Last week, RNLA hosted its 19th annual National Policy Conference. The Conference was a huge success. Today, on Law Day, we choose tohighlight one of those addresses: R. Alexander Acosta, current Secretary of Labor and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Dean of the Florida International University College of Law. (emphasis mine)

The RNLA was pleased to present Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt with the 2018 Ed Meese Award at its National Policy Conference on Friday:

Yesterday, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted in part and denied in part the defendants' motion to dismiss in the challenge to U.C. Berkeley's disparate treatment of conservative speakers:

Friday, Judge Michael Mukasey will be addressing the RNLA’s National Policy Conference. Judge Mukasey is also, of course, a former U.S. Attorney General with an insider's knowledge of what the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) can, and cannot, do. That topic came up on a recent episode of the Laura Ingraham show. First, Judge Mukasey is emphatic that former FBI Director James Comey’s memos that are the basis of his book and talk show appearances are classified:

The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Abbott v. Perez, two consolidated racial redistricting cases out of Texas.  This is a long-running case:

South Texas Law Professor Josh Blackman, who was years before head of the RNLA’s George Mason Law School Chapter, was speaking at a Federalist Society Chapter event at City University of New York Law School when he was protested. He details some of the reactions on his blog (post censored):

The RNLA is pleased to announce that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will speak at the National Policy Conference next Friday. 

We are pleased to have Carrie Severino speak on one of our breakout panels on "Restoring the Rule of Law to the Judiciary" at RNLA’s National Policy Conference.  Carrie is one of the leading experts on the judicial confirmation process and the qualifications of federal judicial nominees.  Carrie has been in this role for years through both Republican and Democrat control of the White House and Senate.  A few of her recent views.

Tom Spencer has an article at the Daily Signal that makes a great point: “When It Comes to Protecting Our Elections, States Know What They’re Doing:”. While some have been screaming the 2016 election was hacked, the reality is that not a single vote was hacked and the states are doing a great job of protecting the security of elections from hacking. The states running elections is a good thing for cybersecurity as Tomexplains:

RNLA member and 2016 Vermont Republican Attorney General candidate Deborah Bucknam describes the importance of good election administration practices and how poor election administration and poor advice from state election officials disenfranchise voters: