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June 1, 2016 Event – The Legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia by Ed Whelan

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Event: The Legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia by Ed Whelan
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Time: Noon-1:00pm
Location: Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas 75201 (map)

The Dallas Chapter of the Federalist Society will host Ed Whelan on Wednesday, June 1, at noon at the Belo Mansion.  He will be discussing Justice Scalia’s legacy and the future of the Supreme Court.

Mr. Whelan is the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) in Washington, D.C.  He is a leading commentator on nominations to the Supreme Court and the lower courts and on issues of constitutional law.  His essays, commentaries, and op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Review Online, opinion journals, academic symposia, and law reviews.  In 2011, the National Law Journal named him among its “Champions and Visionaries” in the practice of law in D.C.

Prior to joining EPPC in 2004, Mr. Whelan was a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Judge J. Clifford Wallace of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; a Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice; General Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Senior Vice President and Counselor to the General Counsel for Verizon Corporation; and a lawyer in private practice.  He is a 1981 honors graduate of Harvard College and earned his J.D. magna cum laude in 1985 from Harvard Law School where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Harvard Law Review.

CLE credit will be available.

March 23, 2016 Event – Judge Edith Jones (5th Cir.) presents “What’s a Judge to Do? A Survey of Dissents from Famous (and Infamous) Supreme Court Decisions”

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Event: Judge Edith Jones (5th Cir.) presents “What’s a Judge to Do? A Survey of Dissents from Famous (and Infamous) Supreme Court Decisions”
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Time: Noon-1:00pm
Location: Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas 75201 (map)

Judge Edith Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will present, “What’s a Judge to Do? A Survey of Dissents from Famous (and Infamous) Supreme Court Cases.” Her address will discuss challenges facing jurists in light of recent Supreme Court decisions.

CLE credit will be available. Open to the public.

January 27, 2016 Event – Litigating Liberty: Using Federal Courts to Constrain a Post-Constitutional Federal Executive Branch

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Event: Litigating Liberty: Using Federal Courts to Constrain a Post-Constitutional Federal Executive Branch with Brantley Starr
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2015
Time: Noon-1:00pm
Location: Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas 75201 (map)

The Dallas Chapter of the Federalist Society will be hosting a talk by Brantley Starr on Wednesday, January 27, at noon at the Belo Mansion.  Mr. Starr will be discussing his work challenging several actions by the Obama Administration.

Mr. Starr is the Deputy Attorney for Legal Counsel at the Office of the Texas Attorney General, where he oversees, among other things, the Special Litigation Division.  He was previously an Assistant Solicitor General of Texas, law clerk to Justice Don Willett of the Texas Supreme Court, and staff attorney to Justice Eva Guzman of the Texas Supreme Court.

CLE credit will be available. Open to the public.

October 16, 2015 Event – A Panel Discussion on Emerging Issues under the 2nd Amendment

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Event: A Panel Discussion on Emerging Issues under the 2nd Amendment
Date: Friday, October 16, 2015
Time: Noon-1:00pm
Location: Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas 75201 (map)

The Dallas Chapter of the Federalist Society will be co-hosting an event with the Dallas Democratic Forum on Friday, October 16, at noon at the Belo Mansion. The event will be a panel discussion on emerging legal issues and policy concerns regarding gun ownership, featuring a diverse range of perspectives.

The panel will include Alan Gura of Gura & Possessky, P.L.L.C., who argued District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago before the U.S. Supreme Court; Andrew Oldham, the Deputy General Counsel to Governor Greg Abbott and a former law clerk to Justice Samuel Alito; Carl Cecere of Cecere, PC, who was part of the team representing the District of Columbia in Heller; and Marsha Fishman, a Board Member of Organizing for Action and a gun control activist. The panel will be moderated by Professor Frederick Moss of SMU Dedman School of Law.

July 22, 2015 Event – Supreme Court Roundup with Allyson N. Ho

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Event: Supreme Court Roundup with Allyson N. Ho
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Time: Noon-1:00pm
Location: Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas 75201 (map)

Please join us Wednesday, July 22, at noon at the Belo Mansion for our annual “Supreme Court Roundup” – a review of the notable decisions issued during the recently concluded term of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Our guest speaker will be Allyson N. Ho, a partner in the Dallas office of Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP. Ms. Ho clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Judge Jacques L. Wiener Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She also served as a special assistant to President George W. Bush and as a counselor to the US Attorney General.

CLE credit will be available.

April 29, 2015 Event – The Supreme Court Marriage Cases with Jeff Shafer

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Event: The Supreme Court Marriage Cases with Jeff Shafer
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Time: Noon-1:00pm
Location: Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas 75201 (map)

On April 29, 2015, the Dallas Federalist Society will present a talk by Jeff Shafer on the gay marriage cases pending before the Supreme Court.  (The Supreme Court will have heard oral argument the day before Mr. Shafer’s presentation.) Jeff Shafer is Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom.

March 31, 2015 Event – When Can the Executive Decide Not to Enforce the Law? with Andrew S. Oldham (RESCHEDULED)

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This event was originally schedule for March 19, but has now been re-scheduled to March 31.

Event: When Can the Executive Decide Not to Enforce the Law? with Andrew S. Oldham
Date: Tuesday, March, 31, 2015, 2015
Time: Noon-1:00pm
Location: Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas 75201 (map)

On March 31, 2015, the Dallas Federalist Society will present a talk by Andrew S. Oldham on the Take Care Clause of the United States Constitution, and the limits it imposes on Presidential decisions not to enforce the law under various circumstances.

Mr. Oldham is Deputy General Counsel to Governor Greg Abbott. He previously served as a Deputy Solicitor General of Texas, an attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel at the United States Department of Justice, and a law clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito of the United States Supreme Court.

CLE credit will be available for all lawyers.