The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a case that could determine the future of the consumer protection agency cre…
1,188 viewsJudges talked about the impact of the Reconstruction Amendments on both legal history and their personal careers in the federal judiciary. They spoke about examples from desegregation and vo…
524 viewsThe D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Klayman v. Obama about the constitutionality of the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone and Internet metadata. …
2,401 viewsJudge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia delivered the seventh Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture at the Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Cent…
916 viewsThe District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Wagner v. FEC. The case concerns three independent contractors with various federal agencies who argued that the ban …
1,121 viewsThe District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Association of American Physicians v. Kathleen Sebelius. The case centers on rules in the Affordable Care Act relate…
650 viewsThe D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument on the requirement in the Affordable Care Act that employer health insurance include coverage for all contraceptive methods. Francis and…
652 viewsSupreme Court justices and federal judges participated in a moot court trial on the actions of King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The court heard an appeal of a ruling that Hen…
7,750 viewsThe Federalist Society held its 2009 National Lawyers Convention. Participants spoke about recent government assistance and bail outs for private industry. They also responded to questions f…
167 viewsJudge Janice Rogers Brown spoke about the future of the First Amendment. She remarked on parallels between the economic marketplace and the marketplace of ideas and therefore how the state o…
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