EngageEngage The Journal of the Federalist Society’s Practice Groups A Project of the E. L. Wiegand Practice Groups The Federalist Society’s 2001 National Lawyers Convention Transcript of Proceedings Remarks by Vice President Richard Cheney Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture Hon. Theodore Olson “What Now for Democratic Capitalism in the World Today” Steve Forbes Showcase Panels: Judicial Decisionmaking The Case of Life, Liberty & Property in the Modern Technological Age The Case of Judicial Oversight of the Political Process Judicial Enforcement of the Boundaries of Government Power Precedent & Constitutional Meaning J. MADISON Practice Group Breakout Sessions Engage VOLUME 3 AUGUST 2002 The Federalist Society’s 2001 National Lawyers Convention Table of Contents SHOWCASE PANEL I .................................................................................................................................................... 5 JUDICIAL DECISIONMAKING: THE CASE OF LIFE, LIBERTY & PROPERTY IN THE MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL AGE Honorable Douglas Ginsburg (moderator)....................................................................................................................................... 5 Professor Jeffrey Rosen ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Professor John Eastman ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Honorable Frank Easterbrook ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Professor Nadine Strossen ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Question and Answer Session ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 SHOWCASE PANEL II ................................................................................................................................................ 23 JUDICIAL DECISIONMAKING: THE CASE OF JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS Mr. Paul Clement (moderator) .......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Dr. Abigail Thernstrom ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Professor Nelson Lund ...................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Professor Dan Lowenstein ................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Mr. Michael Carvin .............................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Mr. Joshua Rosenkranz ...................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Question and Answer Session ........................................................................................................................................................... 31 SHOWCASE PANEL III ............................................................................................................................................... 37 JUDICIAL DECISIONMAKING: JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE BOUNDARIES OF GOVERNMENT POWER Honorable David Sentelle (moderator) ............................................................................................................................................ 37 Professor Cass Sunstein ...................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Honorable Kenneth Starr ................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Mr. Elliott Mincberg ........................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Honorable Lee Lieberman Otis ......................................................................................................................................................... 42 Question and Answer Session ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 SHOWCASE PANEL IV............................................................................................................................................... 50 JUDICIAL DECISIONMAKING: PRECEDENT & CONSTITUTIONAL MEANING Honorable Timothy Flanigan (moderator) ...................................................................................................................................... 50 Honorable Diarmuid O’Scannlain..................................................................................................................................................... 50 Honorable William Fletcher ............................................................................................................................................................... 52 Professor Caleb Nelson ...................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Question and Answer Session ........................................................................................................................................................... 56 VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD CHENEY ......................................................................................................................... 59 STEVE FORBES ......................................................................................................................................................... 62 WHAT NOW FOR DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM IN THE WORLD TODAY? Honorable Edwin Meese (introduction) .......................................................................................................................................... 62 Steve Forbes ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Question and Answer Session ........................................................................................................................................................... 66 BARBARA K. OLSON MEMORIAL LECTURE .............................................................................................................. 69 HONORABLE THEODORE OLSON BUSH V. GORE: A ONE YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ...................................................................................................... 73 Mr. Phil Beck ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 73 Mr. Ronald Klain................................................................................................................................................................................. 76 Mr. Joseph Smith (moderator) .......................................................................................................................................................... 78 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW & REGULATION ..................................................................................................................... 83 WHAT NEXT FOR NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING? Professor Michael DeBow (moderator) ............................................................................................................................................ 83 Mr. Jay Lefkowitz ................................................................................................................................................................................ 84 Professor Philip Harter ....................................................................................................................................................................... 85 Honorable C. Boyden Gray ................................................................................................................................................................ 89 Question and Answer Session ........................................................................................................................................................... 91 CIVIL RIGHTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 97 THE FUTURE OF RACIAL PREFERENCES: IS THE ISSUE ON THE BRINK OF RESOLUTION AT LAST? Mr. Ken Lee (introduction) ...............................................................................................................................................................