ANNOUNCEMENT: For the first time since 2005, we’re hosting the 2024
@fedsoc
National Student Symposium at
@harvardlaw
this spring on March 8 & 9. The theme is "Why Separate Powers?"
Professor Charles Fried, who has served on the Harvard Law faculty since 1961 and as our chapter's advisor for more than four decades, announced his retirement today. We owe him an enormous debt of gratitude.
Statement and alumni tributes:
We are delighted to announce that
@StephenESachs
will serve as the new faculty advisor to the Harvard Federalist Society. Professor Sachs succeeds the late Professor Charles Fried, who served as the chapter's advisor since its founding.
Congratulations to Laurence H. Silberman Memorial Team—composed of six of our superstar 3Ls—for winning the Ames Moot Court competition and to Richard Dunn, best oralist. To say we’re proud would be an understatement.
Next week
@WilliamBaude
will be delivering The Scalia Lecture at HLS. This is an event you don’t want to miss! Please join us on Monday, 2/27 at 12:30 p.m. in WCC 2036 (Milstein West).
Tonight in an event hosted by
@YaleFedSoc
, Prof. Calabresi stated “
@Vermeullarmine
: name the time, name the place. Let’s lace em up and debate.” We will do Yale one better. Come see Prof. Vermeule engage with
@jacklgoldsmith
, Judge Oldham, and
@Lessig
on“The Original Scalia”
In memoriam: Professor Charles Fried (Prague 15 April 1935—Cambridge MA 23 January 2024), my beloved father-in-law. He taught his last class
@Harvard_Law
not quite two months ago. An enormous loss for his family, his many friends, his colleagues, and indeed the American public
Justice Breyer is returning to Harvard Law School. This is wonderful news for HLS students and faculty. We are all so lucky to have the opportunity to learn from him in the years to come.
Great seeing everyone at the Activities Fair today! Make sure to subscribe to our email list at our website for more info and to hear about exciting events being planned this semester!
Please join the Harvard Federalist Society on Friday, October 22 at 12:45 pm in Austin Hall 101 East for a debate on originalism between
@NoahRFeldman
and
@StephenESachs
, moderated by Professor John C.P. Goldberg. Looking forward to seeing many of you there!
We are delighted to announce that Professor Randall L. Kennedy, the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at
@Harvard_Law
, will receive the 2024 Charles Fried Award for Intellectual Diversity at our upcoming annual banquet.
We are delighted to kick off our lunchtime event series tomorrow, September 18, with a conversation between Professors
@StephenESachs
and Richard Fallon on originalism. Lunch will be served, and all are welcome!
To the speakers, supporters, and most especially the 700 registered attendees of the 2024
@fedsoc
Student Symposium: Thank you. We are so grateful for your participation.
Great to have several dozen of our members down in Washington this week for the
@FedSoc
National Lawyers Convention ... and to have HLS professors including Randy Kennedy,
@StephenESachs
, Richard Fallon, and J-Term lecturer Judge Thomas Griffith involved in the program!
We are excited to host
@EdWhelanEPPC
next week on 10/24 at 12:25 pm. The event is: “A Conversation with Ed Whelan on the Supreme Court Confirmation Process”…All are welcome!
We look forward to hosting Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen on Monday, in conversation with
@StephenESachs
and Prof. Sai Prakash, to discuss the sweep and force of 14th Amendment, Section 3.
12:25 p.m. in WCC 1019. Lunch will be served, and all are welcome.
Beginning later this evening, we'll post links to live video from the 2024
@FedSoc
National Student Symposium on the theme
#WhySeparatePowers
. For a complete schedule or to bookmark the broadcasts you'd like to see, visit:
The Harvard Federalist Society extends its condolences to the family and loved ones of Judge Laurence Silberman on his passing. He was an exceptional jurist and a titan of the conservative legal movement. More importantly, he was a great mentor to so many. He will be missed.
Join us tomorrow at 12:30 pm via Zoom for a discussion on qualified immunity with
@JusticeWillett
,
@WilliamBaude
, Scott Keller, Professor Joanna Schwartz, and Judge Andrew Oldham
We look forward to hosting Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen on Monday, in conversation with
@StephenESachs
and Prof. Sai Prakash, to discuss the sweep and force of 14th Amendment, Section 3.
12:25 p.m. in WCC 1019. Lunch will be served, and all are welcome.
The HLS Federalist Society is incredibly proud to be named the 2023 James Madison Chapter of the Year. We are so grateful for all of the hard work that our members and board put in this year to make this possible.
Fantastic turnout for our event with Judge Trevor McFadden, discussing with us his recent
@HarvardJLPP
article on the shadow docket and precedential authority. Thank you to everyone who came by to our event!
Can universalizing Enlightenment principles sustain a free and flourishing society, or do they flounder without the characteristics of nationhood? Come listen to
@yhazony
’s Vaughan Lecture, with commentary by
@jacklgoldsmith
&
@CassSunstein
, Tues @ 11:30, Milstein West
It was our privilege to host you with
@UChicagoACS
for a great discussion on SFFA v Harvard. We had over 170 attendees at this standing-room only event!
Looking forward to hosting Professor
@jennmascott
on Monday (10/17) where she will discuss the Major Questions Doctrine with Professor
@beidelson
. As always, all are welcome!
Great discussion today with Princeton Professor Keith E. Whittington on academic freedom and free speech in higher education! Thank you for joining us
@kewhittington
.
Incredible discussion today between
@jennmascott
and
@beidelson
on the Major Questions Doctrine. No surprise that there was standing room only to hear what these two had to say.
"I'm an originalist," says Prof. Shugerman. But there's a methodological crisis among originalists right now, he says. It developed as a critique of judicial activism, but then suddenly it became judicial activism. He will offer a theory of "lexical originalism."
All
@Harvard_Law
students (AND prospective students visiting today ... welcome!) are invited to attend. Really looking forward to this––and there will be lunch!
Next, we'll explore executive-legislative relations and the administrative state with a panel of Twitter stars (and distinguished scholars … probably should have led with that)—
@jdmortenson
,
@chris_j_walker
,
@jennmascott
, and
@jedshug
—moderated by Judge Jennifer Elrod.
Listening to this episode of
@JonahRemnant
will surely whet your appetite for Professor Sunstein's conversation with Judge Kethledge at the
@FedSoc
Student Symposium one week from today!
We imagine that between Professor Sunstein and Judge Kethledge, Hayek may come up . . .
Thanks
@JonahDispatch
; this was a great pleasure. A little neuroscience, some Hayek, lots on habituation, lots on dogs (of course), and an audio appearance by a certain Labrador Retriever.
Earlier this evening, we hosted Michael Bindas from
@IJ
for a moot argument on the upcoming Supreme Court case Carson v. Makin. Thank you to our moot court justices, Professor
@StephenESachs
,
@SLS_RLC
, Field and Fried for joining us!
Incredible turn out at our SFFA v. Harvard event this week. Thank you to
@JeannieSGersen
,
@ProfGuyCharles
, and Jonathan Mitchell for a fascinating discussion.
In one of the undeniably coolest events we've had all year, Judge Charles Eskridge of the Southern District of Texas is presenting "A Document for Every Song in Hamilton: An American Musical."
Yet one more reason to choose HLS ...
@hlsadmissions
A panel on the judicial power and the notion of judicial supremacy will feature
@JeannieSGersen
,
@profamandatyler
, and
@UVALaw
Professor John Harrison with Judge Stephanos Bibas as moderator.
This has been a great symposium thus far.
Judge Kevin Newsom is presently delivering the keynote address, an expansion of his special concurrence in US v. Jimenez-Shilon (esp. his special concurrence, and esp. n.2 therein).
Two fantastic events coming up next week! Join us on Nov. 16 via Zoom for a panel on qualified immunity and on Nov. 17 for an in-person discussion on common-good constitutionalism with
@Vermeullarmine
and
@jacklgoldsmith
Join us on Wednesday (1/12) for a Zoom Webinar at 5 PM ET for a discussion on Supreme Court Reform and the Biden Commission. Our guest panelists include
@adamjwhitedc
and
@kroosevelt93
. HLS Professor
@StephenESachs
will moderate. Register here
Thank you to everyone who joined us today for a discussion with
@BECKETlaw
President Mark Rienzi, KU Law Professor
@KyleVelte
, and HLS Professor Josh McDaniel on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia and its implications for free exercise doctrine.
Join us tomorrow (2/8) live in WCC 1010 or via zoom for a debate between
@ilan_wurman
and
@jdmortenson
on the historical origins of the non-delegation doctrine. Moderated by our very own Executive VP
@EliNachmany
. Register for the webinar here
And a big congratulations to our friends at
@UChiFedSoc
on winning student chapter of the year—we’re delighted to pass this torch to a most worthy successor!
HAPPENING NOW: The 2024
@fedsoc
National Student Symposium is underway! Watch
@CassSunstein
and Judge Raymond Kethledge discuss the big picture question that animates our event:
#WhySeparatePowers
?
The final panel will explore how we can change how our Constitution separates powers and will feature
@StephenESachs
,
@sherifgirgis
, and
@lessig
, moderated by Judge Britt Grant.
We were honored to host Judge Thomas Hardiman to kick off our Laurence H. Silberman Distinguished Judicial Lecture Series last week. Judge Hardiman discussed the Eighth Amendment and originalism. Looking forward to reading his speech in
@HarvardJLPP
.
Grateful to the law school for this nice write-up of the conversation between
@CassSunstein
and Judge Kethledge that kicked off last week's
@fedsoc
student symposium!
After a sellout crowd today, we hope to keep it going with another great event tomorrow (Tuesday), Jan. 30 at 12:25 p.m. in WCC 1023:
@RandyEBarnett
will discuss why constitutional conservatives need natural rights and libertarians need natural law. Lunch served; all welcome.
Great seeing everyone today at our event with
@KannonShanmugam
, speaking with us about the unitary executive and the future of the separation of powers doctrine in the current Court!
Walker thinks of Chevron as judges "looking at a statute and being humbled." There's a temptation for judges to insert their own policy preferences in case of ambiguity. Thus Chevron embodies a set of Burkean conservative values.
FOUR days until Student Symposium. During panel 4,
@StephenESachs
,
@sherifgirgis
, and
@lessig
—along with Judge Britt Grant—will explore liquidation, making Article V more state-led, and a potential Art. V convention.
#whyseparatepowers
You can watch:
Grateful to Judge Kevin Newsom, Professor
@jacklgoldsmith
, and 3L Michelle Jaquette for leading a fascinating conversation today on standing with a special focus on Article II. Yet another event with triple digit attendance!
For you g̶u̶n̶n̶e̶r̶s̶ aspiring HLR editors still toiling amid an ocean of subcites: remember you’re not alone! Put down your blue book, take some time off, and come get lunch TODAY @ 3:00 with
@HarvardFedSoc
!
See this🧵 for highlights of our opening fireside chat with Professor Cass Sunstein and Judge Raymond Kethledge. The National Student Symposium returns tomorrow with a full slate of events!
HAPPENING NOW: The 2024
@fedsoc
National Student Symposium is underway! Watch
@CassSunstein
and Judge Raymond Kethledge discuss the big picture question that animates our event:
#WhySeparatePowers
?
Deeply grateful to the alumni who joined us for our first post-COVID symposium this weekend, to the accepted students who joined us Friday for our Advisory Opinions recording, and to our members and HLS friends who attended any of our three speaker events this week. Onward!
Looking forward to speaking to the
@HarvardFedSoc
tomorrow about the future of Religion Clauses at the Supreme Court after Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.
@Harvard_Law
We are proud to host a conversation on “Now This: The Relationship Between Social Media and Pessimism, Cynicism, Tribalism, and Extremism” with the Hon. Justin Walker, U.S. Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
He previously served on the…
Please join us Wednesday, March 1st to hear
@JeannieSGersen
,
@ProfGuyCharles
, and Jonathan Mitchell discuss government use of racial classifications after SFFA v. Harvard. Austin Hall at 12:25 pm. As always, all are welcome!
Interested in free speech on campus? Join
@HarvardFedSoc
for a talk by Azhar Majeed of
@TheFIREorg
on our University’s speech policies and how they are implemented, Thursday @ Noon, WCC 1010
Standing room only today at our 70th Anniversary of Youngstown event featuring Neil Eggleston, fmr. White House Counsel in the Obama administration, and Steve Engel, fmr. head of Office of Legal Counsel during the Trump administration, and moderated by Professor
@jacklgoldsmith
Thank you so much Professors
@NoahRFeldman
, Allen Guelzo, and Randall Kennedy for joining Harvard Federalist Society last week for a debate: “Was the Constitution of 1787 a pro-slavery document?”
We are off and running at today's alumni symposium, where 2L Mary Catherine Cook is introducing our first panel, featuring Judge John Bush, Jesse Panuccio, and "someone [Mary Catherine] has known for a long time," Justice
@GregoryCook
. Delighted to have everyone here today!
It was our great honor to work with the Harvard Alumni for Free Speech as we hosted former
@ACLU
president Nadine Strossen and HLS’s own Professor Randall Kennedy for a conversation on free speech on the anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s Boston speech.
Then we'll have a panel on federalism as a separation of powers device featuring
@mollyxbrady
, former Maine Attorney General and HLS lecturer Jim Tierney, and Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sarah Campbell, moderated by Judge Ben Beaton.
Can a dead constitution bind the living? Come join
@HarvardFedSoc
as Prof.
@ilan_wurman
of
@ASUCollegeOfLaw
discusses his book, A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism. The book may be $15, but the
@ChickfilA
is free! TODAY @ Noon, WCC 2009
Excited about Symposium but not about the price tag?
@HarvardFedSoc
will subsidize travel expenses to Ann Arbor for qualifying members. Check your email for details!
We are delighted to host
@KannonShanmugam
and
@ProfGuyCharles
tomorrow for a recap of the big cases of October Term 2022. Lunch will be served, and all are welcome.
@whignewtons
For our third and final panel, we are examining the role of state solicitors general: Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas, Mithun Mansinghani of Lehotsky Keller, and Judge Andrew Brasher of the Eleventh Circuit, all of whom have also served as state SGs.