2005 National Lawyers Convention - "Originalism"

July 9, 2005 marked the twentieth anniversary of the historic speech given by then-Attorney General Edwin Meese III before the American Bar Association, in which he urged that the Court be guided by a "jurisprudence of original intention." General Meese's remarks sparked vigorous public debate on the question of constitutional interpretation, a debate that continues today.

To commemorate General Meese's speech and further the debate, the theme of the Federalist Society's 2005 National Lawyers Convention was Originalism.

Thursday, November 10
9:00 a.m.- 9:05 a.m.
Grand Ballroom

Welcome

Hon. Theodore B. Olson, Board of Visitors, The Federalist Society

9:05 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom

Showcase Panel I: Originalism and Unenumerated Constitutional Rights

Hon. Walter E. Dellinger, O'Melveny & Myers and Former Acting Solicitor General
Prof. Lino A. Graglia, A. Dalton Cross Professor, University of Texas School of Law
Prof. John C. Harrison, David Lurton Massee, Jr., Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor, University of Virginia
Hon. Michael W. McConnell, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Prof. Suzanna Sherry, Cal Turner Professor of Law and Leadership, Vanderbilt University Law School
Hon. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Moderator)

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom

Address: The Judicial Confirmations Process

Hon. John Cornyn, United States Senate, Texas

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Grand Ballroom

Address

Hon. Mitt Romney, Governor, Massachusetts

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Colonial Room

Religious Liberties: Hyde-Weldon Amendment/Conscience Clauses

Mr. Steven H. Aden, Chief Litigation Counsel, Christian Legal Society
Prof. Anita L. Allen-Castellitto, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Mr. Mark E. Chopko, General Counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Prof. Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union and New York Law School
Hon. David J. Weldon, M.D., U.S. House of Representatives, Florida
Hon. Kenneth W. Starr, Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law (Moderator)

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
State Room

Criminal Law: Originalism and Criminal Procedure

Prof. Ronald J. Allen, John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
Prof. Craig Stewart Lerner, George Mason University School of Law
Prof. Carol S. Steiker, Harvard Law School
Hon. Christopher A. Wray, King & Spalding and Former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice
Judge Edith Brown Clement, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (Moderator)

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
East Room

Environmental Law: Originalism, Regulatory Takings, Public Use and Kelo v. New London

Prof. James W. Ely Jr., Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
Prof. Nicole S. Garnett, Notre Dame Law School
Prof. Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law
Dean William M. Treanor, Fordham University Law School
Hon. Edward J. Damich, U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Moderator)

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Address

Hon. Kevin J. Martin, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

Telecommunications: Expansion of Indecency Regulation

Mr. Adam G. Ciongoli, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Time Warner Europe, Time Warner Inc.
Mr. Robert W. Peters, Presdient, Morality in the Media
Dr. Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, The Cato Institute
Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (Moderator)

3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Showcase Panel II: Originalism and Pragmatism

Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Dean Larry D. Kramer, Richard E. Lang Professor, Stanford Law School
Prof. John O. McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law
Prof. Jeffrey Rosen, The George Washington University Law School
Hon. Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (Moderator)

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Marriott Wardman Park
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Ballroom

Annual Dinner

Mr. Karl Rove, Deputy Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor to the President

Friday, November 11
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom

Corporations, Securities & Antitrust: Business and the Law - State Sponsored Litigation

Hon. Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Michigan
Hon. John M. Engler, President, National Association of Manufacturers and Former Governor, Michigan
Mr. Stephen Gardner, Director of Litigation, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Mr. Melvyn I. Weiss, Senior and Founding Partner, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP
Hon. Priscilla R. Owen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (Moderator)

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom

Address

Hon. Edwin Meese III, The Heritage Foundation

11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Colonial Room

International Law: The Framers' Understanding of International Law

Prof. David M. Golove, New York University School of Law
Hon. Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Hon. William H. Taft IV, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Former Legal Advisor to the Secretary of State
Prof. John C. Yoo, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
Hon. Ronald A. Cass, President, Cass & Associates, PC and Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law (Moderator)

1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Intellectual Property: Copyright, Creativity and Commerce after MGM v. Grokster

Prof. Daniel J. Gervais, Vice Dean of Research and Oslers Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law, University of Ottawa
Prof. F. Scott Kieff, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Prof. Stanley Liebowitz, The University of Texas at Dallas Law School
Hon. Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Former U.S. Solicitor General
Mr. Cary Sherman, President, Recording Industry Association of America
Mr. Fred von Lohmann, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Mr. Ralph Oman, Counsel, Dechert and Former U.S. Register of Copyrights (Moderator)

1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
State Room

Labor: Contending With Diverse State Employment Laws In A Global Economy, or What's So Great About Federalism?

Mr. George H. Cohen, Bredfhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C.
Mr. Randel K. Johnson, Vice President for Labor, Immigration, and Employee Benefits, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Amy Laura Wax, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Hon. John S. Irving, Kirkland & Ellis and Former General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board (Moderator)

1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
East Room

Litigation Roundtable: Consumer Protection Statutes/Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices

Mr. Thomas Y. Allman, Senior Counsel, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
Mr. Frank J. Janecek, Jr., Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
Mr. Seth R. Lesser, Locks Law Firm
Mr. Robert Mark Langer, Wiggin and Dana LLP
Mr. Ira Rheingold, General Counsel, National Association of Consumer Advocates
Mr. Victor E. Schwartz, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Hon. William H. Pryor Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (Moderator)

3:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
State Room

Address

Hon. Paul Clement, U.S. Solicitor General

Federalism & Separation of Powers: Subordinating the Constitution to International Law

Dr. John S. Baker Jr., Dale E. Bennett Professor, Louisiana State University Law Center
Hon. Robert H. Bork, The Hudson Institute
Mr. Francisco Forrest Martin, President, Rights International
Prof. Jesse H. Choper, Earl Warren Professor of Public Law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
Hon. Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (Moderator)

3:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Chinese Room

Financial Services: Identity Theft and Privacy

Hon. Robert Barr, Former U.S. Representative, Georgia
Mr. Eric Ellman, Director of Government Affairs, Consumer Data Industry Association
Hon. Paul J. McNulty, Acting Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice and Acting U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia
Mr. Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Mr. Jay N. Soloway, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Hon. Jerry E. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (Moderator)

3:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
East Room

Free Speech & Election Law: What is the "Free Press?"

Prof. David A. Anderson, Fred and Emily Marshall Wulff Centennial Chair in Law, The University of Texas School of Law
Prof. Lillian R. BeVier, John S. Shannon Distinguished Professor, Sullivan & Cromwell Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law and Board of Visitors, The Federalist Society
Prof. Carol C. Darr, Director, Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, The George Washington University
Prof. Eugene Volokh, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Mr. John Leo, Columnist, U.S News and World Report (Moderator)

6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture

Welcome: Mr. Leonard A. Leo, Executive Vice President, The Federalist Society
Lecturer: Hon. A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

Saturday, November 12
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom

Showcase Panel III: Originalism and Precedent

Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Southmayd Professor, Yale Law School
Hon. Stephen J. Markman, Michigan State Supreme Court
Prof. Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Keller Beekman Professor, Columbia University School of Law
Prof. David A. Strauss, Harry N. Wyatt Professor, University of Chicago Law School
Prof. Steven G. Calabresi, George C. Dix Professor of Constitutional Law, Northwestern University School of Law and Chairman, The Federalist Society Board of Directors (Moderator)

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Chinese Room

Administrative Law: Originalism and the Administrative Procedure Act

Hon. Ronald A. Cass, President, Cass & Associates, PC and Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law
Hon. C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
Prof. Ronald M. Levin, Henry Hitchcock Professor, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Prof. Peter L. Strauss, Betts Professor, Columbia University School of Law
Hon. Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit (Moderator)

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
East Room

Civil Rights: Racial Preferences in Law Schools

Prof. Richard O. Lempert, Eric Stein Distinguished University Professor of Law and Sociology, University of Michigan
Dr. John Lott, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Prof. Stanley Rothman, Director, Center for the Study of Social and Political Change, Smith College
Prof. Richard H. Sander, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Prof. Douglas W. Kmiec, Professor of Constitutional Law & Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, Pepperdine University School of Law (Moderator)

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
State Room

Professional Responsibility: Congressional Evaluation of Judicial Nominees

Hon. Charles J. Cooper, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
Mr. Robert J. Grey, Jr., Immediate Past President, American Bar Association
Prof. Steven Lubet, Northwestern University School of Law
Prof. Ronald D. Rotunda, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Hon. Richard C. Wesley, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (Moderator)

12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Annual Convention Luncheon: Are Originalists Really "Radicals in Robes"?

Hon. Charles J. Cooper, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
Prof. Cass R. Sunstein, Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Chicago Law School
Prof. Steven G. Calabresi, George C. Dix Professor of Constitutional Law, Northwestern University School of Law and Chairman, The Federalist Society Board of Directors (Moderator)

2:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
State Room

Showcase Panel IV: The Original Meaning of the Commerce, Spending and Necessary & Proper Clauses

Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor, Boston University School of Law
Prof. Michael S. Paulsen, Briggs & Morgan Professor, University of Minnesota Law School
Hon. Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP and Former Solicitor General
Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (Moderator)