Archive | November, 2013

Justice Scalia Kicks Off 1st Meeting of Federalist Society in Baton Rouge

The Baton Rouge Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy got off to a spectacular start last month. The first-ever meeting of the organization was hosted at the Governor’s Mansion by Gov. Bobby Jindal.  The main speaker for the sold-out event was United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. More […]

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Opinion: 40 Years After CC/73, Louisiana Constitution Still Shines Brightly, Even as Delegates Fade Away

A little more than 40 years ago, I had the unique opportunity as a young man of 26 to serve as a delegate to CC/73, a state constitutional convention, called by the legislature to rewrite the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, the longest constitution in the world.  The work of the convention lasted for 18 months, […]

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