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Copenhagen: Let the Games Begin!
Cato environmental scholar Pat Michaels comments on the various antics and rivalries already evident at the climate conference that kicked off this week in Copenhagen. Poorer countries, like India, are making demands that the richer nations subsidize them to achieve the costly goals of emission restrictions. Obama, who thinks such subsidies are a good idea, is being reminded by Democratic congressmen that the power to commit to new regulations is not a constitutional role of the executive branch. And politicians, who are sticking voters with the bill for their partisan efforts, will face angry voters in the upcoming 2010 mid-term election. Of the conference, Michaels says, “Expect a lot of heat, not much light, and a punt right into our next election.”
Ilya Shapiro: "Libel Tourism: The Next Front in the War on Terror"
Who: Ilya Shapiro What: Speech on "Libel Tourism: The Next Front in the War on Terror" Where: University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law Host: The University of Louisville Law Review
Ilya Shapiro: "How I spent My Summer Vacation: Rule of Law in Iraq"
Who: Ilya Shapiro What: Speech on "How I spent My Summer Vacation: Rule of Law in Iraq" Where: University of Louisville Law School Host: University of Louisville Law School Federalist Society Chapter
Ilya Shapiro: "What Role Should Foreign Law Play in U.S. Constitutional Interpretation?"
Who: Ilya Shapiro What: Speech on "What Role Should Foreign Law Play in U.S. Constitutional Interpretation?" Where: Harrington's (245 Front St.) Host: San Francisco Federalist Society Lawyers Chapter
Ilya Shapiro: "What Role Should Foreign Law Play in U.S. Constitutional Interpretation?"
Who: Ilya Shapiro What: Speech on "What Role Should Foreign Law Play in U.S. Constitutional Interpretation?" Where: Stanford University Law School Host: Stanford University Law School Federalist Society
Ilya Shapiro: "How I spent My Summer Vacation: Rule of Law in Iraq"
Who: Ilya Shapiro What: Speech on "How I spent My Summer Vacation: Rule of Law in Iraq" When: February 6, 2009 Where: Gordon & Rees LLP, San Francisco Host: Princeton Club of Northern California
Ilya Shapiro: "Libel Tourism: The Next Front in the War on Terror"
Where: North Coast, CA Host: North Coast Federalist Society Lawyers Chapter
Restoring Habeas
By Julian Sanchez: "No American would accept the proposition that one of our citizens, having been cleared of wrongdoing by American courts, could be abducted by a foreign power and imprisoned for years, only to have his fate determined by a kangaroo court that flouted the most elementary procedural rights. The Supreme Court should not accept it from our government either."
Big Ideas Need Small Places
By Jesse Walker: "The desert republic of Molossia doesn’t appear on many maps, and it doesn’t have a seat in the United Nations. But if you drive about 18 miles northeast from Carson City, Nevada, you’ll find it."