Willamette University College of Law Federalist Society

Tonight at 6pm in room 201 Professor Green will debate guest Professor Ken Klukowski on the issue of religious liberty and discrimination after the Supreme Court's recent decision legalizing same s*x marriage.

Justice Egan of the Oregon Court of Appeals will moderate. Bring your questions, as there will be a Q&A session afterwards. There will be food and refreshments. Everyone is welcome. I hope to see you all there!

Don't miss this great debate!

The Federalist Society will be hosting its Organizational Meeting tomorrow at 12:30pm in Room 217. At the meeting we will discuss upcoming Federalist Society events, and chapter organization. We will also be joined by guest speaker Tyler Smith, of Tyler Smith and Associates LLP and the current Vice-Chair of the Oregon Republican Party.

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/04/oregon_needs_its_own_religious.html

Here's the WUCL Federalist Society's latest piece!

Oregon needs its own religious-protection law (OPINION) By Andrew Downs Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, set off a recent media firestorm when he attacked Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, claiming that it was a license to discriminate. In response, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and Multnomah County...

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/04/when_everything_is_a_crime_geo.html

Here may be a bit of a preview for tonights speaker, Robert Alt.

When everything is a crime: George Will The overcriminalization of American life might catalyze an appreciation of the toll the administrative state is taking on the criminal justice system, and liberty generally.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/04/03/gov-still-struggles-care-oregons-veterans/25262601/

Here's the WUCL Federalist Society's latest piece, appearing in the Statesman Journal.

The gov. still struggles to care for Oregon’s veterans Give veterans access to “medical savings accounts.”

http://oregoncatalyst.com/30224-oregon-gop-appeal-moderates-win.html -30224

Here is the WUCL Fed Soc's latest opinion piece. Enjoy!

Oregon GOP must appeal to moderates to win | The Oregon Catalyst Last week the Oregon House Republicans – outnumbered, outgunned, and surrounded – fixed bayonets and charged into a six hour floor debate on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (“LCFS”), a backdoor gas-tax that brings no revenue into the state coffers for roads and infrastructure while also doing very litt…

Here's the link to the WUCL Fed Soc article for Oregon Catalyst.

http://oregoncatalyst.com/30037-wellmeaning-vaccination-requirement-harm-wa-foster-children.html

Well-meaning vaccination requirement may actually harm WA foster children | The Oregon Catalyst In January Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services promulgated WAC 388-148-1320, compelling all persons in a licensed foster home with foster children two years of age or younger to have proof of full immunizations. This regulation makes it so that foster homes are restricted fro…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j6zjBsUIpM

What is the Federalist Society? http://www.fed-soc.org/ The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state...