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    Dumbing Down the Courts

    John Lott talked about his book, Dumbing Down the Courts: How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges Off the Bench, in which he argues that partisan politicians do not like to nominate smart jud…

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    Senator Sessions on the Federal Judiciary

    Senator Jeff Sessions, ranking Judiciary Committee member, delivered opening remarks at the Federalist Society 2009 National Lawyers Convention. He talked about criteria for judicial appoint…

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    Judicial Tenure and the Supreme Court

    Panelists spoke about the concept of life tenure for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of a fixed term of years or a mandatory retirement age. No other western democ…

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    Federalist Society Anniversary Dinner

    President Bush made spoke to the Federalist Society about judicial philosophy, the Senate confirmation process, and qualities he looks for in making judicial nominations.

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    Supreme Court Confirmation Process

    Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter spoke about the nomination and confirmation process for judicial nominees in the Senate. He talked about recent nominations, recent Supreme …

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    Congressional Evaluation of Judicial Nominees

    Legal experts talked about the professional evaluation of judicial nominees made by various organizations for members of Congress. Among the topics they addressed were the criteria by which …

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    Republican Politics

    The Federalist Society national convention opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer by Father Hathaway. Former Rep. McIntosh introduced Mr. Rove, who delivered the keynote address. …

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    Senate Judicial Confirmation Process

    Former federal judge Charles Pickering, Sr. spoke to the Mississippi chapter of the Federalist Society about the judicial confirmation process. Judge Pickering served on the federal district…

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    Judicial Nomination Process

    Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham spoke about his relationship with Senator Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) and the role of the Senate in shaping the federal judiciary. Senator Frist spoke about Rep…

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    Federalist Society Meeting Opening

    Solicitor General Theodore Olson opened the 2003 Lawyers' Convention and talked about the principles of the Federalist Society, the 2003-2004 U.S. Supreme Court term, and judicial nomination…

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    Judicial Confirmations Process: Miguel Estrada

    The panelists talked about the federal judicial nomination confirmation process, focusing on the nomination of Miguel Estrada to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columb…

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    Reflections on the Legal Culture

    Justice Thomas spoke to a conference of attorneys about his career, saying he was celebrating ten years as a federal judge. He also talked about the separation of the branches of government …

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    Judicial Nomination Process

    Senator Orrin Hatch, R-UT, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke about the judicial nomination and confirmation process. He stressed that he would not allow President Bill Cl…

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    Who Does the Government Lawyer Represent?

    The role of government lawyers was discussed by a panel that included former White House counsels. They talked about what their jobs entailed and the issue of executive privilege. Following …

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