On C-Span's "Washington Journal," EPPC President Ed Whelan criticized the Obamacare's contraception mandate as a stark violation of religious liberty. Watch his segment below or at C-Span here.

 

 

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. 

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."