Siegel paper on tax power gets high recommendation
Prof. Neil Siegel and co-author offer distinction between taxes and penalties relevant to pending health care case (February 2, 2012). » Legal Theory Blog

H. Jefferson Powell to return to Duke Law faculty
Powell leaves post as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel (February 1, 2012).

Charles to brief U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Feb. 3
Prof. Guy Charles will discuss enforcement of the Voting Rights Act with the bipartisan agency. (January 30, 2012) » NEWS.GNOM.ES

The Court and the Affordable Care Act
February 27, 2012
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Duke Law Professors Neil Siegel, Maggie Lemos, Barak Richman, and Stephen Sachs discuss the Constitutional challenges to the health care law, the issues/arguments involved in these challenges, and thoughts about what the Court should do, will do, and how much it matters (i.e., which health care system problems will persist, whatever the Court decides).

2012 We the People State Competition: The Citizen and the Constitution
March 9, 2012
8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Duke Law School
Sponsored by the Program in Public Law and the North Carolina Bar Association
The primary goal of this instructional program is to promote civic competence and responsibility in elementary, middle, and high school students.

A Debate on the Constitutionality of the Filibuster
March 19, 2012
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Professors Josh Chafetz (Cornell) and Michael Gerhardt (UNC-CH) discuss whether the Constitution permits supermajority rule in a house of Congress, what effect the filibuster has on the constitutional separation of powers, and what (if anything) can or should be done to alter or abolish the filibuster.

The Supreme Court & Arizona's "Racial Profiling Law": The Constitutionality of SB 1070
March 22, 2012
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3043
Duke Law School
The Program in Public Law, Kenan Institute for Ethics, and American Constitution Society (Washington, DC) present an exciting panel discussion on the Supreme Court's recent decision to hear arguments in Arizona v. United States.

China Environmental Policy
March 29, 2012
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
The Program in Public Law and the Center for Comparative and International Law present a panel discussion on China environmental policy. Professor Paul Haagen moderates. Berkeley Professor Alex Wang joins Duke Law Professors Donald Clarke, Jonathan Ocko, James Salzman, and Jonathan Wiener for this engaging talk.