the sustained applause is from members of a new conservative legal group, the federalist society. r their hero, robert bork. >> when rk got taken down, you know, their attitude, i thin became "never again." om and this washing that they promised never to forget, never to forgive. absolutely energizing. h >>e known less friendly gatherings.. (audience laughs) >> the forces for bork who suffered that very pnful defeat didn't giveidp, didn't go me to sulk. they went underground and built an infrastructure to create a new reality for our judicial politics. i intendo be in it, and i know you do, too. thank you.ap (audiencauds) >> narrator: the federalist society was started as a student group 1981, with bork at yale and antonin scalia at the university of chicago as the faculty adsers.so ted spoke at their first convention. >> these were studentshat had been unhappy with the fact that they felt that their law school education was tilted so stronglf to the that they were not hearing oppong views. >> narrator: abortion. busing. protections for criminals. y righ. the federalist society fo

and they start to nurture the fedelist society. >> ...many members of the federalist society...ator: during reagan's presidency, more than half the political appointees of the justice department had ties tome the federalist society, as did all 12 assistant attorney generals. >> i have an acronym that i use when i think about the federalist society. what's the main idea, m-a-i-n,i- right? money, access, ideasand network. and they were very successful on all those fronts. (fife and drum music pd ying) >> narrator: within ten years, they had built 120 chapters, 3,000 members with a budget of $700,000. (music continues) >> thurgoomarshall, a man who ayedpl pivotal role in the redefinition of justice in >> narrator: when the nation's first african-ameran justice, thurgood marshall, retired, it was a pivotal moment for senator mitch mcconnl and the federalist socie, de opportunity to replace a liberac justice withservative. >> ...washington rumor mill has gone into overdrive this morning...em >> narrator:rs of the federalist siety had gone to work searching for aominee, scouring lts o

the federalist society posted this hour and 20 minute event. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome. i'm dean reuter, vice president and general counselan director f practice ethical society. thank you all for being here. and a special welcome to the folks joining us and c-span. we're looking forward to a spirited debate in our panel following opening remarks from secretary wilbur ross. i am pleased and privileged to introduce the 39th secretary of commerce wilbur ross. the secretary he is the principal voice of business in the trump administration trying to ensure that u.s. businesses have the tools they need to create jobs and pursue economic opportunity. he served as secretary since the beginning of the administration february 2017. he's got limited time with usst today so i'll be brief mi introduction so we can get right to his talk. he will be leaving at thebe conclusion of his talk secretary ross is no stranger to this talk and then the panel will ensue. commerce with over half a century of experience in in

the federalist society has always advocated for informed debate and the commitment to our constitutionalgovernment. the overall goal of our administration fits perfectly within the federalist charter. only by maintaining a strong and viable economy can americans live freely under the rule of law with guaranteed individual liberties and a separation of powers. today thanks to policies focused on rebuilding american industry american jobs, american communities and american prosperity we are turning the tide toward a far more prosperous and hopeful future. but you would never know it by listening to liberal politicians hell-bent on impeaching the most successful president since ronald reagan nor to the left wing media desperate efforts to frighten americans into a recession. in fact, the u.s. has the strongest economy of any major economy in the world. our unemployment rate of 3.5 percent is the lowest it's been since 1969. since the election of president trump united states has added 6.4 million new jobs including 500,000 in the manufacturing sector alone. in 136,000 new jobs in the month

next, a preview of the upcoming supreme court term hosted by the federalist society. disgusting potential -- discussing potential cases the court could take up. itssupreme court begins session monday, october 7. >> hello. my name is robert barnes. i cover the supreme court for the washington post. thanks for coming on this crisp fall day to hear about the supreme court. i would like to thank the federalist society, in particular the faculty division. for putting together what we think will be an interesting panel on what looks to be an interesting term at the supreme court. after the trauma of last fall's confirmation hearings, there has been a thought that those who watch the court went out of its way not to look partisan last term. to look for ways to bust up the ideological divide on the court in some cases. controversieslk to keep them off that docket. been well documented that each of the conservative judges justices. it went the other way. each of the liberals at least once abandoned his or her usual voting partners and joined the conservatives. harmony could be

i'm the vice president and general counsel at the federalist society. thank you for being here. a special welcome to the folks joining us on c-span. we are looking forward to a spirited debate this afternoon in our panel following remarks from secretary wilbur ross. wilbur ross. and please and privilege to introduce the 30 night secretary of commerce, wilbur ross. as secretary he is the principal voice of business in the trump administration trying to ensure that u.s. businesses have the tools they need to create jobs and pursue economic opportunity. he served as secretary since the beginning of the administration february 2017. he's got limited time with us today so i'll be very brief in her introduction so we can get right to his talk. he will be leaving at the conclusion of his talk and the panel will ensue. secretary ross is no stranger to commerce with over half century of experience in investment banking and private equity restructuring over $400 billion in assets across numerous industries. in serving as chairman or lead director of more than 100 companies in over 20 coun

wilbur ross speaks at the federalist society on the trump administration's free-trade the lessee. the senate returns at 3:00 p.m. eastern to consider the nomination of barbara barrick to be the 26th secretary of the u.s. air force. on c-span3 at 9:00 a.m., the u.s. coast guard commandant karl schultz on national security. gary lawsonofessor explains why he thinks robert mueller's appointment as special counsel was unlawful. he is a founding member of the federalist society and spoke to law students at this event at boston university. it is about an hour and 15 minutes. .> good afternoon i'm the dean of austen university's school of law, and i'm delighted to welcome you to the philip beck lecture. philip beck graduated having served as editor-in-chief of the boston university law review. after clerking for one year with the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia, he joined kirkland and ellis where he spent the next 17 years establishing his reputation as one of the country's leading courtroom lawyers. as one of the country's leading courtroom lawyers. in 1993, mr. beck

leonard leo is one of the lead figures of the federalist society. he hosted a fundraiser for susan collins one year after she supported brett kavanaugh, their preferred pic for that supreme court vacancy. there is an tidiness to that that i think is not sitting well with voters in maine. this term, i suspect we are going to get to it shortly -- there is an abortion case the supreme court decided to take up last week, and susan collins, when she decided to vote for brett kavanaugh, said she was confident he would uphold roe v. wade and would not do anything to constrict abortion rights in this country. she has a lot riding on how brett kavanaugh rules in the upcoming case with the louisiana abortion law. host: is the supreme court a winning issue in national elections? donald trump wanted to put the supreme court in the ballot in 2016. he released his list of potential nominees. you are talking about the kavanaugh hearings, and the senate did not flip after the kavanaugh hearings. guest: no, but you did see a huge backlash among suburban college-educ

the harvard federalist society is busting at the seams. they would take pictures of the federalist society and this is before cutting and pasting. they would take a picture from a federalist society member-based essays on and put oliver campus. one of the things that i realized was i don't even want to call it courage. idoni want to call it courage. courage is when people i'm defining courage myself and people risk their lives for value. we have got tonige have a sensef bravery that says i won't a silent. this does mean incurring somee risk and one of the things in his point he talks about the elevation of this crisis is for immunity. i've never seen something you didn't include bravery. when we arett participating in e battle for the soulless nation each one of us as a participant. we cannot delegate that duty so each one of those is under a moral obligation to be brave. >> he do want toe double down on crisis. the last time i said we should try to forestall the colosseum like and what a crazy thing to say. who built the colosseum and why

he is also a founding member of the federalist society, and he spoke to law students at this event held by boston university. an hour and 15 minutes. minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm the dean of austen university's school of law, and i'm delighted to welcome you to the philip beck lecture. philip beck graduated having theed as editor-in-chief of boston university law review. after clerking for one year with the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia, he joined kirkland and ellis where he spent the next 17 years establishing his reputation as one of the country's leading courtroom lawyers. in 1993, mr. beck and his colleague founded one of the most highly respected firms of trial attorneys in the nation. mr. beck has litigated hundreds of cases over the course of his career, but he is perhaps most well-known for his work as the lead attorney representing the george w. bush campaign in bush versus gore, which ultimately determined the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. we are grateful to mr. beck for funding this lecture series and establishing the philip beck establish

they would take pictures of federalist society members and they were literally, before cutting and pasting was a thing on a computer, they would take a picture of of society member, paste his face on gay porn and put it all over campus. you know, one of the things i realize was i don't even want to call it courage. because, you know, there is courage when people, maybe i'm defining courage down myself, when people risk their lives for value. we have to have a sense of bravery and pluck that says i will not be silent. this does mean incurring some risk. one of the things as he's talking about the elevation of this crisis in this country as a matter of war and enmity. i have never been, never seen a war that did not require a men's bravery from the foot soldiers. if we're participating in the battle for the soul of this nation, we cannot delegate that duty. so, each one of us is under a moral obligation to be brave. >> i guess i do want to -- none crisis.e down on the coliseum,lt and a modern society the coliseum and the not look like a coliseum in which there are lions. a good be destructio

from the federalist society, this is 90 minutes. >> hello. my name is robert barnes. i cover the supreme court for "the washington post." thanks for coming on this crisp, fall day to hear about the supreme court. i'd like to thank the federalist society, particularly the facility division and practice groups for putting together what we think will be an interesting panel on what looks to be a very interesting term at the supreme court. after the trauma of last year's confirmation hearings, there's been a thought from those who watched the court that it went out of its way not to look partisan last term, to look for ways to bust up the ideological divide on the court in some cases and to slow walk some controversies to keep them off that year's docket. it's been well-documented that each of the conservative justices at least once joined the four liberals to make up a majority in a case. and it went the other way, too. each of the liberals at least once abandoned his or her usual voting partners and joined the conservatives in a case. harmony could be harder to find thi

republican federalist society judges. they're not populists.ite the same transformatn on the circuit court revel. of the 13 appellate courts only one may flip. you see democratic districts staying democratic, republicans getting redder, but no transformation from a more liberal court to a more c conservatiurt, and his impact on future nominations are going down because democratic waiting and hoping there's ae democrat. so there's expected relatively few openings in the coming years than previous. >> woodruff: so, mark, not transformational? transformational, judy. in lisa's piece, made the pointi that tue fired up republican voters. she's absolutely right. in the exit polls in 2016 when 23,000 actl voters were polled and they asked what the most important issue that you areci ng on, a full one out of five voters answered that the supreme court nomination and judicial nominations, an they broke for donald trump overwhelming donald trump overwhelmingly, almost 3 to 2. thoswho just consider it an important issue or not an important issue all vote

to ensure fidelity to our founding documents, edwin meese supported growth of the federalist society and worked to confirm supremely qualified judges including the late great supreme court justice antonin scalia whose son became the secretary of labor, just had him in, a great ceremony we had. after concluding a historic tenure as attorney general, he joined the heritage foundation and helped create the foundation's legal and judicial studies department. which is named in his honor and we are talking judges and i will say heritage has been helpful with us as you know and i just had on that desk a little while ago another six and very soon 182 federal judges and two supreme court judges. that is not including two supreme court -- we really have that. it is a number few people could come close to. we appreciate all the work you have done. edwin meese has advocated effective law enforcement against over criminalization and always in defense of the constitution and system of government designed by our founders. you are loyal fighter for freedom, champion of law and order, mentor to young

you are a member of the federalist society, that would be normal for you to be. >> yes. >> so do youe, are there internal arguments, do conservative lawyers sit with each other and say i get it, this doesn't seem right, he should be investigated, but the alternative may not be as supportive of a conservative judiciary or appointments to the court. do you have to weigh that? >> i don't think so. i mean, i have always supported senator romney and had he been the nominee, had he been president, he wouldn't have engaged in half these things. but i am sure his judiciary would have looked just as strong. >> appreciate talking to you. senior associate at keenan spalding, one of the attorneys that asked for an expeditious impeachment probe of president trump. >>> why the president's refusal to cooperate in the impeachment inquiry can't be chalked up to trump being trump again, putting himself above the law. what's different this time. how it is dangerous for the presidency and why it might be called a constitutional crisis. i will discuss that next. >>> with concerns growing, turkey's attack

he supported the growth of the federalist society and worked to confirm supremely qualified judges including the late great supreme court justice antonin scalia a whose son just became the secretary -- you know that, the secretary of labor. a grazerad him in for money. after concluding a historic tenure as attorney general, he joined the heritage foundation. over his 30 years at heritage he helped to create the legal and judicial studies department which is now named in his honor. we are talking about judges. erika check been very helpful with us also as you know. and i just had on that does a little while ago another six and we will soon be up to 182 federal judges and two supreme court justices. twothat is not including supreme court justices. a number that a few people have been even able to come close to. we appreciate your work. he has advocated for effective overnforcement against criminalization and is always in defense of the constitution and the system of government defined -- designed by our founders. fighter foryal freedom. a champion of law and order. a faithful defender of our r

wilbur ross speaks at the federalist society on the trump administration's free-trade the lessee.the senate returns at 3:00 p.m. eastern to consider the nomination of barbara barrick to be the 26th secretary of the u.s. air force. on c-span3 at 9:00 a.m., the u.s. coast guard commandant karl schultz on national security. gary lawsonofessor explains why he thinks robert mueller's appointment as special counsel was unlawful. he is a founding member of the federalist society and spoke to law students at this event at boston university. it is about an hour and 15 minutes. .> good afternoon i'm the dean of austen university's school of law, and

the-span 3 at 12:30, federalist society hosts legal scholars and journalists to preview the upcoming supreme court term and the cases expected to come before the court. announcer: next, education secretary betsy devos on her school initiative, a $5 billion test credit scholarship proposal pending in congress. she was joined by white house counselor kellyanne conway. from the american enterprise institute, this is one hour. mr. doar: good morning, everybody, and welcome to aei. my name is robert doar and i'm so pleased to have you all here this morning for this important discussion of education in the united states. we are particularly gratified and happy to have the secretary of education, betsy devos with us, her husband dick, couselor to the president kellyanne conway, a great honor to have them all here for this important discussion of a topic that's particularly important to aei and our education policy team. and we're also pleased to have, i like to say that aei is a washington-based think tank, but we're not a washington-focused think tank. and so we have three distinguished le

walker has been nominated for an austere judgmentship is his membership in the federalist society and his far right-wing views on executive power. unfortunately, walker is part of the well-established pattern of republicans stacking the federal bench with manifestly unqualified judges. another brazen example is steven minoshi, who is slated to be considered in committee today before, thank god, it was delayed. mr. minoshi's record of extreme views is well-documented. he pushed betsy devos' antistudent agenda to the department of education, worked closely with stephen miller at the white house on policies that harm immigrants. his past writings show scorn for lgbtq willing men and women. his conduct before the judiciary committee was insulting. his contempt for the senate reprehensible. his refusal to be forthcoming about his record should be outright disqualifying and senators graham and kennedy in the committee noted that, in tht his refusal to answer questions was troubling. folks like mr. walker and mr. menashi have not earned the privilege of an appointment to the bench. republica

approved by judges the federalist society. other hand, on trade and immigration and international relations and the conduct of the presidency itself, these conservatives argue he is anything but conservative. a real conservative, they argue, honors tradition, respects institutions, strengthens the norms that hold us together as a country, seeks to unite rather than divide, understands the united states as one nation and not two warring nations, these are the arguments they make and i have to say speaking as a lifelong democrat, they have resonance. hello.emocrat, kathy, one more time for kathy in california. mind, folks,'t turn your tv down. from michigan, democrats line, brent. opinions suggest republicans do not care about the country and only about being reelected. with republicans, the facts do not matter. it is only held trump spins his lies. if you want the story, you have to go back to a 2015 article by james wise and. wanted, eu, and u.s. all -- removed, not to stop the the call ofn into the chefs key -- but because he

federalist society panelists discuss cases and the impact of the current justices on the court.

thank god he's lazy and choosing judges, he lays out on federalist society, larry kudlow, other people who, you know, he would talk about being part of the swamp if they were in any other context, he has good people around him. i think betsy devos has done good things on education. tax reform bill was not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but there were important reforms in there and it was a classic republican bill written in usual republican way by the republican establishment, all he did was sign off on it. you know, that's kind of a emblematic that he comes to power really talking about illegal immigration and trade and republicans, of course, first and last thing they always want to do is do business, that's what they got done, he didn't get any immigration stuff down while his party normally party controlled house and congress, in many ways he's a lot worse than i expected him to be because i kind of thought that at some point he would sit down in that chair and go, like, damn i'm president of the united states of america and grow the hell up and start acting like an adul

and david pointed out, his appointment have come from the federalist society, and the other factor is actuarial charts. they are younger. neil gorsuch is 49, brett kavanaugh 53. so it is a real change, and it is a promise made, promise delivered, much to the consternation of a lot of democrats. judy: we know it flies under the radar that is why we thought it was important to take a look a it. impeachment. david, virtually a development everyday about that. we learned today a federal judge said the impeachment inquiry in the house in his view is legal. that means the department of justice is going to have to turn over grand jury material from the muellernvestigation, but thislo f one week of testimony behind closed doors, some of it made public, by one public serva or diplomatic figure after another, especially william tabor -- william taylor, ambassador to ukraine. what is it adding up to? david: the phone call, you jould say it wt trump being trump. now that's not the case. we have learned that is a inthree-month, cooed campaign, series of meetings come a lot of people involved to ge

the federalist society hosts legal scholars and journalists to preview the upcoming supreme court term and the cases expected to come before the court. an hour, catherine glenn foster, president and ceo of americans united for life discusses legal challenges to roe v. wade. at 8:30 a.m., paul

eastern, the federalist society previews the upcoming supreme court term and the cases expected to come before the >> next, a panel discussion on school choice programs and tax credit scholarships with state officials. speakers include representatives from tennessee, arizona and pennsylvania. the american enterprise institute hosted this event. if oliver marks by education secretary betsy divorce. this is about one hour. byit followed remarks education secretary betsy devos. this is about one hour. >> good morning. and i getnat malkus to take us through our panel with state decision-makers and we have an excellent panel and i'm going to introduce them now and we are going to jump into a discussion of school choice in the state and what education scholarships might mean there. i have three state policymakers here today. kimberly yee is the 36th treasurer of arizona and we are glad to have you here. she stewards of $40 billion state budget and makes sure the checks go to whom they need to go to. treasurer yee has a number of firsts. the first asian-american elected to statewide office in

that will be live from the federalist society starting at 12:00 p.m. eastern. on cspan the assistance secretary of endo pacific security affairs will talk about u.s./china relations. it's hosted by the jamestown foundation. you can follow our coverage on cspan.org or listen with the free cspan radio app. >>> follow cspan as congress returns to capitol hill today after a two-week recess. with house committees working on impeachment inquiries against president trump, legislation to lower prescription drug costs, and curbing the outsourcing of u.s. jobs. and the senate continues work on the president's executive and judicial nominations, including air force secretary nommy, barbara barrett. watch live gavel to gavel coverage of the house on cspan and the senate live on cspan 2. online on cspan.org or listen live on the go using the free cspan radio app. sunday night on q&a. american university distinguished professor of history, allen kraut looks back at policies on managing immigration. >> i would argue that the current wave of nativism of anti-immigrant sentimen

the list was drawn up by the federalist society, heritage foundation, national rifle association which became an arbitrary judicial nominations. and after the neil gorsuch nomination the white house published a video of them meeting with trump in the white house to celebrate in his thanking them for their support in the process. the federal society, heritage foundation, and the nra all run by members of the council for national policy. let's think for a moment about our founding fathers. they instituted a system of checks and balances, as we all learned in high school civics courses. the administration and the legislative branch and judiciary are supposed to check excesses from each other. over time the federal court are appointed as lifetime appointments. but the idea is that they will balance each other out and serve the cause of moderation and will reflect the way that the public involves to represent the american people. what do they deal with? the federal courts deal with the social issues, such as marriage equality, they deal with women's issues such as access to abortion and wom

important for the conservative lawyers at the forefront of some of these organizations like the federalist society others to come out and say this is wrong. it's wrong not just the policy stuff but as a legal matter what he's doing is improper, inappropriate and shouldn't be happening. maybe it will move the needle. but i think it's a big step. >> i gettior point but i think there's a difference between going on someone like preet bharara's pod cast and going on fox news. the day he goes on with sean hannity, the tide could be turning but i think there's still ways to go. >> stay tuned. >> we'll have him on tomorrow morning if he wants to come on tomorrow morning. phone lines are open. >> jennifer, bianna, thanks. >>> 63% of americans support same-sex marriage and it's still legal to fire people just for being gay in 28 states. an eye-opening reality check, next. that is amazing. you wanna see something amazing? go to hilton instead of a travel site and you'll experience a whole new range of emotions like... the relaxing feeling of knowing you're getting the best price. these'll work. the utter de

that three judge panel was a newly appointed judge and a trump appointee, former member of the federalist societyse perhaps. >> took brett kavanaugh's seat. >> really took his seat. so they were very clear in their decision tat the president was not above the law. and one of the things really interesting is all of this is happening with the impeachment inquiry in the background, but the court did not mention that. this was simply a case of the president exceeding his authority, just basic authority and overriding congress' constitutional authority to conduct oversight. so that was a huge loss. the other loss was the public charge issue. with the trump administration has promulgated this that says we're not going to allow immigrants to come to this country and they expand the rule from simply being something on assistance to anyone who might be in receipt of medicaid, who might receive food stamps a much broader interpretation. millions and millions of people, the most ungenerous interpretation of the immigration laws and a federal judge said, no, like absolutely not. and you have the border wall

at 12:30 p.m., commerce secretary wilbur ross speaks at the federalist society on the trump administration's free-trade policy. the senate returns at 3 p.m. eastern to consider the nomination of barbara barrett to be the 25th secretary of the u.s. air force. a.m., the at 9:00 u.s. coast guard, not katl schu ltz speaks on national security. pole -- c-span if so's ipsos shows a small majority agree presidential candidates should be required to release their recent tax returns in order to appear on the ballot. while only 26% of republicans agree, three quarters of democrats and 60% of independents support the idea. there is greater consensus on requiring people to show government issued ids before voting. the poll indicates 78% of americans support such voter id laws, including civic and it -- significant majorities of republicans, democrats, and independents. in addition to requiring candidates to release their tax returns and passing voter id laws, majorities of americans also favor making election day a national holiday, randomizing the way in which candidates names appear on the ballot, and

certainly i have many conversations with conservative students, young members of the federalist societynd the like, who have these concerns and who worry that being a legal conservative means exonerating or enabling this conduct. and the point we're trying to make is that's just not so. >> charles fried, jonathan adler, thank you very much for your time. that is "all in" for this evening. >>> tonight the floodgates open a bit wider as a white house insider plans to tell all she knows about the arms for dirt deal, including that phone call where the president asked for a favor. >>> plus another scene out of the movies. two guys get arrested at the airport, try to skip the country on one-way tickets resulting in this mug shot. in real lives, they're connected to rudy giuliani. >>> in the meantime, trump goes after the whistle-blower again. the democrats have now subpoenaed a cabinet member and think of it. all of these stories have to do with one thing, ukraine. the story that is now encircling the president as "the 11th hour" on a thursday night gets under way. >> well, good evening once

certainly i have many conversations with conservative students, young members of the federalist societyns and who worry that being a legal conservative means exonerating or enabling this conduct. and the point we're trying to make is that's just not so. >> charles fried, jonathan adler, thank you very much for your time. that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >>> if you have a lawyer, particularly one that is representing you on a matter that is turning out to be a little dicey, maybe a little dangerous for you, maybe a little sketchy, i mean in theory in that circumstance it's a good thing that you have a lawyer, that you have representation, that you are not facing this thing alone. however, if in the midst of that ongoing,

the other faction, of course, is the home of the federalist society, the organization that's played a key role on helping advise trump on which judges to put on the federal bench as well as who to appoint for federal justice department positions. the federal society is very much going to support president trump. they'll stand by him, very influential in the donor community and will try to shore up the right flank in congress as members debate how exactly they should think about the impeachment process as it goes forward. that said, trump has long frustrated many republican lawyers in washington. he's long frustrated, of course, his own lawyers. doj officials who have worked under the trump administration will tell you trump sees lawyers as tools in a chess game rather than as advisers whose expertise and whose counsel he needs to benefit from. sometimes lawyers in trump's orbit feel he's treating them like a blunt object and it's something that creates fiction. this letter is probably not going to be a game-changer, but it's another indicator of the frustration that exists. >> as you

certainly i have many conversations with conservative students, young members of the federalist society and the like, who have these concerns and who worry that being a legal conservative means exonerating or enabling this conduct. and the point we're trying to make is that's just not so. >> charles fried, jonathan adler, thank you very much for your time. that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >>> if you have a lawyer, particularly one that is representing you on a matter that is turning out to be a little dicey, maybe a little dangerous for you, maybe a little sketchy, i mean in theory in that circumstance it's a good thing that you have a lawyer, that you have representation, that you are not facing this thing alone. however, if in the midst of that ongoing, sketchy/dangerous situation you wake up to the news one morning that your lawyer's other clients, the other people your lawyer is representing in this same saga, if you wake up to the news this morning that they have just been arrested and put in jail, that is not a good sign about either your sit

eastern, the federalist society previews the upcoming supreme court term and the cases expected to come before the >> next, a panel discussion on school choice programs and tax credit scholarships with state officials. speakers include representatives from tennessee, arizona and pennsylvania. the american enterprise institute hosted this event. if oliver marks by education secretary betsy divorce. this is about one hour. byit followed remarks education secretary betsy devos

it is a remarkable platform where the federalist society and the american constitution society have nominated scholars to write about every part what they agree about and what they disagree about. it's thrilling that this amazing platform which is gone 25 million hits cinch it launched in 2015 has 30 supreme court clerks among the more than 125 contributors. you will be hearing from some of them this evening. this morning, gw law school brought together clerks associated with gw. former students in current faculty. one of the clerks talked so powerfully about how her clerkship taught her how justices and clerks can disagree without being disagreeable. can have debates about important constitutional matters without descending into partisanship. that is what the model, that is why it is so inspiring that our panel today bring together justices, clerks from different justices, different views in different years to share their experiences and to respectfully engage in civil dialogue which is the essence of the american experience. we have three panels. the first is about people's experience durin

professor lawson is also a founding member of the federalist society where he serves on the board of directors. he is also on the editorial advisory board for the heritage guide to the constitution, a reference guide for legal scholars. today professor lawson will discuss his views on why robert mueller's appointment as special counsel was unlawful. in an article of the same title authored by professor lawson and his colleague from the prisco school of law -- pritzker school in aw will appear forthcoming edition of the notre dame law review. i now want to invite professor lawson to the podium. [applause] professor lawson: thank you. as i said 20 years ago when i got hired here, you may be right. i may be crazy, but i just might be the lunatic you're looking for. [laughter] professor lawson: i guess you will all be able to judge that over the next hour or so. on may 17, 2017, acting united states attorney general of rod rosenstein appointed robert mueller, former fbi director, but at the time a lawyer in private practice, to be special counsel for the department of justice. during the

12:05 hear from author and washington post columnist and a former congressman. 12:30, theat federalist society hosts legal scholars and journalists to preview the upcoming supreme court term and the case is expected to come before the .ourt next, a hearing on school safety and gun violence. the house committee heard from a parent of a student killed in a school shooting and a school shooting survivor and cofounder of march for our lives. this is one hour and 15 minutes. [background sounds]

at 12: 30 pm, commerce secretary wilbur ross speaks at the federalist society on the trump administration's free-trade policy. the senate returns at three :00 p.m. eastern to consider the nomination of barbara barrett to be the 25th secretary of the u.s. air force. 3, u.s. coast guard speaks on carl schulz national security. gary lawsonofessor explains why he thinks robert mueller's appointment as special counsel was unlawful. he is also a founding member of the federalist decided he, and he spoke to law students at this event held by boston university. it is about an hour and if teen minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm the dean of austen university's school of law, and i'm delighted to welcome you to the philip beck lecture. philip beck graduated having theed as editor-in-chief of boston university law review. after clerking for one year with the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia, he joined kirkland and ellis where he spent the next 17 years establishing his reputation as one of the country's leading courtroom lawyers. in 1993, mr. beck and his colleague founded one of the mos