Richard Brookhiser "James Madison" March 21, 2012

Richard Brookhiser will speak on his biography James Madison, published by Basic Books, at a Noon luncheon at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 North Broadway, presented by the Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter. Mr. Brookhiser is an historian, biographer, and journalist, and is a Senior Editor at National Review.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Reservations may be made by printing and mailing this form 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 March 13, 2012. Reservations may also be made by email. There will be a $25.00 charge at the door for those without reservations. Seating is limited. Refunds cannot be given to those who reserve but not to attend.

Majority overrule

Thomas Donnelly wrote in The Washington Post on The ‘People’s Veto’: A way to keep the courts in check.

A century ago, Theodore Roosevelt spoke to a convention assembled to revise Ohio’s constitution. Spurred by recent court decisions striking down various labor laws, Roosevelt called for reforms that would ensure that the American people had the final say over important constitutional questions. ...

At the center of Roosevelt’s reform agenda was a simple, albeit controversial, proposal: the recall of judicial decisions. Roosevelt summarized this by saying that, when judges decide a constitutional question, “the people should have the right to recall that decision if they think it wrong.” ...

(via News and Events at the Wisconsin Law Review)

John Baker "Overcriminalization in Federal Law" February 23, 2012

Prof. John S. Baker, Jr. will speak on "Overcriminalization in Federal Law" February 23, 2012 at a Noon luncheon at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 North Broadway, presented by the Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter. Prof. Baker is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Catholic University of America School of Law and Professor Emeritus at Louisiana State University School of Law.

Reservations may be made by printing and mailing this form 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 February 17, 2012. Reservations may also be made by email. There will be a $25.00 charge at the door for those without reservations. Seating is limited. Refunds cannot be given to those who reserve but not to attend.

With Justice Antonin Scalia, Prof. Baker has presented the Separation of Powers CLE Course for the Society's Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group. The national Federalist Society website includes this brief biography with links to numerous articles and presentations by him. He also was the featured speaker at our chapter's March 24, 2010 event.