Events
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Eliminating Fraud or Infringing a Right? - Voter I.D. Laws
February 7, 2012
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3043
Duke Law School
The Federalist Society presents Mr. J. Christian Adams from the Election Law Center and Professor Atiba Ellis (L '00) from the West Virginia University College of Law for a debate on voter identification laws. Cosponsored by the Program in Public Law. -
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 and the Kenan Institute for Ethics present an exciting panel discussion on the Supreme Court's recent decision to hear arguments in Arizona v. United States.





