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Center for Legal and Judicial Studies

Staff Members

  • Stephanie Bortner img Stephanie Bortner

    Special Assistant to Edwin Meese III

  • Christine Carletta img Christine Carletta

    Administrative and Research Assistant

  • Elizabeth Garvey img Elizabeth Garvey

    Legal Policy Analyst

  • Todd Gaziano img Todd Gaziano

    Director, Center for Legal & Judicial Studies

  • Andrew Grossman img Andrew Grossman

    Visiting Fellow

  • Jessica Kline img Jessica Kline

    Program Manager

  • Paul Larkin

    Senior Legal Research Fellow

  • Edwin Meese III img Edwin Meese III

    Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies

  • Paul Rosenzweig img Paul Rosenzweig

    Visiting Fellow

  • Jason Snead

    Staff Assistant

  • Hans von Spakovsky img Hans von Spakovsky

    Senior Legal Fellow / Manager, Civil Justice Reform Initiative

Research and Publications from Center for Legal and Judicial Studies
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  • Issue Brief on May 10, 2012 The FOCUS Act Hearing: Unpersuasive Criticisms and Tacit Admissions
  • Legal Memorandum on May 8, 2012 The FOCUS Act and Environmentalism
  • Issue Brief on May 8, 2012 CISPA Disappoints in the End
  • Issue Brief on May 7, 2012 The FOCUS Act and Federal Law Enforcement
  • Issue Brief on April 27, 2012 Target Cyber-Oppressors, Not U.S. Businesses
  • Issue Brief on April 24, 2012 CISPA Amendments Make the Good Even Better
  • Issue Brief on April 20, 2012 Supreme Court Immigration Showdown: Why States Can Enforce Immigration Laws
  • Issue Brief on March 20, 2012 Juvenile Life Sentences: Constitutionality of Life Without Parole for Teenage Murderers
  • Issue Brief on March 19, 2012 Lessons from the Voter ID Experience in Georgia
  • Legal Memorandum on March 16, 2012 Defanging the Lacey Act: The Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012
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  • Play Movie Paul Larkin on Over-Criminalization on CBN Video on Wednesday, March 28, 2012

    Paul Larkin on Over-Criminalization on CBN Paul Larkin discusses over-criminalization on CBN. …


  • Play Movie Obamacare at the Supreme Court: Day Three (2/2) Video on Tuesday, March 27, 2012

    Obamacare at the Supreme Court: Day Three (2/2)


  • Play Movie Obamacare at the Supreme Court: Day Three (1/2) Video on Tuesday, March 27, 2012

    Obamacare at the Supreme Court: Day Three (1/2)


  • Play Movie Obamacare at the Supreme Court: Day Two Video on Monday, March 26, 2012

    Obamacare at the Supreme Court: Day Two


  • Video on Sunday, March 25, 2012

    Obamacare at the Supreme Court: Day One


  • Play Movie Hans von Spakovsky on Voter ID Laws on PBS Video on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

    Hans von Spakovsky on Voter ID Laws on PBS Hans von Spakovsky discusses voter ID laws on PBS. …


  • Play Movie Hans von Spakovsky on Voting Rights on FNC Video on Monday, December 19, 2011

    Hans von Spakovsky on Voting Rights on FNC Hans von Spakovsky comments on voting rights and the Constitution. …


  • Play Movie Hans von Spakovsky on Voter ID on Washington Journal Video on Monday, November 07, 2011

    Hans von Spakovsky on Voter ID on Washington Journal Hans von Spakovsky discusses voter ID laws on CSPAN's Washington Journal. …


  • Play Movie Hans von Spakovsky on Voter ID on CNN Video on Friday, November 04, 2011

    Hans von Spakovsky on Voter ID on CNN Hans von Spakovsky discusses voter ID laws. …


  • Play Movie Hans von Spakovsky on Campaign Finance Reform on PBS Video on Sunday, October 16, 2011

    Hans von Spakovsky on Campaign Finance Reform on PBS Hans von Spakovsky discusses campaign finance reform and elections. …


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  • Backgrounder posted May 14, 2012 by Steven Groves U.N. Law of the Sea: U.S. Accession Unnecessary to Secure Oil and Gas Resources
  • Backgrounder posted May 14, 2012 by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Bryan Riley Magnitsky Act: Russia's WTO Membership and Human Rights Issues
  • Backgrounder posted March 1, 2006 by Tim Kane, Ph.D., Kirk Johnson, Ph.D. The Real Problem with Immigration... and the Real Solution
  • Backgrounder posted January 5, 2004 by Robert Rector, Kirk Johnson, Ph.D. Understanding Poverty in America
  • Backgrounder posted March 15, 2005 by Daniel Mitchell, Ph.D. The Impact of Government Spending on Economic Growth
  • Backgrounder posted October 22, 2009 by Thomas Messner The Price of Prop 8
  • America at Risk Memo posted May 14, 2012 by Peter Brookes Protect America from What Threats?
  • Lecture posted May 15, 2012 by The Honorable Jon Kyl Preserving American Sovereignty with Superior National Defense
  • Backgrounder posted September 13, 2011 by Robert Rector, Rachel Sheffield Understanding Poverty in the United States: Poverty USA
  • Issue Brief posted May 14, 2012 by J.D. Foster, Ph.D. Medicare Trustees Report: Reform Imminent
  • Blog Post on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 'I Cannot Be Silent': Chen Guangcheng Speaks on Abuse, Forced Abortion
  • Infographic on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 JPMorgan Chase numbers
  • Blog Post on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 G-8: Hiding in the Woods
  • Blog Post on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Immigration: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
  • Backgrounder posted May 16, 2012 by Luke Coffey 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago: NATO in need of American Leadership
  • Blog Post on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Latino Voters: Education More Important Than Immigration
  • Blog Post on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Franciscan University Stands Strong for Faith and Freedom
  • Blog Post on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Standoff Between China and an American Ally in the Pacific
  • Blog Post on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Family Fact of the Week: Pro-Marriage Studies the Press Isn't Reporting
  • Blog Post on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Growing Uncertainty at the Top in Beijing
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  • May 17
    Event on Thursday, May 17, 2012 A View from the Armed Services Committee

    A Conservative Women's Network luncheon. — Read more

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  • May 17
    Event on Thursday, May 17, 2012 Challenging Convention in U.S.-Taiwan Relations

    America’s "unofficial" relationship with Taiwan is by far its most heavily regulated. Where Taiwan diplomats are allowed to travel in the U.S., which government buildings — Read more

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  • May 18
    Event on Friday, May 18, 2012 An Act of Solidarity with the People of Cuba: The Struggle for Freedom Continues

    Co-hosted by May 20 marks the — Read more

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  • May 21
    Event on Monday, May 21, 2012 The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise

    Entrepreneurship, personal responsibility, and upward mobility: these traditions are at the heart of the free enterprise system, and have — Read more

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  • May 22
    Event on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America

    In a nation whose debt has outgrown the size of its entire economy, the greatest threat comes not from any foreign force but from Washington — Read more

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  • May 22
    Event on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Untangling the Web of Pakistani Terrorist Groups and their Links to al-Qaeda

    The recently released documents found at Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad reveal the importance of al-Qaeda affiliate organizations in carrying out the terrorist group’s — Read more

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  • May 24
    Event on Thursday, May 24, 2012 Fighting the Ideological War: Lessons from the United Kingdom and the United States

    Co-sponsored by   The Obama Administration has had a longstanding policy of trying to remove all — Read more

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  • May 31
    Event on Thursday, May 31, 2012 The Common Defense: What It Means to Conservatives

    The Preamble of the Constitution gives paramount importance to the federal government to “provide for the common defense.” Yet, there is a growing misconception that — Read more

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  • May 31
    Event on Thursday, May 31, 2012 Castro's Secrets: The CIA and Cuba's Intelligence Machine

    In Castro’s Secrets, acclaimed author and intelligence expert Brian Latell offers a strikingly original view of Fidel Castro in — Read more

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  • Jun 07
    Event on Thursday, June 07, 2012 Age of Delirium

    Join us for this special screening and a conversation with David Satter, author of Age of Delirium, the book — Read more

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  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 11:00:58 AM 'I Cannot Be Silent': Chen Guangcheng Speaks on Abuse, Forced Abortion
  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 10:30:02 AM G-8: Hiding in the Woods
  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 10:00:43 AM Immigration: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 9:00:16 AM Latino Voters: Education More Important Than Immigration
  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 8:30:20 AM Franciscan University Stands Strong for Faith and Freedom
  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 8:00:16 AM Standoff Between China and an American Ally in the Pacific
  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 7:00:41 AM Family Fact of the Week: Pro-Marriage Studies the Press Isn't Reporting
  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 6:00:01 AM Growing Uncertainty at the Top in Beijing
  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 5:17:50 AM Morning Bell: President Me
  • Blog Post on 5/16/2012 3:44:58 AM VIDEO: Military's Aging Aviation Force Puts America at Risk
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