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"Scalia: the Supreme Court Years" | A Webinar Book-Talk with James Rosen
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (356+ words) In Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton requires that judges be "faithful guardians of the Constitution." From the academy, to the bench, to the court of public opinion, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made faithful guardianship of the Constitution his life's work. In…...
VIRTUAL EVENT | "The Means of our Conservation"- Three Ways to Reimagine American Democracy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (210+ words) Ranked-Choice Voting? Multi-Member Districts? No Caps on Congress members? Hear Bold Ideas for a Stronger Congress." The intellectual father of modern conservatism, Edmund Burke, wrote: "A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation....
Welcoming Randall L. Kennedy, Our New Advisory Council Member
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (249+ words) Society for the Rule of Law The Society for the Rule of Law welcomes Randall L. Kennedy as its new Advisory Council Member. Randall L. Kennedy is the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is a highly influential…...
Now Offering CLE Credit for "Benign Prerogative," The Presidential Pardon Power and the Rule of Law
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (268+ words) Society for the Rule of Law The Society for the Rule of Law is proud to announce that our webinar "Benign Prerogative," The Presidential Pardon Power and the Rule of Law has been approved for CLE credit in Illinois. Attorneys…...
VIRTUAL EVENT: "Benign Prerogative," The Presidential Pardon Power and the Rule of Law
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (145+ words) How well has the exercise of the power reflected the Founders" vision? Has the time come to reform or repeal the pardon power? Join the Society for the Rule of Law, for a webinar on Tuesday, April 14, at 12: 00 PM ET,…...
Alan Raul in Tech Policy Press on AI Regulation
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (222+ words) SRL's Board President Alan Raul was in Tech Policy Press, urging Congress to take the lead in establishing the U. S. legal framework for artificial intelligence. How our society rises to meet the possibilities and challenges of frontier AI is the very…...
Richard Bernstein in "Election Law Blog": "Two Important Errors at the Watson v. RNC Oral Argument"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (239+ words) Society for the Rule of Law Society for the Rule of Law Board Member Richard Bernstein wrote a guest post for Election Law Blog, commenting on today's Supreme Court oral arguments for Watson v. RNC. This critical case, for which the…...
Amicus Brief in Anthropic PBC vs. Department of War
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (460+ words) Several charter members of the Society for the Rule of Law-including our Board President Alan Raul" have joined in filing an amicus brief in Anthropic, PBC, v. U. S. Department of War et. al. , urging the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of…...
Statement on Law Firm Executive Orders
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (552+ words) The Society for the Rule of Law Institute has released the following statement on Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms: " The Society for the Rule of Law Institute welcomes reports that the Administration has dropped its blatantly unconstitutional executive orders punitively…...
Ilya Somin Joins our Advisory Council
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (141+ words) The Society for the Rule of Law is pleased to announce that Ilya Somin has joined our Advisory Council. Somin received his J. D. from Yale Law School, an M. A. in Political Science from Harvard University, and a B. A. summa cum laude at Amherst…...