REGENT UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW VOLUME 30 2017-2018 NUMBER 1 CONTENTS FOREWORD HAMILTON'S "WINNING" SHOT: A SHORT-TERM VICTORY Tessa L. Dysart 1 ARTICLES STANDING IN A POST-SPOKEO ENVIRONMENT The Honorable Henry E. Hudson ChristopherM. Keegan P. Thomas DiStanislao, III 11 CRITIQUING THE CRITICS OF THE CRITICS: QUESTIONING THE EMPIRICAL BASIS FOR THE FEDERALIZATION OF CRIMINAL LAW Paul Chen Ben Hagglund 33 CONVENTION DISTINGUISHED PANELISTS ProfessorJohn S. Baker, Jr. The Honorable Ron DeSantis Mr. Roger Pilon The HonorableLuther Strange, III ProfessorJonathan Turley Moderated by: The Honorable William H. Pryor, Jr. 57 ESSAYS CHEVRON DEFERENCE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? E. Duncan Getchell, Jr. Michael H. Brady 105 INRE NEELY: THE "PEDESTAL PRINCIPLE" AND JUDICIAL FIRST AMENDMENT LIBERTIES IN AN ERA OF INCREASING THOUGHT CONFORMITY The Honorable Vance D. 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