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November 5, 2009

Federalist Society Happy Hour

Come join the Federalist Society for our first happy hour of the year.  We will be at Sullivan's at 1116 Chapel Street from 7:30 - 9:00pm.  The whole YLS community is welcome.

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November 1, 2009

How Judges Decide

Judge Boudin of the First Circuit Court of Appeals will join the Federalist Society for a lunch discussion of how judges decide cases. Attendance will be limited to the first 20 students to RSVP to michael.ellis@yale.edu.  Lunch will also be provided.

Yale Law School, Room 110


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October 6, 2009

Second Circuit Argument Preview: Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York

Judges Rosalie Abella (Canada), Aharon Barak (Israel), Dieter Grimm (Germany), Lady Brenda Hale (Great Britain), and Jon O. Newman (2d Cir.) join us...
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October 1, 2009

Debating the Role of the Court: Observations by a Supreme Court Advocate

Don Ayer, a partner at Jones Day who has now argued before the Supreme Court seventeen times, will join the Federalist Society and Professor Thomas Merrill to discuss the proper role of the Court in American government.
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October 1, 2009

Debating the Role of the Court: Observations by a Supreme Court Advocate

Don Ayer, a partner at Jones Day who has now argued before the Supreme Court seventeen times, will join the Federalist Society and Professor Thomas Merrillto discuss the proper role of the Court in American government.
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October 1, 2009

The State and Religsion: Can the Government Ever Be Neutral?


Professor Richard W. Garnett of Notre Dame University Law School will join the Federalist Society for a conversation with Yale Professor Anthony T. Kronman regarding the Establishment Clause and the influence of religion in the public square.
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September 29, 2009

Litigating Religious Liberty

Ms. Lori Windham, Legal Counsel for the Becket Fund, joins us to discuss her work defending religious liberty.
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September 29, 2009

What of the Uighurs? Kyemba V. Obama and the Future of Guantanamo Bay

Mr. David Rivkin (Baker & Hostetler) will debate Mr. Sabin Willett (Bingham McCutchen) on the status of the Uighur detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and the pending case Kiyemba v. Obama.


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September 25, 2009

Federalist Society Fall Kickoff BBQ

Come join the Federalist Society for our annual Back-to-School BBQ at 182 Mansfield Street.  The weather will be good, the food will be abundant, and the company will be without match.  Don't miss out. 
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September 24, 2009

Global Constitutionalism Seminar Panel: The Changing Relationship Between Administrative Agencies and the Judiciary

Judges Rosalie Abella (Canada), Aharon Barak (Israel), Dieter Grimm (Germany), Lady Brenda Hale (Great Britain), and Jon O. Newman (2d Cir.) join us to discuss the changing relationship between administrative agencies and the judiciary.
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April 28, 2009

Are Federal Appellate Judges Legal Realists?

A debate between Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Founder and Chairman of the Federalist Society, Professor Steven Calabresi of Northwestern University Law School, will moderate. 
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March 12, 2009

The (Relatively) Enfeebled Executive: What the President May (and May Not) Do in Emergencies

Featuring Professor Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School and Professor Sai Prakash of the University of San Diego School of Law
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October 9, 2008

Skewed Outcomes: Questioning Majority-Minority Voter Redistricting in Bartlett v. Strickland

A debate between Dr. Abigail Thernstrom of the Manhattan Institute and Professor Heather Gerken of Yale Law School
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September 27, 2008

YLPR Conference: Governing After 2008

The Yale Federalist Society and the Yale Chapter of the American Constitution Society co-hosted a panel on "Multilevel Governance: State and Local Actors."
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September 25, 2008

New Views of Originalism

A debate featuring Professor John McGinnis of Northwestern Law School and Professor Jack Balkin of Yale Law School
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April 22, 2008

Yale Law School v. John Yoo

A debate featuring Gerald Walpin (YLS '55) and Emily Bazelon (YLS '00)
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April 10, 2008

The Roberts Court: Present and Future

Featuring the Honorable Theodore B. Olsen, former U.S. Solicitor General
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April 1, 2008

Regulating Hate Speech

Featuring Rodney Smolla, Dean of Washington & Lee University School of Law, and Alexander Tsesis, Assistant Professor of Loyola University School of Law
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March 25, 2008

Boumediene v. Bush: Habeas and the War on Terror

Featuring Harold Hongju Koh, Dean of Yale Law School, Professor Matthew Waxman of Columbia Law School and Steve Engel, Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice
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March 4, 2008

Affirmative Action: Promoting Equality or Perpetuating Discrimination?

Featuring Professor William B. Allen of Michigan State University and Professor Drew S. Days, III of Yale Law School
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February 28, 2008

Straight Talk on Clerkships

Co-sponsored with the American Constitution Society, and featuring a nonpartisan panel of former judicial clerks.
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February 20, 2008

Embryo Ethics

Featuring Professor Robert P. George of Princeton
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February 14, 2008

John Bolton: "Non-Proliferation and International Cooperation"

Former US. Ambasador to the United Nations, John Bolton, spoke on "Non-Proliferation and International Cooperation."
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February 13, 2008

The Curious Role of the D.C. Circuit

Featuring Judge Thomas Griffith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
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February 5, 2008

Intellectual Property and Economic Development: Partnership or Paradox?

A debate between Professor F. Scott Kieff of Washington University in St. Louis Law School and Professor Madhavi Sunder of Yale Law School
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January 31, 2008

Federalizing Criminal Law: The Hidden Costs of Usurping State Jurisdiction

Featuring Judge Jay Bybee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and Professor Steven Duke of Yale Law School
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December 10, 2007

Varieties of Originalism

Featuring Judge Michael McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Professor Jack Balkin of Yale Law School and Professor Akhil Amar of Yale Law School
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December 3, 2007

National Immigration Policy Reform

National Security, Business and Immigrants' Rights Perspectives on Immigration Reform
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November 29, 2007

The Meaning of Gonzales v. Carhart

A lecture by Professor Carter Snead of Notre Dame Law School, co-sponsored by the Yale Law Students for Life
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November 19, 2007

State School Funding Cases in the Aftermath of San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez

A lecture by Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
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November 8, 2007

The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms: Does the Second Amendment Confer an Individual or Collective Right?

A Debate Between Robert Levy of the Cato Institute & Dennis Henigan of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
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October 15, 2007

Judging the Roberts Court

A Discussion between M. Edward Whelan III of the Ethics & Public Policy Center and Professor Robert C. Post of Yale Law School.

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October 8, 2007

Stare Decisis: Constitutional Principle or Pernicious Doctrine?

A Debate Between Michael Paulsen of the University of St. Thomas School of Law & Bruce Ackerman of Yale Law School
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September 27, 2007

Does Economics Displace Moral Reasoning in the Law of Torts?

A Debate between Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago Law School & Jules Coleman of Yale Law School

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