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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…

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…

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…

Judge A. Raymond Randolph spoke military detentions and trials, focusing primarily on recent Guantanamo Bay detainee’s trials. He argued that detainees did not have the right to habeas corpu…

Panelists discussed juvenile offenders serving adult sentences. Topics included the Heritage Foundation report on juvenile violent crime in the United States, the use of life without parole …

Moderated by Mr. Meese, the panelists reviewed the 2005-2006 U.S. Supreme Court term. They talked about the new justices on the court, Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justice Alito, as w…

Former Attorney General Edwin Meese addressed the Young America’s Foundation conference. Topics included judicial activism and Ronald Reagan’s political philosophy of limited government. Aft…

The Coalition for a Fair Judiciary held a rally in support of President Bush’s judicial nominees. The rally focused on the status of judicial nominees awaiting hearings before the Senate Jud…

As part of the ninth annual U.S. Attorneys General Forum, former attorneys general debated a series of subjects, including the Bush administration ending the practice of consultation with th…

Barbara Lynn, chair of the litigation section of the American Bar Association, moderated a panel of former attorneys general during the ABA’s annual meeting in Atlanta, GA. Panelists talked …

Former U.S. Attorney Generals from four past Presidential Administrations talked about affirmative action, independent counsels, and FBI investigations. They related their experiences in off…

A press conference was held to announce the founding of Project on the Judiciary, a judicial monitoring group. Members of the advisory panel and others briefed reporters about why they feel …

At a conference on “Justice and Public Safety in the 21st Century,” Former Reagan Administration Attorney General Edwin Meese III, spoke about the role of technology in improving the U.S. j…

Several former attorneys general talked about various past, present and future legal and political issues. They examined the judicial selection process, political criticism of judges, U.S. d…

The Hastings College of Law held an Attorneys General Forum. Participants including former Attorneys General Ed Meese, Richard Thornburgh, and Nicholas Katzenbach, talked about their careers…

Harvard Law Professor Arthur Miller moderated this discussion, hosted by The Connecticut Forum, on the state of the U.S. Legal System. Participants were Former Attorney General Ed Meese, Con…

Edwin Meese III, Attorney General, was the guest speaker at the National Press Club and he talked about the Independent Counsel’s Report into his misconduct.

U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese addressed the American Correctional Association Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. His remarks were about dealt with the role of correctional facilities withi…

Attorney General Edwin Meese III talked about a recent judicial conference in China. Attorney General Meese answered questions from the panel.