April 2008

President's Message for April
An article by Mr. J. Caleb Boggs III
From the very founding of our nation, Americans have been resistant to what we perceive as excessive taxation by the government. For a majority of our history, the United States did not have a federal income tax. Indeed, at one point a federal income tax on individuals was actually found to be illegal and unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

RNLA Spotlight: Helgi C. Walker
An article by Mr. Chapin Fay
Editor Chapin Fay interviews Helgi C. Walker, Wiley Rein, LLP about her experience in the White House Counsel's Office and her clerkship with Justice Clarence Thomas.

Review: Real Change: From the World that Fails to the World that Works
An article by Ms. Kimberly Loontjer
Lack of substance is not a charge that can be made against Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, regarding his new book Real Change: From the World that Fails to the World that Works. The book comprehensively critiques the current political environment hostile towards real change and reform, encourages citizens to become re-engaged with the political process to effect change and offers solutions for a broad range of issues from entitlement programs to prison reform, green conservatism to competitive entrepreneuralship.

The RNLA welcomes its members’ ideas and articles. Please submit your ideas for articles or your own articles to The Republican Lawyer Editor Chapin Fay.