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The Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society teamed up for a virtual discussion with two legal scholars who analyzed executive power and constitutional norms during the Trump administratio…

Legal experts debated President Trump’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census and the Supreme Court decision that halted those efforts.

Attorney David Rivkin talked about the constitutionality of including a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Constitutional attorneys Nadine Strossen and David Rivkin debated the privacy concerns of government surveillance, as well as surveillance carried out by businesses. “Balancing Privacy and S…

Panelists including Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and the Republican attorneys general of Oklahoma and Arkansas talked about the politics and practicality of energy self-sufficiency.

A panel discussion was held on presidential power in foreign and security policy. Attorneys and constitutional experts gave an historical perspective on executive power in relation to Congre…

Legal analysts and experts reviewed the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the health care law. They analyzed the various aspects of the cases involved in the decision: Chief…

Legal experts talked about the Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld the Affordable Care Act, the health care law. The three panelists, all of whom oppose the legislation, discussed the role of…

Constitutional and health law scholars, practitioners and commentators talked about the Supreme Court decision that the Affordable Care Act, the health care law, is constitutional. The court…

Legal experts discussed the constitutionality of presidential recess appointments. Two panelists argued that the appointments of Richard Cordray to be the Consumer Financial Protection Burea…

Witnesses testified on President Obama’s recent recess appointments of Richard Cordray as head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and four commissioners to the National L…

Panelists debated the legality of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and actions taken by the George W. Bush and Obama administrations since the start of them. Topics included the the use of wate…

Panelists talked about the impact of the 2010 health care law on the health care system, federal budget, and economy, as well as legal challenges to the law.

At a hearing titled “Getting to the Truth Through a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry,” legal experts testified about a potential investigation into Bush administration policies ranging from…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held its fourth day of hearings on the appointment of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the retirement of Justice David Souter. …

In the first of several panels of a day-long event titled, "Counterterroism and the Obama Administration, participants spoke about the detention and trials of terrorist suspects. Among the t…

Witnesses testified about prisoner treatment at detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as well as authorization of enhanced interrogation techniques by U.S. government officials. Amon…

Legal scholars testified about the detention to terror suspects by the U.S., treatment of detainees, and legal opinions received by the Bush administration on interrogation methods for detai…

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on the Bush administration’s increasing reliance on secret law and the threat it posed to democratic and accountable gove…

A panel discussion was held on issues surrounding the destruction of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) interrogation tapes which was revealed the previous month. The destruction of the v…