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- Thought-provoking article re meaning of legal conservatismThe Danger of Trump’s Clash with the Conservative Legal MovementArticle Source FOR…
- Interesting liberal piece mentioning Federalist Society role in Federal judicial pipelineSource: The smartest people in Trumpland – ThinkProgress All of this drama…
- Scalia’s greatest strength, his steadfastness, was also his greatest weakness – The Washington PostI do not agree that his steadfastness as described in the article…
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Thought-provoking article re meaning of legal conservatism
The Danger of Trump’s Clash with the Conservative Legal MovementArticle Source FOR NEARLY A DECADE, the conservative legal movement has endured a marriage of convenience with Donald J. Trump. The president has now unequivocally asked for a divorce. The signs of trouble in this relationship were there from the beginning. The conservative legal movement owes…
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Interesting liberal piece mentioning Federalist Society role in Federal judicial pipeline
Source: The smartest people in Trumpland – ThinkProgress All of this drama sends a very clear message to promising young lawyers — you have a wealth of career options if you join the Federalist Society, but you should get used to disappointment if you play for the other team. As Lithwick worried in 2010, what…
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Scalia’s greatest strength, his steadfastness, was also his greatest weakness – The Washington Post
I do not agree that his steadfastness as described in the article is weakness, but interesting that Turley frames this way. Scalia resisted the legal indeterminacy and intellectual dishonesty that he saw as a corruption of modern constitutional analysis. He believed that the law was not something that should be moved for convenience or popularity.…
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Scalia: Champion of the Rule of Law, by Jesse Panuccio, National Review
He was a dedicated and eloquent foe of the notion of a ‘living Constitution.’ Source: Scalia: Champion of the Rule of Law, by Jesse Panuccio, National Review
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Justice Scalia’s Legacy
This weekend we lost an Honorable man, a great Jurist, and a true Champion of the Constitution, with the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia. To a large extent, Scalia’s insistence that the Constitution must be understood as it was understood at the time of its adoption, should have been unremarkable. Yet, when he reached the…
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2nd Annual Florida Chapters Federalist Society Conference
Last Year’s Florida Chapters Federalist Society Conference was well attended with about 250 people, and there were numerous requests to make this an annual event, so I am happy to announce that the 2nd Annual Florida Chapters Conference is set for January 22-23 2016 at the Disney Boardwalk Hotel. The hotel room cutoff date is…
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First Statewide Florida Federalist Society Convention
I would like to invite all of my Conservative and Libertarian legal friends to the First Statewide Florida Federalist Society Convention to be held Feb. 27-28, 2015 at the Swan and Dolphin Resort at Walt Disney World. Limited discounted rooms available. This will be a great event that will bring together many of Florida’s top…
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Individual Mandate: 2 Lawyers Debate Constitutionality: Introduction
Individual Mandate: 2 Lawyers Debate Constitutionality: Introduction. First of three articles I have the privilege to write for Medscape to cover the healthcare lawsuit argued topics. Note, you may have to do a free sign up to access the articles.
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Nice Background on Florida Solicitor General Scott Makar
A Certain Appeal || Gulf Coast Business Review | Tampa Bay, Bradenton, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples. Interesting read on the background of a friend, Solicitor General Scott Makar. I believe at this point he is the longest serving Florida Solicitor General.
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Breaking: Eleventh Circuit Rules Obamacare’s Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional – Forbes
Breaking: Eleventh Circuit Rules Obamacare’s Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional – Forbes. This is a 300 pg. opinion, so more comments to follow. 11th Circuit decision on Constitutionality of Healthcare Nice Quotes: In sum, the individual mandate is breathtaking in its expansive scope. It regulates those who have not entered the health care market at all.…
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