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News, Updates, and Event Info from W&L Law's FedSoc Chapter Devoted to Open and Civil Discourse.

02/09/2024

Join us Wednesday, February 21 at 6pm in Classroom D for a discussion on the constitutionality of Red Flag 🚩 laws with Amy Swearer! Dinner provided!

01/10/2024

New Year, New Semester! Join us Sunday for our FedSoc Semester kick off. Bring friends, family, and pups. Food provided. Hope to see you there!

11/15/2023

We are so thankful for Dean Jarrett and the incredible alumni who spoke at our Career Panel. They gave fantastic advice and guidance.

If you missed the panel or want to reach out to one of our amazing panelists, send a message so we can connect you.

11/09/2023

A big thank you to Mr. Paul Larkin for an incredibly engaging and informative talk on the issues of legalizing cannabis. It’s always a pleasure welcoming back a W&L undergrad alum back to Lexington!

If you missed the event, you can find the recording in the link in our bio.

11/08/2023

What do you want to be when you graduate?

Join FedSoc & Office of Career Strategy next Tuesday at 6pm in Classroom A for our Alumni Career Panel. We have a fantastic group of alumni from across the country and areas of the law. This is a great opportunity to ask questions about clerkships, summer internships, interviews and more!

11/06/2023

Should Cannabis be Legalized? Join us on Wednesday, November 8th at 6pm in Classroom A for this fascinating talk with Paul Larkin from the Heritage Foundation.

11/04/2023

Our board is so grateful for the invitation to have lunch with Judge Holte in his chambers! We learned so much about the Court of Federal Claims. Looking forward to having him on campus next semester for a panel with Professor Seaman on patents!

10/17/2023

We are grateful to everyone who came to today’s event: 303 Creative Deep Dive—Freedom of Speech v. Freedom from Discrimination. We want to give a big thank you to our incredible panelists Bryan Neihart from Alliance Defending Freedom and our own W&L Prof. Alan Trammell.

For anyone who did not make it to the event, click the link in the Instagram bio to see the recording.

10/09/2023

Join us next Monday (10/16) at 11am for our discussion on 303 Creative v. Elenis!

The Supreme Court, in 303 Creative, held a Christian wedding website designer could not be compelled to design a wedding website for a gay couple. This exciting panel will feature W&L Law Professor Alan Trammell and Bryan Neihart of Alliance Defending Freedom. Lunch will be provided!

09/27/2023

Thank you for all who came out to our first speaker event featuring the Hon. William Barto who shared his thoughts and recommendation on ethics and transparency in the Federal Judiciary.

09/15/2023

Join us on September 26 at 1 for an incredible discussion on the independence and accountability of the Federal Judiciary!

"The Least Accountable Branch? - A Friendly Critique of the Administration of the Federal Judiciary"

In Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton observed that "the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them." To protect the judiciary from interference by other branches of government, the drafters of the Constitution provided federal judges with tenure "during good behavior" and compensation that could not be reduced while in judicial office. Two hundred and thirty-five years later, most would agree that the federal judiciary is largely independent from its neighboring branches, with its own budget, governance structure, educational institutions, and administrative agencies. But can there be such a thing as too much judicial independence? In its deference to the decisional independence of the judiciary, has Congress delegated too much authority and exercised too little oversight of the judicial function? Why is the judiciary free from many of the modern innovations in good government as may be found in the executive and legislature? In this presentation, the Honorable William Barto will share his perspective on these questions and others, drawing on his experience as an executive in the federal judiciary, a judge in three executive departments, and a law professor. There will be time for questions and answers.

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https://fedsoc.org/chapters/VA/washington-lee-student-chapter

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