Last month, the RNLA honored Bobby Burchfield as the recipient of the2015 Republican Lawyer of the Year.  Many gathered to celebrate the accomplishments that Bobby has done for the Republican Party including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus as well as President and CEO of American Crossroads, Steven Law.

California and Oregon both passed mandatory voter registration laws this year and, if Democrats have their way, they are only the first of many. A Democratic group called iVote which is led by Jeremy Bird, a top Obama campaign aide, plans to spend millions of dollars in an effort to push mandatory voter registration laws.

To quote former president Calvin Coolidge, "The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."  It is important that we remember all the lives that were lost as well as honor and thank all of the veterans for protecting our freedom this Veterans this day. 

There is a legitimate debate on the Senate Filibuster going on within Republican ranks.   Should Republicans end the Senate Filibuster which required 60 votes on legislation?  Two months again Congressman Lamar Smith wrote a letter to Senate Leadership asking for just that:

The Democratic Party has recently taken to using cries of voter suppression as an attack against Republican elected officials, candidates, and policies. From limits on early voting to voter ID, Democrats are quick to levy the charge of voter suppression, but a professor from UC-Berkely recently held up a mirror to the country's left-wing and revealed an ugly reality.

Noel Johnson, an attorney at the Public Interest Legal Foundation, recently wrote a piece outlining the numerous failures of the ACLU and other anti-voter ID parties in Wisconsin. Beginning with the 7th Circuit's determination that Wisconsin's voter ID law violates neither the constitution nor the Federal Voting Rights Act, voter ID opponents in Wisconsin have continued to "strike out."

Marc Elias, the same Clinton campaign attorney behind the recent claim in Virginia that the simple act of showing an ID at the polls (not obtaining one) constitutes an undue burden on the right to vote, brought a federal challenge to voting laws in Ohio earlier this year.

Today, Representative Paul Ryan received the necessary votes to be elected the new Speaker of the House.  In a press release, the RNLA and its leadership congratulates Representative Ryan for being called to serve in this new leadership role.

Last week in a 2-1 decision, the Eastern District Court of Virginia, decided the case Bethune-Hill et al v. Virginia State Board of Elections et al.  Written by Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne, the Court upheld the House of Delegates’ redistricting plan adopted in 2011.  Judge Payne concluded that “each of the twelve Challenged Districts withstands constitutional scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause.”

Florida attorney, former RNLA First Vice President and current RNLA Advisory Council Member Thomas Spencer recently shared his story with RNLA Florida Chapter Leader Pedro Allende. Read about why he became a lawyer, and other issues facing national security.  For links to other interviews and more details on our Florida Chapter, check out RNLA's Florida Facebook page.