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Arthur Laffer, Steve Forbes, and Edwin Meese III, among others, looked back 40 years at President Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts and economic agenda. The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. ho…

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Panelists including author Evan Thomas and one of O’Connor’s sons discusse…

President Trump presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Attorney General Edwin Meese, who served under President Reagan from 1985 to 1988.

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) talked about the history of judicial confirmations. He also commented at length about the confirmation hearings of Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas. …

Ronald Reagan’s attorney general, Edwin Meese, talked about the 40th president’s views on communism and his relationship with Pope John Paul II at a conference organized by the White House W…

The Heritage Foundation held a debate on role of the judicial branch in a democratic system. Two legal experts talked about whether the president and Congress are legally required to abide b…

Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals spoke about the role played by the judiciary branch in maintaining the separation of powers between the government’…

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered keynote remarks at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention in Washington, D.C. Attorney General Sessions announced that the Justice Depa…

Former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton and other law enforcement professionals talked about community policing. They discussed the challenges and successes of police depart…

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein spoke about the significance and importance of the Constitution and the rule of law. Mr. Rosenstein stressed that in promoting the rule of law the Just…

Republican lawyers talked about the federal judicial confirmation process and how it changed with President Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to be a Supreme Court justice. After the discus…

Justice Clarence Thomas was interviewed at a Heritage Foundation event to mark the 25th anniversary of his being sworn in to the Supreme Court. He reflected on his time on the Court, writing…

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Edwin Meese, and law professor Douglas Kmiec talked about the vice presidency, choosing a running mate, and the balance of power. T…

Panelists discussed the legacy of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, her character, her successes, and the challenges she faced during her time in office from 1979 to 1990. …

House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mike McCaul (R-TX) talked about the threat of Islamist extremism and the need to fight it overseas. He described what he called the “new age of terror…

Ambassador Gilbert Robinson talked about his book Reagan Remembered, a collection of accounts about President Reagan submitted by 81 men and women who played important roles in his administr…

Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia delivered the seventh Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture at the Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Cent…

Security policy experts testified on FBI reform efforts since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In the first panel, FBI Director James Comey cited cyber crime and homegrown terror…

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain talked about the Constitution and the rule of law. He focused on the legacy of the Commentaries on the Constitution of the United St…

Edwin Meese III spoke about George Washington, the U.S. Constitution and the powers of the presidency. Mr. Meese served as the 75th U.S. attorney general and as counselor to the president un…