"Debate: The True Extent of Presidential Power" with Professor J. Yoo and Professor S. Prakash10/9/2020
Please join Penn Federalist Society and Temple Federalist Society in welcoming former officemates and leading schola's of presidential power for a debate on the true extent of presidential power. In his new book, Defender in Chief, John Yoo argues that Trump, despite his populism, is more often the defender rather than the opponent of the original Constitution. In The Living Presidency, Sai Prakash counters that Trump, like many modern Presidents, has violated the Constitution’s grant of executive power. The debate will be moderated by Temple Law's Professor Green. DoorDash vouchers will be available to the first 60 registrants provided they attend the event.
Registration link "Advocating Originalism: A Client-Centered Approach to Textualism" with Judge Paul B. Matey10/9/2020
 Please join Penn Federalist Society for a conversation with Judge Paul B. Matey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Judge Matey will share his perspective on the application of textualism and originalism, including insights from his first year on the federal bench. DoorDash vouchers will be available to the first 40 registrants, provided they attend the event.
Registration link  Professor Adrian Vermuele has proposed that "common-good constitutionalism" replace originalism as an approach to constitutional interpretation. Join Penn Federalist Society for a conversation on whether originalism should account for the common good and the implications this debate has for the conservative movement. Speaking will be Josh Hammer, opinion editor of Newsweek and of counsel at First Liberty Institute, and Ilya Shaprio, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute. DoorDash vouchers will be available to the first 40 registrants, provided they attend the event.
Registration link 10/07/2020 at 3:30 pm  Today’s antitrust debate underscores some interesting rifts and tension within both political parties, serving as an interesting microcosm of broader political dynamics. Antitrust law is back at a political crossroads, with both sides calling for a politicized approach, focusing on slogans and labels rather than relevant economic and legal questions. Join the Federalist Society and the Journal of Law and Innovation for a discussion on the current state of the antitrust debate and its underlying arguments and motivations. DoorDash vouchers will be provided to the first 40 people who register for the event, provided they attend the event.
Registration link 09/30/2020 at 12:30 pm  Please join the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society in welcoming David Lat, a survivor of COVID-19, for a discussion with Dean Theodore Ruger on how COVID-19 has impacted the legal profession from law schools to judges chambers and law firms.
Before entering the media world, David Lat worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, in New York; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. David graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School, where he served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal and vice president of the Yale Federalist Society. DoorDash vouchers will be sent to the first 40 registrants provided they attend the event. Registration link 09/24/2020 at 12:30 pm  On Thursday, September 24, at 12:30 please virtually join the Penn Law Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society in welcoming Michael Huston, Assistant to the Solicitor General of the U.S. Department of Justice for a discussion on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term. Mr. Huston previously practiced appellate and administrative law at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington, DC. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, and to the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit after graduating first in his class from the University of Michigan Law School. Joining Mr. Huston for this discussion will be Penn Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt. DoorDash vouchers will be sent to the first 40 registrants provided they attend the event.
Registration link 09/22/2020 at 6 pm Who is Justice Antonin Scalia? Please join the Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh Lawyers' Chapters and the Penn Law and Temple Law Student Chapters, as Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton and Edward Whelan tackle this question and discuss their forthcoming book, The Essential Scalia: On the Constitution, the Courts, and the Rule of Law. Judge Stephanos Bibas will moderate the event.
Zoom details will be sent the day before the event to those who register. You can register here. 09/17/2020 at 12:30 pm  Ilan Wurman, an associate professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, will discuss his upcoming book "The Second Founding: An Introduction to the 14th Amendment." His talk will cover the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment's famous provisions 'due process of law,' and 'equal protection of the laws,' specifically focusing on the 'privileges' or 'immunities' of citizenship. Dean Ruger will provide comments in response. DoorDash vouchers will be sent to the first 30 registrants provided they attend the event.
Registration link 09/10/2020 at 12:30 pm  Please join the Federalist Society in welcoming Judge Stephanos Bibas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Before being nominated to the Third Circuit, Judge Bibas was a federal prosecutor and Penn Law professor. Judge Bibas will provide an introduction to the Federalist Society, offering a unique insight into the purpose of the national organization. DoorDash vouchers will be sent to the first 30 registrants provided they attend the event.
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