The Federalist Society Convention

2010 National Lawyers Convention - "Controlling Government: The Framers, the Tea Parties and the Constitution"


Address by Senator-Elect Michael S. Lee - Event Audio/Video

2010 National Lawyers Convention

November 19, 2010

Michael S. Lee, Leonard A. Leo

The following audio was recorded on November 19, 2010.

Address by Senator-Elect Michael S. Lee 11-19-10Running Time:
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Address
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

• Hon. Michael S. Lee, United States Senator-Elect, Utah
• Introduction: Mr. Leonard A. Leo, Executive Vice President, The Federalist Society

The Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC

Address by Congressman Michael R. Pence - Event Audio/Video

2010 National Lawyers Convention

November 19, 2010

Michael R. Pence, David M. McIntosh

The following audio was recorded on November 19, 2010.

Address by Congressman Michael R. Pence 11-19-10Running Time:
[ Full Audio - coming soon!]
[ Video on YouTube]

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Address
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

• Hon. Michael R. Pence, United States House of Representatives, Indiana
• Introduction: Hon. David M. McIntosh, Partner, Mayer Brown Row & Maw, LLP and Vice-Chairman, The Federalist Society

The Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC

Our Purpose  

• Law schools and the legal profession are currently strongly dominated by a form of orthodox liberal ideology which advocates a centralized and uniform society.  While some members of the academic community have dissented from these views, by and large they are taught simultaneously with (and indeed as if they were) the law.

• The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order.  It is founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be.  The Society seeks both to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities.

• This entails reordering priorities within the legal system to place a premium on individual liberty, traditional values, and the rule of law.  It also requires restoring the recognition of the importance of these norms among lawyers, judges, law students and professors.  In working to achieve these goals, the Society has created a conservative and libertarian intellectual network that extends to all levels of the legal community.

This  video was originally presented during the 25th Anniversary Gala on Thursday, November 15, 2007.  The Gala was part of the 2007 National Lawyers Convention.