FedSoc Events

On July 19, 2021, the Federalist Society's Financial Services and E-Commerce Practice Group sponsored an online conference titled "The CFPB Turns 10: Evaluating America’s Youngest Federal Financial Regulator." The first panel of the conference asked "What is the CFPB's Legacy?".
Ten years after first opening its doors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau remains one of the most controversial agencies in the federal government. What is it about the agency that continues to inspire partisan passions, and how can the CFPB’s legacy be objectively assessed? This panel will examine the CFPB’s successes and failures over the past decade and evaluate the effect it has had on consumers, industry, and financial markets. The panelists include two former Deputy Directors, each of whom served under both former Director Cordray and former Director Kraninger.
Featuring:

Tom Pahl, Former Deputy Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
David Silberman, Former Acting Deputy Director and Associate Director for Research, Markets, and Rulemaking, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Moderator: Brian Johnson, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

On July 19, 2021, the Federalist Society's Financial Services and E-Regulation Practice Group sponsored an online conference titled "The CFPB Turns 10: Evaluating America's Youngest Federal Financial Regulator." Former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger offered the keynote address, reflecting on her tenure at the CFPB.
Featuring:

Hon. Kathy Kraninger, Former Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Moderator: Brian Johnson, Partner, Alston & Bird

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

On March 10-11, 1989, the Federalist Society's University of Michigan student chapter hosted the eighth annual National Student Symposium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The topic of the conference was "Property: The Founding, The Welfare State, and Beyond." The final panel of the conference covered "Ownership of Life."
Featuring:

Prof. Carl E. Schneider, University of Michigan Law School
Prof. Peter H. Schuck, Yale Law School
Walter M. Weber, Staff Attorney, American Center for Law and Justice
Prof. Anita L. Allen, Georgetown University Law Center
Moderator: Prof. Patricia D. White, University of Michigan Law School

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

Then-Senator Biden said in 2005 that “American citizens have benefited from the Senate’s check on the excesses of the majority” with “minority protections” through the filibuster. Now, however, President Biden believes the filibuster is being abused and, potentially, impeding democracy. Is Senator Biden or President Biden right? Recent pressure from the press and powerful interest groups on the left seem to agree with President Biden and are urging senators to cast aside their centuries-old tradition of parliamentary procedure in favor of simple majority rule. Should they? What are the consequences if the Senate exercises the nuclear option? Can the Senate still act as our cooling saucer and protect against the “excesses of the majority” without the filibuster?
Featuring:

Senator Jon Kyl, Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling, and former United States Congressman and Senator
Martin Gold, Partner, Capitol Counsel LLC
Moderator: Peter Roskam, Partner, Sidley Austin, and former Congressman, Illinois’ 6th Congressional District

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

Bank accounts provide access not only to credit but basic banking and payment services, such as checking and savings accounts. In January 2021, Florida’s Bank United closed Donald Trump’s personal bank account. Other banks have cut off other individuals seemingly because of their political views and have been pressured by activist groups to cut off funding to politically-disfavored industries, such as fossil fuels. These steps follow on the back of the Obama Administration’s Operation Choke Point initiative, under which bank regulators used its supervisory power to de-bank various legal industries such as payday lenders, firearms dealers, home-based charities, and allegedly racist materials. Today, banks have increasingly acted on their own initiative to effectively operate a new voluntary form of Operation Choke Point.
On June 8, 2021, the Federalist Society's Silicon Valley and San Francisco lawyers chapters hosted a discussion on the growing problem of “cancel culture” in the banking industry and what steps should be considered to address it as well as the more general implications for other heavily regulated but crucially important industries beyond banking services.
Featuring:

John Allison, former CEO of BB&T Corp. & former CEO, Cato Institute
Todd Zywicki, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute & George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School
Moderator: Daniel Wheeler, CEO, Sunstone Trust Company

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

On March 10-11, 1989, the Federalist Society's University of Michigan student chapter hosted the eighth annual National Student Symposium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The topic of the conference was "Property: The Founding, The Welfare State, and Beyond." The conference's fourth panel discussed "Intellectual and Informational Property Rights."
Featuring:

Prof. Stephen L. Carter, Yale Law School
Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Prof. Edmund W. Kitch, University of Virginia School of Law
Moderator: Dean Lee C. Bollinger, University of Michigan Law School

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

On March 10-11, 1989, the Federalist Society's University of Michigan student chapter hosted the eighth annual National Student Symposium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The topic of the conference was "Property: The Founding, The Welfare State, and Beyond." The second day of the conference continued with a discussion on "Regulation and Property: Allies or Enemies?"
Featuring:

Prof. Robert C. Ellickson, Yale Law School
Prof. James E. Krier, University of Michigan Law School
Gale A. Norton, Pacific Research Institute
Prof. Richard B. Stewart, Harvard Law School
Moderator: Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

On March 10-11, 1989, the Federalist Society's University of Michigan student chapter hosted the eighth annual National Student Symposium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The topic of the conference was "Property: The Founding, The Welfare State, and Beyond." The second day of the conference commenced with a discussion on "Property and the Constitution."
Featuring:

Prof. Akhil Amar, Yale Law School
Charles Fried, Harvard Law School
Prof. Jeremy Rabkin, Cornell University
Prof. Frederick Schauer, University of Michigan Law School
Moderator: Judge Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

On June 9, 2021, The Federalist Society's Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, New Jersey, Delaware, and Philadelphia Lawyers Chapters hosted a debate about various proposals to transform the Supreme Court.
Is it time to pack the Supreme Court? With the appointments of Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, many progressives are demanding structural changes to the nation's highest court. Members of Congress have proposed adding justices, establishing term limits, and even stripping the Court's jurisdiction. President Biden has assembled a commission to make proposals.
Featuring:


Carrie Severino, Chief Counsel and Policy Director, Judicial Crisis Network
Prof. Ryan Doerfler, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
Moderator: Louis Capozzi, Law Clerk to the Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson at U.S. Courts of Appeals

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

On March 10-11, 1989, the Federalist Society's University of Michigan student chapter hosted the eighth annual National Student Symposium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The topic of the conference was "Property: The Founding, The Welfare State, and Beyond." The first day of the conference concluded with a debate on "Liability: The New 'New Property.'"
Featuring:

Peter Huber, The Manhattan Institute
Prof. Joseph A. Page, Georgetown University Law Center
Moderator: Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.