJudge Robert Smith, NY CA, "Reflections on the First Three Years on the Court of Appeals Bench"-SPEECH
11/1/06MarquetteProfessor Charles Rice, Notre Dame Law vs. TBA, "Wisconsin Death Penalty: Reinstate or Not?"-DEBATE
11/1/06Ohio State Professor Jonathan Adler, Case Western Law vs. Carrie Post,
Capital Tobacco Policy Institute, "Smoking Bans"-DEBATE
11/1/06ChicagoClark Neily, Institute for Justice vs. Professor Cass Sunstein, Chicago Law, "The (Ir) Rational Basis Test"-DEBATE
11/1/06San Francisco Roger Pilon, Cato Institute vs. Professor Richard Frank, Berkeley Law, "In Defense of Prop 90"-DEBATE
11/1/06BerkeleyRoger Pilon, Cato Institute vs. Professor Richard Frank, Berkeley Law, "In Defense of Prop 90"-DEBATE
11/1/06Golden GateRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Property Rights and Prop 90"-SPEECH
11/1/06Arizona StateWink Twyman, Author vs. TBA, "Why Blacks Should Say No to Law Schools"-DEBATE
11/1/06California-HastingsRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Affirmative Action and Equal
Protection"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Vikram Amar, California-Hastings Law
11/1/06SeattleSonya Jones, Pacific Legal Foundation; Len Barson, The Nature Conservancy; Tim Trohimovich, Futurewise; Eric de Place, Sightline Institute; R. Apollo Fuhriman, Fuhriman II v. Bothell; John Stulmiller, Washington Farm Bureau, "Initiative 933"-PANEL
11/2/06California-DavisRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Affirmative Action"
11/2/06PennsylvaniaProfessor Jonathan Adler, Case Western Law, "The Fable of
Federal Environmental Regulation"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Cary Coglianese, Pennsylvania Law
11/2/06Lewis & ClarkJay Jorgenson, Local Attorney, "Clerkships"-SPEECH
11/2/06AlabamaDr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Author, "The Demographic Clash of Civilizations"-SPEECH
11/2/06McGeorgeRoger Pilon, Cato Institute vs. Professor Hugh Bower,California Assembly, "In Defense of Prop 90"-DEBATE
11/2/06San Francisco Nikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund vs. TBA, Law Students for Choice, "Parental Notification"-DEBATE
11/2/06Arkansas-Little Rock Professor Lynn Wardle, Brigham Young Law vs. TBA, "Same-Sex Marriage"-DEBATE
11/2/06California-DavisRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Affirmative Action and Equal Protection"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Cruz Reynoso
11/2/06Boston CollegeMaggie Gallagher, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy vs.
Arline Isaacson, Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, "Is Same-Sex Marriage a Civil Right?"-DEBATE
11/2/06VanderbiltAmb. Robert Pearson, Former Director General of the Foreign Service, "Democracy, Islam, and the War on Terror"-SPEECH
11/2/06HarvardDinesh D'Souza, National Review vs. Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law, "Affirmative Action? Racial Profiling? Diversity?"-DEBATE
11/2/06Loyola-ChicagoProfessor Charles Murdock, Loyola-Chicago Law vs. Alex Kroll, Loyola-Chicago Law Student, "A Conversation on the 2006 Elections: Who Should Control Congress?"-DEBATE
11/2/06California-DavisPaul Beard, Pacific Legal Foundation; Professor Alan Brownstein, California-Davis Law; Tania Kappner, Oakland Teachers Association; Scott Sommerdorf, Pacific Legal Foundation, "Proposition 209: Affirmative Action in California"-PANEL
11/2/06WillametteJames Mason, Home School Legal Defense Fund, "Home Schooling, Education Freedom, and the Fight for Civil Liberties"-SPEECH
11/3/06Santa ClaraRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Is Judicial Restraint the Proper Response to Judicial Activism?"-SPEECH
11/3/06RegentTodd Gaynor, Norfolk Lawyers Chapter, "What is The Federalist Society?"-SPEECH
11/6/06St. Louis Justice Stephen Markman, Michigan Supreme Court, Topic
TBA-SPEECH
11/6/06South CarolinaJeff Ventrella, Alliance Defense Fund vs. Asha Leong, South Carolina Equality Coalition, "Definition of Marriage Act or FamilyDiscrimination"-DEBATE
11/6/06RegentStephen Halbrook, Attorney, "Second Amendment"-SPEECH
11/6/06ColoradoProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"- SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Robert Nagel, Colorado Law
11/6/06Western StateRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Federalism and the Fourteenth Amendment: How Both Liberals and Conservatives Get It Wrong"-SPEECH
11/6/06SeattleJames Mason, Home School Legal Defense Fund, "Home Schooling: Rights of Parents and Duties of the State"-SPEECH
11/6/06Loyola-LARoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Should Judges Secure Unenumerated Rights: From Lochner to Lawrence"-SPEECH
11/6/06Washington-St. LouisJustice Stephen Markman, Michigan Supreme Court, Topic
TBA-SPEECH
11/6/06PaceHoward Radzely, U.S. Solicitor of Labor, "New Labor and Employment Policy for the 21st Century"-SPEECH
11/6/06ToledoKevin Hasson, Becket Fund vs. Jeremy Gunn, "Religious
Liberties"-DEBATE
11/7/06GonzagaJim Mason, Home School Legal Defense Association, "Home Schooling Constitutional Issues"-SPEECH
11/7/06ChapmanRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Should Judges Secure Unenumerated Rights: From Lochner to Lawrence"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor John Eastman, Chapman Law
11/7/06LaVerneRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Should Judges Unenumerated Rights: Lochner to Lawrence"-SPEECH
11/7/06TrinityRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Is Judicial Restraint the Proper Response to Judicial Activism?"-SPEECH
11/7/06ChicagoProfessor Stephen Presser, Northwestern Law, "Did Ann Coulter Get It Right? Some Realism about Minimalism"-SPEECH
11/7/06RichmondHon. Bill Thro, Virginia Solicitor General, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/8/06Widener-HarrisburgProfessor Bradley Smith, Capital Law, "Randall v. Sorrell: End of the Line for Campaign Finance Reform?"-SPEECH
11/8/06CornellManuel Miranda, Family Research Council, "Immigration Law Reform"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Eduardo Penalver, Cornell Law
11/8/06CardozoJames Taranto, Wall Street Journal, "The 2006 Elections"-SPEECH
11/8/06CreightonProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law, "Law and Religion"-SPEECH
11/8/06TempleProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans Law, "Is the Law Being Taught in Law School?"-SPEECH
11/8/06Arizona StateAlan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund, "How the Wall Came Down"-SPEECH
11/8/06PepperdineRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Property Rights Post Prop 90"-SPEECH
11/8/06Brigham Young Professor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"-SPEECH
11/8/06Widener-HarrisburgProfessor Bradley Smith, Capital Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/8/06South Texas Reed O'Connor, Local Attorney, "Commerce Clause in Criminal Cases"-SPEECH
11/8/06PennsylvaniaProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans Law, "Why
the Rule of Law Is Not Taught in America's Law Schools"-
SPEECH
11/8/06MiamiHon. Ronald Cass, Cass and Associates, "Executive Power at
Peace and at War"-SPEECH
11/9/06Detroit MercyProfessor Michael Lewis, Ohio Northern Law, "Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: A Judicial Dead Letter and Its Negative Consequences for the Battlefield"-SPEECH
11/9/06Nevada-Las Vegas Roger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Restoring Constitutional Government" -SPEECH
11/9/06StetsonJennifer Roback Morse, Author vs. Cathy James, Attorney, "Securing Our Children's Rights"-SPEECH
11/9/06Texas TechTimothy Lynch, Cato Institute, "The Military Commission Act: What It Does and Why It Matters"-SPEECH
11/9/06Notre Dame Nikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund, "Partial Birth Abortion Supreme Court Cases"-SPEECH
11/9/06MemphisProfessor David Smolin, Cumberland Law, "The Baby Market: How Our Laws Facilitate Low-Tech and High-Tech Markets in Children, and What We Can Do About It"- SPEECH
11/9/06New Mexico Professor Elizabeth Rapaport, New Mexico Law vs. Professor Denise Fort, New Mexico Law, "Karl Marx's On the Jewish Question: A Discussion"-DEBATE
11/9/06Boston CollegeRay LaJeunesse, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation" -SPEECH
11/9/06Western StateProfessor John Eastman, Chapman Law vs. Professor David
Brennan, Western State Law, "Immigration"-DEBATE
11/9/06SyracuseManuel Miranda, Family Research Council, "Election Over,
Time for a Cohesive Immigration Reform"-SPEECH
11/9/06Loyola-ChicagoProfessor David Moore, Kentucky Law, "Sosa v. Alvarez Machain and Customary International Law"-SPEECH
11/9/06Texas WesleyanTimothy Lynch, Cato Institute, "Police Powers and the War on
Terrorism"-SPEECH
11/10/06MarquetteProfessor Douglas Kmiec, Pepperdine Law, "The War on Terror and the Separation of Powers"-SPEECH
11/13/06Cleveland-MarshallProfessor Robert Turner, Virginia Law, "The Effects of FISA"-SPEECH
11/13/06VillanovaMaggie Gallagher, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy vs. TBA, "Same-Sex Marriage"-DEBATE
11/13/06SeattleRay LaJeunesse, National Right to Work Legal Defense
Foundation, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/13/06Western New EnglandProfessor William Gangi, St. John's Law, "Saving Our Constitution from the Courts"-SPEECH
11/14/06AmericanProfessor David Moore, Kentucky Law, "International
Law"-SPEECH
11/14/06AkronProfessor Robert Turner, Virginia Law vs. Jeff Gamso, Ohio
ACLU, "The NSA Warrantless Wiretap Controversy and The Constitution: Was Congress the Real Lawbreaker, and Did FISA Contribute to 9/11?"-DEBATE
11/14/06Case Western Roger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity, "Immigration and
Assimilation Into American Culture"-SPEECH
11/14/06YaleAbigail Thernstrom, Manhattan Institute vs. Professor Charles
Ogletree, Harvard Law, "The Reauthorization of the Temporary Provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act"-DEBATE
11/14/06LincolnTimothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation, "Property and Civil Rights"-SPEECH
11/14/06UDCProfessor David Moore, Kentucky Law, "International
Law"-SPEECH
11/14/06DaytonProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law, "The First
Amendment Freedom to Reject Violent and Indecent Speech: Correcting the Misinterpretation that the Free Speech Clause is Concerned Only with Volume and Convenience of Access"-SPEECH
11/14/06TulsaJudge Ronald White, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, "Ten Commandments"-SPEECH
11/15/06Ave Maria Ed Whelan, Ethics and Public Policy Center, "Judicial Nominations - SPEECH
11/15/06MichiganEd Whelan, Ethics and Public Policy Center, "Judicial Nominations -SPEECH
11/15/06IllinoisWilliam Otis, Counselor to the DEA vs. Professor Bryan Brickner, Author, "Tough Trade-Offs: A Drug Legalization Debate"-DEBATE
11/15/06CincinnatiProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/15/06MinnesotaScott Johnson, Powerline Blog vs. D. J. Tice, St. Paul Pioneer
Press, "Election Coverage and the Media"-DEBATE
11/15/06George Masn Professor David Moore, Kentucky Law vs. Professor Ralph Steinhardt, George Mason Law, "Are International Human Rights Part of Our Law?"-DEBATE
11/15/06William Mitchell Lee McGrath, Institute for Justice; Nick Dranias, Institute for Justice, "Free Speech, Economic Liberty and Property after Kelo-Institute for Justice's Constitutional Litigation Strategy"-PANEL
11/15/06Indiana-BloomingtonHoria Terpe, Romanian Government, "Economics in the
World"-SPEECH
11/15/06FordhamBryan Cunningham, Former Deputy Legal Adviser to National
Security Advisor; Melissa Goodman, ACLU; Shane Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights; Kim Taipale, Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy, "Can They Hear You Now?: Perspectives on the NSA Wiretapping Program"-PANEL
11/15/06Boston CollegeManuel Miranda, Third Branch Conference, "Post-Election: Time for a Cohesive Immigration Reform?"-SPEECH
11/15/06Ohio State Professor Sai Prakash, San Diego Law vs. Professor Peter Shane, Ohio State Law, "Executive Powers and Foreign Affairs"-DEBATE
11/15/06St. LouisJudge Duane Benton, U.S. CA 8, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/16/06ChicagoJudge Richard Posner, U.S. CA 7 vs. Professor Brian Leiter, Texas Law, "Some Doubts About Pragmatic Adjudication"-DEBATE
11/16/06MinnesotaProfessor Michael Uhlmann vs. Professor David Mayo, University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics, "Physician Assisted Suicide"-DEBATE
11/16/06PennsylvaniaChristopher Christie, U.S. Attorney vs. Charles McKenna,
U.S. Attorney, "The PATRIOT Act: A Practical Perspective"-DEBATE
11/16/06Notre DameProfessor Sai Prakash, San Diego Law, "A Response to Cass
Sunstein's Minimalist Theory of Jurisprudence"-SPEECH
11/16/06CumberlandKevin Newsom, Alabama Solicitor General, "The U.S. Supreme Court Term"-SPEECH
11/16/06ColumbiaHon. Rob McKenna, Washington State Attorney General, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/17/06AlabamaWilliam Smith, Local Attorney, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/17/06MontanaNikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund, "Bioethics at the
Brink: Law and Policy on Human Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research"-SPEECH
11/17/06St. Thomas-MNProfessor Michael Uhlmann, Claremont McKenna College, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/20/06BarryProfessor David Forte, Case Western Law, "Does Moderate Islam Have a Chance to Succeed?"-SPEECH
11/20/06Loyola-New OrleansJudge Edith Jones, U.S. CA 5, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/21/06Arizona StateDorinda Bordlee, Bioethics Defense Fund vs. TBA, "Roe v Wade"-DEBATE
11/21/06NYUJeffrey Clark, Kirkland and Ellis vs. Jim Tripp, Environmental Defense, "Preview of Massachusetts v. EPA"-DEBATE
11/27/06St. Thomas MNProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/27/06NebraskaKevin Hasson, The Becket Fund vs. TBA, "Religious Symbols
on Public Property"-DEBATE
11/27/06PaceProfessor James Jacobs, NYU Law vs. TBA, "Gun Control"-DEBATE
11/28/06CincinnatiProfessor Richard Garnett, Notre Dame Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/29/06Missouri-ColumbiaJustice Stephen Limbaugh, Missouri Supreme Court, Topic TBA-SPEECH
11/29/06PennsylvaniaMaggie Gallagher, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy;
Professor Amy Wax, Pennsylvania Law; Professor Ariela Dubler, Columbia Law, "Can Marriage Be Saved?"-PANEL
11/30/06Boston CollegeEdward Whelan, Ethics and Public Policy Center, "Judicial
Confirmations in the New Senate"-SPEECH
11/30/06SuffolkHon. Paul Clement, U.S. Solicitor General, Topic TBA-SPEECH

December

12/1/06St. Thomas MNProfessor Hadley Arkes, Amherst College vs. Professor David
Forte, Cleveland-Marshall Law, "Partial-Birth Abortions"-
DEBATE
12/4/06NortheasternMark Behrens, Shook, Hardy & Bacon vs. Professor Richard Daynard, "Tort Reform"-DEBATE
12/5/06YaleGlenn Reynolds, Instapundit; Howard Bashman, How Appealing; Jack Balkin, Balkinization, "The Growing Influence of Blogs Upon Legal Academia and the Practice of Law in General"-PANEL

January

1/11/07CumberlandProfessor Paul Cleveland, Birmingham Southern College vs.
Professor Vince Gawronski, Birmingham Southern College, "Privatization of Disaster"-DEBATE
1/11/07ChicagoProfessor Stephanos Bibas, Iowa Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
1/12/07ColumbiaJudge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, U.S. CA 9, "Judicial Independence: Defining an Ideal and Dispelling the Myths"-SPEECH
1/17/07HofstraHon. Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman, Topic TBA-SPEECH
1/17/07NYUHon. Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman, Topic TBA-SPEECH
1/17/07New York LawHon. Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman, "Second Amendment" -SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Nadine Strossen, New York Law
1/17/07DuquesneDavid Rivkin, Baker and Hostetler, "Detainee Treatment in the War on Terror"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Lt. Col. Craig Minnick, U.S. Army Reserves
1/17/07Santa Clara Professor Richard Epstein, Chicago Law, "Eminent Domain"-SPEECH
1/17/07South TexasJudge James Buckley, U.S. CA DC, "Religion in Public Service"-SPEECH
1/17/07Wake ForestProfessor John Hasnas, Georgetown University, "Prosecution
of Corporations, DOJ Policy, and Professional Ethics"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Steve Nickles, Wake Forest Law
1/18/07Brigham YoungProfessor David Moore, Kentucky Law, "International
Law"-SPEECH
1/18/07PepperdineProfessor Michael Paulsen, Minnesota Law, "Four Big Lies About Stare Decisis"-SPEECH
1/18/07CapitalProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans Law, "Why
the Rule of Law is Not Taught in American Law Schools"-SPEECH
1/18/07California-DavisMcGregor Scott, U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of CA, "Being a U.S. Attorney"-SPEECH
1/18/07Texas TechJudge James Buckley, U.S. CA DC, Topic TBA-SPEECH
1/18/07FordhamHon. Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman vs. Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance, "Medical Marijuana and the Limits of Federalism"-DEBATE
1/19/07Ave Maria Professor Lee Strang, Ave Maria Law vs. Professor Howard
Bromberg, Ave Maria Law, "Constitutional Interpretation: Is There a Proper Method?"-DEBATE
1/21/07St. Mary's David Breemer, Pacific Legal Foundation, "Property Rights and the Texas Open Breaches Act"-SPEECH
1/22/07HoustonDavid Breemer, Pacific Legal Foundation, "Property Rights and the Texas Open Breaches Act"-SPEECH
1/22/07TexasDavid Breemer, Pacific Legal Foundation, "Property Rights and the Texas Open Breaches Act"-SPEECH
1/23/07Texas WesleyanDavid Breemer, Pacific Legal Foundation, "Property Rights and the Texas Open Breaches Act"-SPEECH
1/23/07Boston College Hon. Paul Cellucci, Former Massachusetts Governor, "Public Diplomacy in a Post 9/11 World"-SPEECH
1/23/07MinnesotaProfessor Michael Paulsen, Minnesota Law, "The Lawfulness
of the Geneva Conventions and 'Torture' Memos: A Legal Analysis"-SPEECH
1/23/07Arizona StateClint Bolick, Alliance for School Choice vs. Professor Paul Bender, Arizona State Law, "School Choice: Public Funding of Private Education"-DEBATE
1/24/07Florida StatePatrick Tinsley, Attorney, "In Defense of Evidence and Against the Exclusionary Rule"-SPEECH WITH COMMENRAY by Professor Benjamin Priester, Florida State Law
1/24/07KentuckyProfessor Carl Cohen, Michigan Law, "The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Future of Race Preference"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Paul Salamanca, Kentucky Law
1/24/07California-DavisHon. Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman, Topic TBA-SPEECH
1/25/07WillametteKarin Immergut, U.S. Attorney, District of Oregon, "The Proper Role of a U.S. Attorney"-SPEECH
1/25/07PepperdineJudge Diane Skyes, U.S. CA 7, "Of Judiciary Nature"-SPEECH
1/25/07Wayne State Justice Maura Corrigan, Michigan Supreme Court; Justice Robert Young, Michigan Supreme Court; TBA; TBA, "Statutory Interpretation"-PANEL
1/29/07RegentHon. Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman, "Privacy Rights
Post 9/11"-SPEECH
1/30/07Florida StateRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity, "Affirmative Action and the Michigan Initiative"-SPEECH
1/30/07California-DavisProfessor Michael Lewis, Ohio Northern Law, "National Security after Hamdan"-SPEECH
1/30/07DenverProfessor John Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
1/31/07TouroRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Federalism and the 14th
Amendment: How Liberals and Conservatives Get It Wrong"-SPEECH
1/31/07Florida State Clark Neily, Institute for Justice vs. Professor Steven Gey, Florida State Law, "School Choice in Florida"-DEBATE
1/31/07FordhamJudge Robert Smith, NY CA, Topic TBA-SPEECH
1/31/07WashburnProfessor James Bond, Seattle Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH

February

2/1/07Florida A&MRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity, "Affirmative Action" -SPEECH
2/1/07BarryProfessor Amy Wax, Pennsylvania Law vs. Professor Marsha
Freeman, Barry Law, "Same-Sex Marriage"-DEBATE
2/1/07St. Thomas-MNProfessor James Stoner, Louisiana State University vs. Professor Mitch Gordon, St. Thomas-MN Law, "Judicial Activism"-SPEECH
2/17/07William MitchellProfessor Robert Delahunty, St. Thomas-MN Law vs. Professor John Radsan, William Mitchell Law, "The Iraqi War"-DEBATE
2/1/07NebraskaProfessor Lynn Wardle, Brigham Young Law vs. TBA, "Citizens for Equal Protection, Inc. v. Bruning"-DEBATE
2/2/07WillametteRamesh Ponnuru, National Review, "The Future of Roe"-SPEECH
2/5/07Indiana-BloomingtonRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/5/07DenverProfessor James Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law, "Free Market Environmentalism"-SPEECH
2/5/07LouisvilleRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Federalism and the 14th Amendment: How Both Liberals and Conservatives Get it Wrong"-SPEECH
2/5/07Florida A&M Kevin Hasson, The Becket Fund, "Religious Liberties"-SPEECH
2/5/07StetsonKevin Hasson, The Becket Fund, "Religious Liberties"-SPEECH
2/6/07KentuckyRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/6/07CincinnatiRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/7/07Wake ForestProfessor David Moore, Kentucky Law, Topic TBA SPEECH
2/7/07HoustonProfessor Jim Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/7/07South TexasProfessor Jim Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/8/07Texas TechProfessor Jim Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/8/07Southern MethodistProfessor Jim Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/8/07Texas WesleyanProfessor Jim Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/8/07AkronProfessor Michael Lewis, Ohio Northern Law, "The Law of
War"-SPEECH
2/8/07Florida StateProfessor John McGinnis, Northwestern Law vs. Professor Steven Gey, Florida State Law, "Normative and Pragmatic Examination of Originalism"-DEBATE
2/9/07Southern CaliforniaProfessor John Eastman, Chapman Law vs. James Ho, Gibson
Dunn & Crutcher, "Birthright Citizenship"-DEBATE
2/9/07Rutgers-CamdenProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/9/07TexasProfessor James Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law, "Myths of the Public Trust Doctrine"-SPEECH
2/12/07Seton HallRoger Pilon, Cato Institute, "Is Judicial Restraint the Proper
Response to Judicial Activism?"-SPEECH
2/13/07BaltimoreProfessor Michael Lewis, Ohio Northern Law, "Hamdan v.
Rumsfeld: The War on Terror's Impact on International Law"-SPEECH
2/13/07OklahomaHon. Frank Keating, Former Oklahoma Governor, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/14/07PepperdineJudge Edith Jones, U.S. CA 5, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/14/07KentuckyJennifer Roback Morse, Author, "A Skeptical View of Domestic Partner Benefits"-SPEECH
2/14/07Santa ClaraProfessor David Friedman, Santa Clara Law, "Law and Economics"-SPEECH
2/14/07St. Thomas-MNClark Neily, Institute for Justice vs. TBA, "School Choice"-SPEECH
2/15/07South Carolina Maggie Gallagher, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy,
Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/15/07California-DavisProfessor William Gangi, St. John's Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/15/07New York LawRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/15/07TulsaClark Neily, Institute for Justice, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/16/07BYUDavid Leitch, Attorney, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/19/07Texas Wesleyan Clark Neily, Institute for Justice, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/19/07WashburnProfessor David Forte, Cleveland Marshall Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/20/07CatholicStar Parker, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/21/07LaVerneProfessor William Gangi, St. John's Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/21/07CumberlandRamesh Ponnuru, National Review, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/21/07Florida International Roger Pilon, Cato Institute, Topic TBA-SPEECH
2/21/07PepperdineDinesh D'Souza, National Review, "The Enemy at Home: The
Cultural Left and its Responsibility for 9/11"-SPEECH
2/22/07Florida StateProfessor Thomas Woods, Florida State Law vs. Professor Steven Gey, Florida State Law, "Historical Foundation of State Sovereignty"-DEBATE
2/22/07GonzagaProfessor Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College, "Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"- SPEECH
2/23/07St. Thomas MNProfessor David Forte, Cleveland Marshall Law, "Commerce
Clause"-SPEECH
2/23-24/07Northwestern 26th Annual Student Symposium

March

3/1/07Florida A&MProfessor Ronald Rotunda, George Mason Law, "Supreme Court and Creating the Law Governing Detainees"-SPEECH
3/1/07South CarolinaProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law, "The Supreme Court's Establishment Clause Jurisprudence"-SPEECH
3/1/07BarryProfessor Ronald Rotunda, George Mason Law vs. Professor
Brian Holland, Barry Law, "The Supreme Court and the Law of Detainee Cases"-SPEECH
3/1/07StanfordJames Bopp, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom vs. Professor Alan
Morrison, Stanford Law, "Campaign Finance"-DEBATE
3/1/07VillanovaProfessor Doug Kmiec, Pepperdine Law, "The Roberts Court
and an Evaluation of the Consensus Methodology of Chief Justice in Relation to Decided and Pending Cases"-SPEECH
3/1/07Florida StateProfessor Randy Barnett, Boston University Law, "The Ninth
Amendment-Does It Mean What it Says?"-SPEECH
3/5/07PepperdineTammy Bruce, Radio Talk Show Host, Topic TBA-SPEECH
3/6/07LouisvilleWard Connerly, Author, "Affirmative Action"-SPEECH
3/6/07StanfordDinesh D'Souza, National Review, "Affirmative Action"-SPEECH
3/7/07St. Thomas-MN Jeffery Ventrella, Alliance Defense Fund vs. TBA, "Gay Marriage" -DEBATE
3/7/07South TexasWillliam Saunders, Family Research Council vs. TBA, "Same-Sex Marriage"-DEBATE
3/8/07Texas TechProfessor J. Budziszewski, Texas Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
3/8/07Lewis & ClarkProfessor Michael Krauss, George Mason Law, "Middle East
Terrorism"-SPEECH
3/13/07VillanovaProfessor John McGinnis, Northwestern Law, "Originalism"-SPEECH
3/15/07ColoradoProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans Law, Topic
TBA-SPEECH
3/19/07AlabamaJudge Ed Carnes, U.S. CA 11, Topic TBA-SPEECH
3/20/07St. LouisKevin Hasson, The Becket Fund vs. Jeremy Gunn, ACLU, "Religious Liberties"-DEBATE
3/20/07SyracuseStephen Halbrook, Attorney, "Did the Second Amendment Survive Hurricane Katrina?"-SPEECH
3/20/07FloridaHon. Gregory Katsas, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Topic TBA- SPEECH
3/20/07SeattleMichael Greve, American Enterprise Institute, "Federalism and Globalism: American Federalism for a New World"-SPEECH
3/20/07Washington & LeeProfessor Rob Natelson, Montana Law, "18th Century Constitutional Sources"-SPEECH
3/21/07BerkeleyMichael Greve, American Enterprise Institute vs. TBA, "Watters v. Wachovia and Federalism"-DEBATE
3/21/07CampbellProfessor Scott Gerber, Ohio Northern Law, "The Court, the
Constitution, and the History of Ideas"-SPEECH
3/21/07Boston CollegeTodd Gaziano, The Heritage Foundation, "The Criminalization of Almost Everything: Why Liberals and Conservatives Should Be Alarmed"-SPEECH
3/21/07Notre DameEd Whelan, Ethics and Public Policy Center, "Judicial Confirmations" -SPEECH
3/21/07Case WesternProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law, "Issues Related to
the First Amendment and Media Violence"-SPEECH
3/22/07MarquetteProfessor Michael Krauss, George Mason Law vs. Professor
Scott Moss, Marquette Law, "Using Race as a Factor in Grade School Student Placement"-DEBATE
3/22/07ColumbiaJudge Joseph Frank Bianco, Eastern District of New York, "Terrorism, Judges, and Judicial Activism"-SPEECH
3/22/07BaylorAaron Streett, Baker Botts, Topic TBA-SPEECH
3/22/07Thomas Cooley-LansingRachel Brand, Department of Justice, "Immigration"-SPEECH
3/22/07George MasonHon. Edwin Meese, Former U.S. Attorney General, "Strict
Constructionalism and the Judiciary"-SPEECH
3/22/07South CarolinaProfessor Michael Lewis, Ohio Northern Law, "Legal Issues
and the War on Terror"-SPEECH
3/22/07KentuckyProfessor Ronald Rotunda, George Mason Law, "Detainee Rights and the War on Terror"-SPEECH
3/22/07LouisvilleProfessor Ronald Rotunda, George Mason Law, "Detainee Rights and the War on Terror"-SPEECH
3/26/07Washington & LeeProfessor Francis Beckwith, Baylor Law, "Religious Freedom"-SPEECH
3/26/07NYUJudge Alex Kozinski, U.S. CA 9 vs. Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. CA 9, "The Current State of the Ninth Circuit and the Possibility of a Circuit Split"-DEBATE
3/26/07FordhamProfessor Craig Gurian, Fordham Law vs. Professor Peter
Salins, Fordham Law, "Rent Regulation: Should Governor Spitzer Enhance or Phase Out New York's Current System?"-DEBATE
3/27/07Houston David Barton, Wall Builders, "An Independent Judiciary-The Founders Intent"-SPEECH
3/27/07ColumbiaJudge Alex Kozinski, U.S. CA 9 vs. Judge Stephen Reinhardt,
U.S. CA 9, "The Current State of the Ninth Circuit and the
Possibility of a Circuit Split"-DEBATE
3/27/07BalitmoreScott Bullock, Institute for Justice, "Eminent Domain in Baltimore? Kelo v. New London's Affect on Property Law"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Michelle Alexandre, Baltimore Law
3/29/07Florida StateStephen Halbrook, Attorney, "Second Amendment and Post-Katrina New Orleans"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by TBA
3/29/07CreightonProfessor John McGinnis, Northwestern Law vs. Professor Michael Kelly, Creighton Law, "Should U.S. Courts Look to International Law When Making Decisions?"-DEBATE
3/29/07WhittierTammy Bruce, Radio Talk Show Host, Topic TBA-SPEECH
3/29/07Florida Coastal Stephen Halbrook, Attorney, "Second Amendment and Post-
Katrina New Orleans"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by TBA
3/29/07South CarolinaStephen Dillard, Attorney, Topic TBA-SPEECH
3/30/07McGeorgeDoug Bandow, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Topic TBA-SPEECH

April

4/2/07HoustonRoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity, "Affirmative Action"-SPEECH
4/3/07CapitalJeffery Ventrella, Alliance Defense Fund, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/3/07SMURoger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity, "Affirmative Action"-SPEECH
4/3/07Washington St. LouisProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law vs. TBA, Topic TBA-DEBATE
4/4/07ChicagoProfessor Ernest Young, Texas Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by TBA
4/4/07BerkeleyProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans Law, Topic
TBA-SPEECH
4/4/07WashburnJudge Deanell Reece Tacha, U.S. CA 10, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/5/07PepperdineKevin Hasson, The Becket Fund vs. Jeremy Gunn, ACLU, "Religion and the States Under the American Constitutional System"-DEBATE
4/5/07CapitalJennifer Roback Morse, Author, "Making Room in the Inn:
How the Left Abandoned the Weak and Helpless and What the Right Should Do About It"-SPEECH
4/5/07Santa ClaraProfessor Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola-New Orleans, "The Rule of Law Not Taught in American Law Schools"-SPEECH
4/9/07HoustonJudge Jennifer Elrod, Harris County District Court, "A View from the State Court Trial Bench"-SPEECH
4/10/07Indiana-IndianapolisScott Bullock, Institute for Justice, "Property Rights in the Wake of Kelo"-SPEECH
4/10/07MontanaDorinda Bordlee, Bioethics Defense Fund, "Roe v. Wade"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by TBA
4/10/07MontanaNikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund, "Cloning"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by TBA
4/10/07BaltimoreProfessor Amy Wax, Pennsylvania Law vs. Professor Odeana
Neal, Baltimore Law, "Same-Sex Marriage"-DEBATE
4/11/07ChicagoProfessor Stephanos Bibas, Iowa Law, "Originalism and Formalism in Justice Scalia's Criminal Procedure Jurisprudence"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by Professor Nicole Garnett, Notre Dame Law
4/11/07StanfordProfessor Douglas Kmiec, Pepperdine Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/11/07ColumbiaDavid Lat, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, "'Above the Law,' Judicial Celebritology, and the Importance of Humanizing Our Judicial Stars"-SPEECH
4/11/07GeorgiaAaron Streett, Baker Botts, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/11/07DenverProfessor Patrick Garry, South Dakota Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/12/07Georgia StateAaron Streett, Baker Botts, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/12/07ColumbiaProfessor David Moore, Kentucky Law, "International Law in U.S. Courts"-SPEECH
4/12/07BarryProfesssor Lynn Wardle, Brigham Young Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/13/07MarquetteProfessor Stephanos Bibas, Iowa Law, "Originalism and
Formalism in Criminal Procedure: The Triumph of Justice Scalia, the Unlikely Friend of Criminal Defendants"-SPEECH
4/13/07Washington & LeeSteven Dillard, Attorney, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/13/07TrinityProfessor Stephen Kennedy, Oxford University, "Is There a Right to Scientific Research That Overrides Rights or Ethical Concerns?"-SPEECH WITH COMMENTARY by TBA
4/17/07ColumbiaHon. James Buckley, Former U.S. Senator, "Religion and Public Service"-SPEECH
4/17/07SyracuseProfessor Amy Wax, Pennsylvania Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/17/07BarryProfesssor Lynn Wardle, Brigham Young Law vs. TBA, "Stem Cell Research"-DEBATE
4/18/07HoustonProfessor James Olson, Texas A&M University, "The Moral
Dilemmas, Law, and Policy of Spying"-SPEECH
4/18/07KentuckyJudge Thomas Griffith, U.S. CA DC, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/19/07California-DavisProfessor Scott Gerber, Ohio Northern Law, "Why Supreme Court Justices Shouldn't Always Be Former Federal Judges from Elite Law Schools"-SPEECH
4/19/07Texas TechDean Kenneth Starr, Pepperdine Law, Topic TBA-SPEECH
4/20/07McGeorgeProfessor Scott Gerber, Ohio Northern Law, "The Court, the
Constitution, and the History of Ideas"-SPEECH
4/23/07HoustonProfessor Tara Smith, Texas Law, "Can Natural Rights 'Oughts' Be Derived from What Is?"-SPEECH

 

  

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