May 15, 2018 2018 Bradley Symposium: The State of the Constitution
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
8:00 am - 11:30 am
The Heritage Foundation
Featuring
8:00 - 9:00 A.M. - CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00-9:15 A.M. - WELCOMING REMARKS
Kay Coles James
President, The Heritage Foundation
Edwin J. Feulner, Jr.
Founder, The Heritage Foundation
PANEL DISCUSSIONS MODERATED BY
Hans von Spakovsky
Manager, Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow, Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation
9:15 - 10:15 A.M - PANEL I: DROWNING IN BUREAUCRACY
Christopher DeMuth
The Administrative State - Congress as Co-Conspirator
Robert Alt
The Administrative Threat to Civil Liberties
Charles R. Kesler
Constitutional Decay
10:15 - 10:30 A.M. - BREAK
10:30 - 11:30 A.M. - PANEL II: RULE OF LAW
Victor Davis Hanson
The Back Story to Illegal Immigration
Andrew C. McCarthy
Obstruction Confusions
J. Christian Adams
Election Integrity: How the Left Uses Fights Over Rules to Transform the Nation
11:30 A.M. - ADJOURN
Description
In 2005, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee began a tradition of convening a wide-ranging and substantive symposium on important political and cultural issues facing the country with prominent intellectuals, commentators, activists, and philanthropists. This year, conservative thinkers will gather for a panel-style discussion on “The State of the Constitution” at The Heritage Foundation.
COMMENTARY 6 min read
BACKGROUNDER About an hour read
HERITAGE LECTURE 21 min read