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EPPC President Ed Whelan's Testimony on Kagan Nomination
By Edward Whelan
Posted: Friday, July 16, 2010

PRESS RELEASES & NEWS
Publication Date: July 1, 2010

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, EPPC President Ed Whelan critiqued Senate Democrats' flimsy attacks on the Roberts Court and explained that "any sober assessment of the current reality and future risk of judicial activism provides further compelling reason to vote against the Kagan nomination."

Read his complete testimony here, and watch his oral testimony here (initial presentation beginning at 01:56:06, and answers to questions at 02:18:13, 02:23:23, and 02:26:31).

Green Bag Honors EPPC Amicus Brief

The Green Bag has bestowed its award for Exemplary Legal Writing for 2005 on EPPC's amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court defending the presence of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the Texas capitol. Congratulations and thanks to Mark A. Perry, Daniel J. Davis, Ryan P. Meyers, and Dustin K. Palmer, all of the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, for their outstanding work. This EPPC brief was one of only two briefs to receive this award. 

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The Next Supreme Court Vacancy
Lessons from the Roberts and Alito Confirmation Processes
Mar 14, 2006

Two leading commentators on the Roberts and Alito nominations, EPPC President Ed Whelan and New Republic legal affairs editor Jeffrey Rosen, explored what lessons can be drawn from the successful confirmations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. If President Bush has the opportunity to nominate another Supreme Court justice, how can the Administration best apply those lessons in order to achieve another victory? How can opponents wage a more effective campaign against a future Bush nominee? Washington Post reporter Charles Lane, one of the nation's best Supreme Court reporters, moderated the discussion. Audio of this event is now available.

Justice Antonin Scalia Launches EPPC Lecture Series
Supreme Court Justice speaks on "The Courts and Democracy"
Sep 20, 2004

What is the appropriate role of the federal judiciary in our republic? What would the Framers of the Constitution think of today's activist judges? Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia helped launch EPPC's Fall 2004 lecture series with remarks on "The Courts and Democracy."
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M. Edward Whelan III
Blogging on the Courts

EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here.

Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog has said, "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours." 


The views expressed by EPPC scholars in their work are their individual views only and are not to be imputed to EPPC as an institution.
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