October 12, 2010 "'Citizens United': The Future of Campaign Finance and Political Speech" panel at Madison Chapter

The Madison, Wisconsin, Lawyers Chapter of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy, and the MacIver Institute, present: "Citizens United: The Future of Campaign Finance and Political Speech", Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:00 Noon, in the Terrace Room of the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson Street, Madison, Wisconsin.

The panel includes:

Prof. Bradley Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Designated Professor of Law, Capital University Law School, and Former Federal Elections Commissioner

Lester Pines, Senior Partner, Cullen Weston Pines & Bach, LLP, and Adjunct Professor, UW Law School

Prof. John Coleman, Chair, Political Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The cost is $15.00, which includes lunch. CLE credit is pending. Please RSVP by Friday, October 8 to Andrew Cook by email or telephone (608) 219-4632. For more information see the print notice.

Engage September 2010

The latest issue is up at the national Federalist Society website

Engage provides original scholarship on current, important legal and policy issues. Through its publication, we aim to contribute to the marketplace of ideas in a way that is collegial, measured, and insightful—and hope to spark a higher level of debate and discussion than we often see in today’s legal community.

Obamacare

Prof. Randy Barnett's article in the NYU Journal of Law and Public Policy, on why the individual health mandate is unconstitutional, is now available.

Who’s afraid of the Restatement (Third) of Torts?

Heather M. Bessinger and Nathaniel Cade, Jr. at the Wisconsin Law Journal

State Court Docket Watch Summer 2010

The latest issue is up at the national Federalist Society website.

... This special edition includes the thoughts of four experts on a panel hosted by the Federalist Society in May 2010 on California 17200, an initiative adopted in California in 2004 that restricts private lawsuits against a company only to those where an individual is actually injured by and suffers a financial loss due to an unfair, unlawful, or fraudulent business practice. ...

Paul Clement "Supreme Court Review" September 20, 2010

Paul D. Clement
(King & Spalding photo)

Paul Clement will present a review of the most recent term of the United States Supreme Court at this year's Constitution Day celebration luncheon, Monday, September 20, 2010, 12 o’clock Noon, at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 North Broadway.

Mr. Clement is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding, and head of the firm’s national appellate practice. He is a former Solicitor General of the United States.

Reservations may be made by returning sending the registration with $20.00 ($15 for students,teachers, judges and clergy) to: Federalist Society, c/o Daniel Kelly, Suite 1700, 1000 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, for receipt on or before September 13, 2010. There will be a $25.00 charge at the door for those without reservations. Seating is limited. Refunds cannot be given to those who register but do not attend.

Mr. Clement has been our chapter's most-often-featured speaker, presenting a Supreme Court review at our September 8, 2008, September 17, 2007, September 25, 2006, September 13, 2005, September 16, 2004, and May 9, 2002 events. He also was a panelist at the February 23, 2006 Rehnquist retrospective.

Presented by the Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter.

Shark at the Capitol

Rick Esenberg at Shark and Shepherd on yesterday's hearing of the Wisconsin Legislature's Special Committee on Judicial Discipline and Recusal.

Education at a Crossroads

The Onion reported Law Schools Now Require Applicants To Honestly State Whether They Want To Go To Law School.

On eminent domain for useless projects

Alderman learns wrong lesson from costly mistake.

Disgraceful

The Seventh Circuit has held that it doesn't violate our First Amendment rights to squander our bar dues on sappy TV commercials promoting the profession.

Non-jalapeno Popper

Daniel Bice's column on an appeal for prayers in a campaign flyer by candidate for lieutenant governor Rebecca Kleefisch drew a post from Rick Esenberg at Shark and Shepherd yesterday. From the post's comments:

Daniel Bice: I wasn't trying to issue a moral judgment on her vow to use her faith to decide public policy if elected.

Grant: You mean your column wasn't intended as a Rawlsian disquisition on overlapping consensus?

Daniel Bice: ... I was thinking of Habermas and his idea of the public sphere when deciding whether to do this piece.