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 Welcome to the USU Political Science Department
Old Main Room 320
The Political Science Department is pleased to announce that it will be holding a conference titled “Freedom and the Rule of Law,” September 15-16, 2008 at Utah State University. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court. Justice Scalia's lecture will be held Monday, September 15, 2008 from 12 - 1 p.m. in the Evan Stevenson Ballroom, Taggart Student Center, Utah State University. It is open to the public.
In addition to Justice Scalia's talk, ten lectures by nationally recognized political scientists and legal scholars will be delivered September 15-16, following Justice Scalia's talk. All of those lectures as well will be held in the Evan Stevenson Ballroom at USU and are also open to the public. A schedule for the lectures is listed below.
The relationship between freedom and the rule of law has been central to the development of American constitutionalism since ratification of the Constitution. The lecturers who will be delivering their talks following Justice Scalia's address touch on such important themes as the history of the rule of law, the relationship of presidential war powers to individual rights under the Constitution, the moral conditions of liberty, Progressivism and the rule of law, the Voting Rights Act, and theories of constitutional interpretation, including that of Justice Scalia. These talks will be given by some of the leading authorities in their field. Students and members of the public will have a chance to ask questions following the talks given by these individuals. We invite one and all to attend and participate.
FREEDOM AND THE RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE
DIRECTOR: ANTHONY A. PEACOCK
SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS
All presentations will take place in the Evan Stevenson Ballroom
in the Taggart Student Center at Utah State University
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA, United States Supreme Court
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.
RALPH ROSSUM, Department of Government, Claremont McKenna College
Paper: "Antonin Scalia and the Rule of Law: The Textualist Foundation of the 'Law of Rules."
3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
JOYCE LEE MALCOLM, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Paper: "Freedom and the Rule of Law : An Ingenious Legacy"
4:30 - 5:15 p.m.
JOHN EASTMAN, Dean, Chapman University School of Law
Paper: "The Moral Conditions of Liberty,"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
ANTHONY A. PEACOCK, Department of Political Science, Utah State University
Paper: "When the Rule of Law Can Undermine the Rule of Law: Hamdi and the Founders on War and Necessity"
10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
LOUIS FISHER, Specialist in Constitutional Law, Law Library, Library of Congress
Paper: "National Security Law: The Judicial Role"
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
KATHERINE INGLIS BUTLER, University of South Carolina School of Law
Paper: "The Voting Rights Act's Assault on Geographically Based Representation"
11:45 - 1:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
JEREMY A. RABKIN, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Paper: "Natural Law, Foreign Law, and Our Law"
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.
ED WHELAN, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Paper: "Original-Meaning Jurisprudence, Judicial Restraint, and Democratic Freedom"
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. BREAK
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.
BRADLEY C. S. WATSON, Philip M. McKenna Chair, Saint Vincent College
Paper: "Progressivism and the Decline of the Rule of Law"
4:45 - 5: 30 p.m.
JAMES STRICKLER, Department of Political Science, Utah State University
Paper: "Constitutional Cassandra: The Prophetic Fears of Brutus, the Anti-Federalist."
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W e are deeply saddened to bid farewell to one of our majors, David Mark Heiner, class of 2010, who passed away on June 18, 2008. David saw politics and government as a way to make the world better. In pursuit of this dream, David took every opportunity to serve at Utah State University. He was elected as a board member of the Political Science Honors Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, and he served on the Advisory Council for ASUSU where he organized many activities and campaigns for student government. He served as an undergraduate Teaching Fellow in the Department and was scheduled to be the new peer advisor for Political Science starting this fall. His ability to connect with students and convey enthusiasm for the subject matter made him an invaluable resource to us. David also helped in numerous ways around the Department, including the compilation and administration of the new website where he acted as blog master. He had big plans for the site this next year and we will miss his many contributions. David had planned an internship in Washington DC this coming year where we have no doubt he would have left an impression as large as the one he made on our Department.
In honor of David's memory, The Heiner family is establishing a scholarship in the Department of Political Science at Utah State University to support student internship activities.
In order to contribute to the David Heiner Scholarship in Political Science, you may mail a check payable to The U.S.U Political Science Department to
Dr. Roberta Herzberg
Department of Political Science
Utah State University
UMC – 0725
Logan, UT 84322-0725
Please mark the check with David Heiner Scholarship in the memo line.
Alternatively, you may give directly on line at this secure server
https://www.usu.edu/giving/
You may click on this link or by copying and pasting it into your address line.
When giving, please pull down to “other” in the first menu and then write David Heiner scholarship in the comments box. On the next screen you may note that it is a memorial gift by checking memorial box and writing David Heiner's name. By clicking on memorial, it will send notification to the family of your gift. If you wish to use American Express Cards to make your gift, please call the Development office directly at (435) 797-1320 and they will process it for you.
Using either method, you will receive a letter recognizing your tax-deductible contribution to Utah State University.
Thanks to all of you who wish to honor David Heiner in this way. Future students will continue to benefit from the spirit of generosity we all associate with David.
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