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Consumer Credit Protection Conference

Washington, DC - May 20, 2008

The recent consumer credit issues have generated a great deal of media coverage and spurred calls for additional government regulation. Please join us at the National Press Club on May 20 for a conference that will examine the subprime lending industry and credit card regulation. [Register now!]


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Scalia Addresses Moritz College of Law

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Medellin v. Texas
Part II: Presidential & Congressional Power
April 1, 2008

On March 25, 2008 the Supreme Court decided the Medellin v. Texas case. The Court ruled that neither Avena nor the President's Memorandum constitutes directly enforceable federal law that pre-empts state limitations on the filing of successive habeas petitions. Solicitor General for the State of Texas and attorney for the respondent Ted Cruz, Saint Louis University School of Law professor David Sloss, Georgetown University Law Center professor Nick Rosenkranz, and former Legal Adviser to the U.S. State Department and current partner at Sullivan & Cromwell Edwin Williamson discuss the Court's decision in Part II of this debate: Presidential Power. Read Part I: Self-Execution. Read Part II: Presidential & Congressional Power.

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Justice Scalia and Originalism


Justice Antonin Scalia was recently interviewed on 60 Minutes, in which he discussed his approach to constitutional interpretation. A two-part video has now been posted on the CBSNews website.
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