The Cato Institute held its 21st annual Constitution Day Symposium in Washington, D.C. In this first panel, legal scholars spoke about constitutional structure and Supreme Court cases from t…
225 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts and Oversight held a hearing about the influence of special interest groups in the federal judiciary. Chair Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) call…
18,028 viewsThe Heritage Foundation held a discussion on Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court Legal experts debated what kind of…
878 viewsFrom an all-day conference on retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, law professors discussed the significance of Kennedy’s role as a deciding vote in major Supreme Court decisions. …
191 viewsLegal experts examined former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s opinions on abortion and gay rights at a conference on his impact and legacy. Justice Kennedy retired from the court in …
475 viewsRepresentatives of advocacy groups and the public demonstrated outside of the U.S. Supreme Court during oral argument in King v. Burwell, which questions the legality of subsidies for health…
3,530 viewsPanelists talked about court cases challenging the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) interpretation of the Affordable Care Act, principally in extending subsidies to federal health exchanges.…
712 viewsLegal scholars talked about conflicting rulings in two Affordable Care Act cases, King v. Burwell and Halbig v. Burwell. Both cases challenged the IRS’s statutory authority to give federal s…
799 viewsWitnesses testified on the Internal Revenue Service’s power to provide subsidies and tax credits for those buying insurance on health exchanges, as well as the power to apply penalties for t…
611 viewsLegal scholars talked about property rights decisions during the 2011-12 Supreme Court term, focusing on Sackett v. EPA. In the case the Sackett family planned to build a house on land they …
426 viewsLegal experts testified on congressional oversight of new executive branch regulations. They focused on a proposal called the “REINS Act.” It would require an up-or-down vote by Congress on…
545 viewsProfessor Jonathan Adler spoke to students about freedom of speech and appropriate restrictions or regulations on forms of speech. Among the topics he addressed were differences between crit…
237 viewsWitnesses testified about greenhouse emissions and a proposed waiver for California from the Environmental Protection Agency in order to regulate greenhouse gas emissions of new vehicles. Ca…
169 viewsExperts discussed the ramifications of the U.S. Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5 to 4 tha…
609 viewsExperts discussed the U.S. Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency in which oral arguments will be heard on November 29. Several states and environmental organiza…
147 viewsWitnesses testified about the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in the joint cases of Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the scope of t…
722 viewsAt a forum hosted by the American Constitution Society, participants talked about the state of environmental protection law, Bush administration environmental policies, and legal challenges …
47 viewsThe panelists talked about how the 108th Congress might approach environmental policy. Following their prepared remarks, they responded to questions from the audience.
37 viewsParticipants held a news conference in honor of the day which some have designated as the day on which citizens have paid for all the direct and indirect costs of the federal government for …
78 viewsPanelists discussed the environmental proclivities of the new Congress and President Clinton’s second term. They compared the possible environmental legislation which the 105th Congress migh…
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