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DIRECTORS/OFFICERS Steven G. Calabresi, Chairman 6 Student Division Hon. David M. McIntosh, Vice Chairman Gary Lawson, Secretary 8 Lawyers Chapters Brent O. Hatch, Treasurer T. Kenneth Cribb, Counselor 10 Faculty Division C. Boyden Gray Leonard A. Leo, Executive Vice President 12 Practice Groups Edwin Meese, III Eugene B. Meyer, President 14 Membership Michael B. Mukasey Lee Liberman Otis, Senior Vice President 15 Blog Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz

BOARD OF VISITORS Mr. Christopher DeMuth, Co-Chairman THE FEDERALIST Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, Co-Chairman NO. 78 Prof. Lillian BeVier Hon. Elaine L. Chao Mr. George T. Conway Hon. Lois Haight Herrington The courts must declare Hon. Donald Paul Hodel Hon. Frank Keating, II “ Hon. Gale Norton Hon. Theodore B. Olson the sense of the law; and Mr. Andrew J. Redleaf Hon. Wm. Bradford Reynolds Ms. Diana Davis Spencer Theodore W. Ullyot if they should be disposed Hon. Gerald Walpin to excercise WILL instead of JUDGMENT, the consequence STAFF would equally be the President Eugene B. Meyer substitution of their Executive Vice President Senior Vice President & Director of pleasure to that of the Leonard A. Leo Faculty Division Lee Liberman Otis legislative body. Lawyers Chapters ” Lisa Budzynski Ezell, Vice President, Faculty Division Director Anthony Deardurff, Deputy Director Maria Marshall, Associate Director Christopher Goffos,Assistant Director Sarah Landeene, Assistant Director Gianna Burkhardt, Assistant Director Student Division Peter Redpath, Vice President, Director Practice Groups Austin Lipari, Deputy Director Dean Reuter, Vice President, Director Kate Alcantara, Associate Director C. William Courtney, Assistant Director Caroline Moore, Assistant Director, Jack Neblett, Assistant Director Director of Alumni Relations Timothy Courtney, Assistant Director Administration & Technology External Relations Douglas C. Ubben, Vice President, Jonathan Bunch, Vice President, Director Director of Finance THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG 2015 • FALL PAPER THE FEDERALIST Zach Mayo, Deputy Director Amy Harper, Assistant Director of Finance Development C. David Smith, Vice President, Director Cynthia Searcy, Vice President, Director of Information Technology Katelynd Mahoney, Associate Director Tyler Lowe, Director of Online Brigid Hasson, Grants Administrator Education Daniel T. Richards, Digital Strategist International Affairs Joanmarie Davoli, Digital Education James P. Kelly, III, Director Specialist Paul Zimmerman, Deputy Director Rhonda Moaland, Office Manager

Juli Nix, Director of Conferences Membership Katie McClendon, Director of Publications Peter Bisbee, Director Peggy Little, Director of Pro-Bono Center Maureen Collins, Coordinator

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Dear Friend of the Society, We are pleased to bring you the fall issue of The Federalist Paper, just in time for our National Lawyers Convention. We hope you enjoy the new look. Inside, we highlight some of our most exciting programs and publications from the past few months. You will also find a book review by a Supreme

Court Justice and member profiles. THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG Our Student Chapters have been busy recruiting new members and bringing in speakers for exciting debates. In this issue, we profile an outstanding student chapter leader—Dr. Riddhi Sohan Dasgupta, Co-President of the Berkeley Chapter—in an interview you won’t want to miss. Lawyers Chapters around the country have been very active this summer and fall, wrapping up a season of Supreme Court Round-Ups just in time for the new term. The Texas Chapters just held their state convention, and don’t miss upcoming regional conventions of the Florida Chapters and the Western Chapters. The Faculty Division is looking forward to the upcoming Annual Faculty Conference. It has also been keeping busy hosting faculty colloquiums and the brand new James Kent Academy for aspiring academics. The big story in Practice Groups is the explosion of interest in our Teleforum NATIONAL LAWYERS 18TH ANNUAL FACULTY Conference Calls and in the podcasts that CONVENTION CONFERENCE come from them. Learn more in this issue, Thursday–Saturday, Friday–Saturday, and see some pictures from recent practice November 12–14, 2015 January 8–9, 2016 group-sponsored events. Keep checking in with fedsoc.org (and like The Mayflower Hotel Sheraton New York and follow us on Facebook and Twitter) 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW Times Square Hotel to stay updated on our Teleforums, Washington, DC 20036 811 7th Ave. at 53rd St. SCOTUScasts, Practice Group Podcasts, New York, NY 10019 Engage articles, white papers, and more. We hope you plan to join us at our annual National Our annual faculty Please send your comments and suggestions Lawyers Convention. This conference is coming my way at [email protected]. I year’s theme is The Role soon. Register online at look forward to hearing from you! of Congress. Register fedsoc.org, and flip to Katie McClendon online now at fedsoc.org. page 10 for more details. 3 The Federalist Society is On this site, constitutional experts interact the most important civic with each other to explore the Constitution’s organization formed in history and what it means today. For each the last forty years. Even provision of the Constitution, scholars of academics are coming around different perspectives discuss what they agree to the conclusion. . . . [I]deas upon, and what they disagree about. These refined at the Federalist experts were selected with the guidance of Society conferences have leaders of two prominent constitutional law made their way into Supreme organizations—The American Constitution Court opinions, in such areas as the Second Amendment, Society and The Federalist Society. federalism, and campaign • National Constitution Center finance regulation. Interactive Constitution • John O. McGinnis The Most Influential Legal Organization Library of Law & Liberty Blog

A visit to a law school decades ago and a visit today would reveal strikingly different campuses. Before the 1980s, legal ideas generally considered conservative or libertarian were rare, and their defenders were regarded as borderline eccentric. Today, the environment is far more hospitable. . . . Perhaps

THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG 2015 • FALL PAPER THE FEDERALIST the biggest spur for this transformation has been the Federalist Society. • Andrew Buttaro Join the Argument: The Irresistible Rise of the Federalist Society The Weekly Standard

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The Federalist Society has a new headquarters

Fed Soc’s national office moved from its old building to a brand new office space at 18th and I in northwest DC. The office is decorated with the unique artwork of Daniel Mahdavian. Visit our Facebook page to see pictures of the art and our website to see a video of the artist—or just flip through these pages for a sampling!

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Left: Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey speaking at the Columbia Student Chapter’s Financial Enforcement seminar. The National Student Symposium is coming Above: Columbia students helping soon! Mark your calendars for February 26th at the seminar. and 27th, and join us at UVA Law to hear a slate of superior scholars talk about poverty, inequality, and the law.

From the UVA Fed Soc facebook event page: On the topic of poverty, liberals claim to have the definitive response. That response includes paternalism, entitlements, higher taxes, and a generally bigger and more active government. Despite liberals’ insistence to the contrary, conservatives and libertarians also care about the poor, but they have their own ideas about how to lift people out of poverty. This symposium will explore these ideas.

The Florida Student Chapter’s unofficial logo. SPOTLIGHT Recruitment season has already come and gone for our student chapters, and we have seen great success across the board. We look forward as always to a great year of bringing in conservative and libertarian speakers to offer alternatives to the reigning orthodoxy on law school campuses. THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG 2015 • FALL PAPER THE FEDERALIST The lack of political diversity on campuses—including law school campuses—has been getting some attention lately, particularly through the work of scholars like those at the new Heterodox Academy blog. The Federalist Society, which has long been committed to combating this one-sidedness on law school campuses, continues its efforts by sponsoring events that present dissenting viewpoints, often in debate formats that allow professors to present their contrary views in response. Texas Student Chapter members at the 2015 Texas We believe this is important work and will continue to support Chapters Conference in September. diversity of viewpoint in law school and the legal profession. 6 Student Leader Profile Research and History. The jewel of Columbia is the CORE cur- Dr. Riddhi Sohan Dasgupta, riculum, which focuses on the President of the Berkeley Law classics and cultural literacy. Student Chapter But Columbia was special for another reason: I was asked to serve as assistant coach of We are thrilled to have the oppor- a moot court team at that law tunity to profile an outstanding school. Subsequently, I attended student leader for this issue of the the University of Oxford for Federalist Paper. Dr. Riddhi Sohan my M.Sc. in Comparative Pol- Dasgupta is a 3L at Berkeley Law, icy, following which I was very THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG and he co-leads the Fed Soc chapter blessed to attend the University there. He agreed to answer some of Cambridge for my Ph.D. in questions for us: international law. My Ph.D. research concerned investment arbitration and the future of ex- What did you do before law propriation across international school, and how did you decide dispute settlement. Law and eco- to go to law school? nomics and civil procedure force- Why did you get involved with invited me to participate along- fully influenced me. My second the Federalist Society, and why side some titans of the law at our I was fortunate enough to have book, International Interplay: The did you become a leader? colloquia. I’ll always be grateful the inspiration to be an attorney Future of Expropriation Across I became a member because of for the Society’s contribution to since my early teens. It was my International Dispute Settlement, the resonating strength of the public life and my personal and first year in this great Nation. I was published in 2013. After my Society’s ideas, the collegial- professional growth. Due to the had a civics teacher who inspired Ph.D., I led a think-tank team’s ity and personal kindness of Society’s nomination, I presently me to consider the law as a call- efforts on the Tunisian Constitu- its Members, and the Society’s am serving as Executive Editor ing. Each evening, upon coming tion Project in the Arab Spring’s commitment to fidelity to the of the Harvard Journal of Law home from school, I used to read aftermath. I think this is what my law, to fairness, to equality, and and Public Policy’s symposium the latest judicial opinions and grandmother would want for me. to principles. The leadership was issue. The Society has also given go on long runs thinking about a mantle that came upon me me the forum to write about textualism, originalism, and the Why Berkeley? because I think it is important constitutionalism, foreign policy, role of the courts in administer- The constitutional law, interna- to stand on principle while main- and international law in Fortune ing consistency, predictability, tional law, and law and econom- taining respectful, collegial rela- magazine, the Heritage Foun- and fidelity to the law. I was ics communities at Berkeley are tions with all the spheres within dation’s issue briefs, and other superb. In addition, the Bay Area fortunate to attend Columbia our legal spectrum. We will host media outlets. University for college; there I is a fecund place for innovation, nearly 20 events this year. We Who are your favorite judges? studied Economics-Operations which creates both construc- hosted the Solicitor General sym- tive opportunities as well as the posium last academic year and I admire jurists of principle, chance to grow with the vision- Dr. Riddhi Sohan Dasgupta will host the Judicial Philosophy grace, courage, decency, humil- aries. The summer after my first symposium this year. ity, and coherence. Jurists who year of law school, I worked for What are some of your favorite can endure intense pressure, with the Solicitor General of West Vir- a touch of frothy good humor ginia—it was a great engagement. things about being involved with the Federalist Society? and even more importantly a I was fortunate to have the op- lion’s courage, are my heroes. I portunity to work on federal and To me, the Society is a family. feel blessed to have been asked to state constitutional cases, includ- I have met some of my closest clerk for two excellent jurists who ing several briefs that went to the friends here. The high level of epitomize these traits—Judge rigor, quality of arguments, State Supreme Court of Appeals on the U.S. and to the federal courts. Last scope and exposure to multi- Court of Appeals for the Ninth summer I worked as a summer faceted issues, the open-minded Circuit and Judge David Faber associate at an international law discussions, and the personal on the U.S. District Court for firm’s business litigation group; I generosity of both the Society the Southern District of West was fortunate to receive exposure and its leaders such as Leonard, Virginia. in both corporate and litigation Gene, Lee, Peter, and Austin have spaces. Litigation and interna- been exemplary lodestars for Thanks to Dr. Dasgupta for taking tional arbitration appeal to me. me. I appreciate that they have the time to answer these questions! 7 SPOTLIGHT Supreme Court WESTERN CHAPTERS FLORIDA CHAPTERS Round-Up Events: CONFERENCE CONFERENCE Saturday, Friday–Saturday, Houston January 30, 2016 January 22–23, 2016 Held on August 4th at Hughes Hangar The Reagan Library Disney’s BoardWalk Inn featuring: • Hon. Jerry Smith, 5th Circuit 40 Presidential Dr. 2101 N. Epcot Res. Blvd. • Hon. Jeff Boyd, Supreme Court of Texas Simi Valley, CA Lake Buena Vista, FL • Allyson Ho, Morgan Lewis • Prof. Josh Blackman, South Texas Law The 2016 Western ChaptersThe 2016 Annual Florida Chapters • Aaron Streett, Baker Botts Conference will take place on January Conference will take place on January 30 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential 22 and 23 at the Boardwalk Inn on Library. It will focus on “federalism Walt Disney World’s Resort grounds. Los Angeles and freedom” and will highlight the The conference will include panels Held on August 5th 50th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s on health care, environmental law, at The California Club election as governor of California. religious liberties, and criminal law. featuring: • Prof. John Eastman, Chapman Law • Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, Irvine Law • Hon. Sandra Ikuta, 9th Circuit

San Francisco Held on August 18th at Sheppard Mullin featuring: • Prof. Jesse Choper, Berkeley Law • Prof. John Yoo, Berkeley Law

Miami Held on September 17th at Coral Gables Country Club featuring: • Hon. Miguel Estrada, Gibson Dunn

Atlanta Mark Brnovich, Phoenix Chapter, Litigation Practice Group THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG 2015 • FALL PAPER THE FEDERALIST Held on September 29th at Bryan Cave • Sworn in as Arizona Attorney General featuring: • , Bradley Arant Lee Rudofsky, Vice President of NW Arkansas Chapter • Britt Grant, Solicitor General of • Appointed Arkansas Solicitor General

Milwaukee Matthew Schneider, former President of Michigan Chapter Held on October 2nd • Lead counsel for Michigan in Detroit bankruptcy litigation at Milwaukee Athletic Club featuring: David Osborne, President of Harrisburg Chapter • Hon. Paul Clement, Bancroft

Member Milestones Member Milestones • Promoted to President & General Counsel of Fairness Center 8 LAWYERS CHAPTERS

The Rule of Law and the George W. Bush Administration September 19, 2015 — Dallas THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG The Texan contingent of the “spending eight years at one Federalist Society met for hundred miles per hour,” the 2015 Texas Chapters including painting, fitness, Conference on September 19 and grandchildren, and ex- in Dallas. At the George W. pressed how his parents’ Bush Presidential Center, the light hearts inspired him to conference gathered together be the same. In all, President many former members of Bush offered the same cheer the Bush administration to that he was known for all his divine the emerging long- life, and it proved a perfect term legal legacy of eight of start to a day full of stimu- the most formative years in lating discussion. Justice Samuel Alito at the Texas Chapters Conference. modern American history. The conference was then President Bush himself treated to an excellent key- made a surprise appearance note address by Justice at the beginning of the con- Samuel Alito. Justice Alito on the Court. Justice Alito Finally, Justice Alito noted ference, and gave a humor- shared some thoughts about noted that the president the rise of textualism dur- ous and thoughtful address the most recent Supreme has a constitutional duty ing his time on the Court. about his view of the presi- Court term and discussed to energetically execute A panel on the judiciary dency. He also described the the various developments and enforce the law, but was the final event of the various joys of his life after in the law during his decade pointed out that the steady conference. The attendants accumulation of executive exited the auditorium in power in the past decade which the events had been raises legitimate concerns. held, and were treated to a He then observed the in- reception in the foyer. The creased challenges facing re- sight of over two hundred ligious liberty after Oberge- accomplished Federalist fell, before moving on to a Society lawyers discussing discussion of the varying the insights of the day was protections for different a treat in itself, and a fit- kinds of speech. Justice ting end to the conference. Alito noted the explosion of thought and discourse about adapting privacy Please visit our website at rights to this new techno- fedsoc.org for audio and vi- logical age, and indicated sual of this event, including that legislatures will play an panels on the war on terror important role in doing so. and the 2008 financial crisis. President George W. Bush made a surprise appearance at the 2015 Texas Chapters Conference, which was held at his By Victor Ratiu presidential library in Dallas. Executive Vice President, Texas Student Chapter 9 FACULTY DIVISION THE CONSTITUTION: AN INTRODUCTION by Michael Stokes Paulsen & Luke Paulsen Review by Justice Samuel Alito (reprinted from ENGAGE, volume 16, issue 1) The Constitution belongs to readable. But where should ton. It is easy to imagine this cases in our country’s his- the American people. It is interested citizens look if process as a conversation be- tory, including Marbury v. based on the proposition that they want to know more? tween a father, who has been Madison and the Dred Scott all legitimate political power A new book by Michael immersed in the study of the case, requires at least some comes from “We the Peo- Stokes Paulsen, a distin- Constitution for his entire comprehension of what most ple,” and two centuries after guished constitutional adult life, and a bright son, non-lawyers are likely to re- its adoption, it is respected scholar, and his son, Luke, a who brings a new perspective gard as arcane and boring and cherished by ordinary recent college graduate, fits and challenges the father to procedural questions. But the Paulsens explain these Americans. When controver- the bill. It provides a solid, explain and defend. preliminary matters without sies arise about the exercise of intelligent, reliable, and in- The book begins by retelling seeming to break a sweat. power by the Congress, the teresting look at the origins the extraordinary events that The Paulsens also enliven President, or the courts, citi- of the Constitution, its basic led to the drafting and rati- the story of our country’s zens turn to the Constitution structure, and its interpreta- fication of the Constitution constitutional experience by for guidance. tion over the course of our and the quick addition of the providing brief biographies Many Americans interested country’s history. Bill of Rights. Then, in well under 100 pages, it elucidates of individuals who made that in understanding the Consti- Professor Paulsen and his the constitutional structure history. tution naturally—and quite son began this collaboration that the Constitution cre- The Paulsens’ book fairly correctly—look first to the when Luke was in high school ates. The authors evidence a presents both sides on major document itself, which is and continued throughout great respect for the work of interpretive issues, but they relatively brief and still quite his college years at Prince- the Founders, and they have do not hide their own point harsh words for those who of view. They favor a form treat the Constitution like a of originalism and judicial Rohrshach blot. But they are restraint. They are decidedly also painfully honest about Hamiltonian in their view the flaws in the original de- of national and presidential sign—and in particular, the power, but at the same time Founders’ accommodation they support a robust con- of slavery. The chapter de- ception of the individual voted to this subject is one of rights set out in the Bill of the most interesting and will Rights and post-Civil War be instructive even for those Amendments. Substantive who know a fair amount due process, which they trace about the Constitution. (For back to Dred Scott, however, example, how many lawyers is another matter. know that, were it not for the An appreciable percentage infamous three-fifths provi- of those who read this im- sion, which counted a slave pressive book are likely to as three-fifths of a person for disagree with the authors on purposes of congressional ap- at least some major points, THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG 2015 • FALL PAPER THE FEDERALIST portionment, John Adams, and that is one of the book’s not Thomas Jefferson, would virtues. It invites readers to have won the pivotal presi- become personally engaged dential election of 1800?) in the discussion of the Con- After analyzing the constitu- stitution that began in the tional text, the Paulsens pro- fall of 1787 when the citizens vide a lively tour through 200 of the states debated ratifica- plus years of constitutional tion, and this process con- controversy and litigation. tinues today. The Paulsens’ Famous and less well-known book does not tell Americans cases are recounted in acces- what to think, but it provides sible terms. Understanding invaluable help as they think some of the most important for themselves.

10 SPOTLIGHT The 18th Annual Faculty Conference: The 18th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference will be held Friday-Saturday, January 8-9, 2016 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, alongside the AALS Annual

Meeting. THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG

Above and right: The conference will feature panels Discussions at the July 2015 Faculty on the new skeptics of Chevron Administrative State Colloquium. deference, upward redistribution Below: and rent seeking, and American 1st Annual James Kent Academy for law students who may be interested in multiculturalism from 1776 to becoming law professors. today. The annual luncheon debate will consider whether the FCC has authority to implement net neutrality. Visit fedsoc.org for more details and to register. We hope to see you there!

Fri • Jan 8 • 2016 • 8a–7p Sat • Jan 9 • 2016 • 8a–2p NYC • Times Square • Sheraton

11 Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2015? Hosted by the Federalist Society’s Practice Groups & Faculty FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen. Divisions on September 30. Watch the video on our website. A Tale of Two Agencies: Overlapping Jurisdiction of the FTC & FCC Hosted by the Federalist Society’s Telecommunications & Electronic Media Practice Group at the National Press Club

Commissioners Maureen Ohlhausen and Ajit Pai, of the FTC and FCC respectively, joined the Federalist Society to discuss the potential for overlapping jurisdiction between their agencies in administering the new net neutrality rules. Each commissioner gave a brief presentation, and then moderator Alexander Okuliar guided a discussion between them and a question and answer period. The FTC has traditionally regulated the internet by bringing enforcement actions to protect consumers from antitrust violations and fraud. But with the FCC’s designation of internet service providers as common carriers, the government is beginning to view the internet as primarily a means of communication such that it comes within the FCC’s jurisdiction and is regulated as a utility. The panelists agreed that this could cause great confusion among regulators.

Moderator Alexander Okuliar (left) & FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai (right). THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG 2015 • FALL PAPER THE FEDERALIST

Professor and Former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright discusses his tenure at the FTC with Deborah Garza before a live studio audience at Covington & Burling’s Washington, DC office. The discussion was broadcast live as a teleforum and recorded as a podcast. 12 PRACTICE GROUPS

The Federalist Society’s Practice Groups plan teleforum calls, publish articles, and host events.

Visit our website to learn more about these groups:

Administrative Law & Regulation THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG Civil Rights Corporations, Securities & Antitrust Criminal Law & Procedure Environmental Law & Property Rights Federalism & Separation of Powers Financial Services & E-Commerce Free Speech & Election Law Intellectual Property International & National Security Law Labor & Employment Law Litigation Professional Responsibility & Legal Education Religious Liberties Telecommunications & Electronic Media

fedsoc.org/practicegroups SPOTLIGHT Teleforum Conference Calls and Podcasts: This year, we have witnessed an • By the People explosion of interest in our live Charles Murray, Adam White teleforum conference calls and Please visit our • How Long Are Horne’s Horns? the recordings of those calls that website for we release as podcasts. We have John Echeverria, Michael McConnell information on future • The Downsides of Civil Juries hosted over 120 calls so far in calls, and to listen 2015, with over 11,000 callers Renée Lettow Lerner, Suja Thomas total and up to 439 listeners on to any past calls you • The Conservative Heart an individual call. might have missed, Arthur Brooks including: • Debating Birthright Citizenship Calls are open to all Federalist John Eastman, John Yoo Society members, and anyone • Congress as Iran Deal Enforcer? can download a podcast once it is Alan Dershowitz, Dennis Ross posted on our website. 13 MEMBERSHIP

The Federalist Society is fortunate to have, not only a large number of dues-paying members, but significant numbers of long- time members who are actively engaged with its efforts. Chris Armstrong, Deputy Chief Oversight Counsel at the Senate Finance Committee, has been a loyal Fed Soc member since his law school days, and he agreed to answer a few questions for us: What is your current job, and how did you get there? I work on the Senate Finance Committee for Chairman Orrin Hatch, handling congressional oversight and investigations. Given the Committee’s wide jurisdiction, this can involve everything from congressional investigations related to the Affordable Care Act, to oversight of the Treasury Department, to work on federal debt and entitlement programs. This is my second time on the Committee, Member Profile: Chris Armstrong after working during the 112th and 113th remain some of my best friends and moment, inspired in part by Lin-Manuel Congresses on the House Ways and colleagues to this day. Miranda’s new musical about his life. A Means Committee. The two committees penniless orphan from St. Croix pulls deal with some of the most important I was president of my law school’s himself up to become a Revolutionary issues facing the country, and both have chapter during my second year of law War hero, leading champion of our Con- incredible staff, so I’ve been fortunate to school, and since then have helped stitution, author of most of the Federalist work in both offices. organize the DC Young Lawyers Chapter and later the Capitol Hill Chapter, Papers, and father of our financial system, I’ve also been fortunate to work for where I remain active. Serving on the all through phenomenal levels of hard terrific members of Congress—Senators work, ambition, and persistence. Orrin Hatch and Chuck Grassley Executive Committee of the Federalism and Congressman Dave Camp—who and Separation of Powers Practice Group Outside of work? understand Congress’s constitutional role, has also been an incredible experience and My wife and I are longtime—sometimes not only in terms of legislating, but also allowed me to work with some of the best longsuffering—Washington Nationals in conducting oversight of the programs it lawyers in the country on administrative fans. Baseball teaches you a lot about life. creates and the taxpayer dollars it spends. law, the role of Congress, and what I think Work hard, surround yourself with a good It’s something Congress could always do a are the fundamental questions about the team, and remember that there’s always a THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG 2015 • FALL PAPER THE FEDERALIST better job of, and working to improve that future of our government. fighting chance until that 27th out. And function has been incredibly rewarding. Who is your favorite founding father? it’s important to pay attention to details How long have you been involved with This is a great question that could lead and do the small stuff right—if you don’t the Federalist Society? What has your to some long debates among Federalist do your best during that seemingly unim- involvement looked like? Society members. George Washington portant game in July, chances are you’re not going to get a chance to play on the I reached out to Peter Redpath my first or is of course the indispensable Founder. big stage in October. Everything you do second week of law school at the Catholic Without him—not only his leadership University of America. He immediately but his personal character and integrity— is worth doing well. connected me with the network of our great experiment would’ve never Thanks to Chris Armstrong for taking the conservative and libertarian lawyers across gotten off the ground. Stipulating that, time to answer our questions, and for being Washington—it’s how I met people who Alexander Hamilton is my favorite at the a dedicated Fed Soc member!

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Introducing the New FedSoc Blog Picked up by Visit fedsoc.org/blog to find posts by SCOTUSblog: legal experts covering every area of Wednesday Round-Up • October 14 At the FedSoc Blog, James Burnham law, including: discusses United States v. Newman, the insider trading case in which the Court

SCOTUS Preview: Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle recently denied review; he contends THE FEDERALIST PAPER • FALL 2015 • FEDSOC.ORG by Richard Pildes that, although the Court’s “decision to deny the Solicitor General’s petition Ruminations on the Rule of Law for certiorari makes sense,” “eventually, by David Applegate the Supreme Court will need to grapple A Speaker Must Be a Member of the House with the headless monster that the crime of ‘insider trading’ has become.” by David Forte SCOTUS Preview: Of Fisher II and Paper Tigers Friday Round-Up • October 9 by Alison Somin At the FedSoc Blog, Richard Pildes previews Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, SCOTUS Preview: Criminal Law in which the Court granted review last by Kent Scheidegger week, describing the issues in the case States Get Wins Against Federal Overreach as “historically and legally fascinating, but also the most politically explosive by Elbert Lin and divisive issues in Puerto Rico: they Civil Forfeiture: 3 Recent Cases (series) go to the existential question of what by Mary Beth Buchanan, John Schoemehl Puerto Rico is and what its current and future relationship to the United States is and is likely to be.”

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