The Federalist Society Presents Ted Cruz and Noel Francisco speaking on Medellin v Texas

Last month, the University of Chicago’s chapter of the Federalist Society hosted a panel discussion on Medellin v Texas with Ted Cruz and Noel Francisco '96. Cruz is currently the Solicitor General of Texas and recently argued Medellin for the State of Texas before the United States Supreme Court. Francisco is a former Associate White House Counsel and Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, and was central in developing the Bush Administration’s strategy for dealing with the legal issues raised by Medellin. It was a great opportunity to hear and in-depth and interesting discussion between two experts—and close personal friends—on a complex and textured case. The podcast is definitely worth a listen.

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[lost and found]

The podcast is DEFINITELY worth a listen.

[tomasalsa]

Well worth the wait, thankyou.

[JB]

Great podcast, guys!

[Emma Mittelstaedt]

Yeah, seriously, it was totally interesting!

[DoubleShot]

My favorite part was the talking about Medellin

[James Burnham]

I love listening to these on my iPod, at the gym.

[AKirg]

James:

Missed the event, and don't have an iPod. Was wondering if you wanted to get together sometime to discuss Medellin and catch me up to speed.

Thanks,

AK

[LAK]

Does the Federalist Society still sacrifice a minority child to the ghosts of George Wallace and Strom Thurmond at every meeting? What a proud proud heritage! Go states rights!

[Joan A. Conway,]

There was a recent time when no one could say anything the federal government as far as I was concerned. But I see lots of work that needs to be done, because Congress has taken advantage of many of us with their oxymoron legislation needing an Article III, Section 2 challenge.

But the State Court have far too many problems and the state of the state law is too far behind the advances of computer time, and the internet to make me quickly change sides to State Rights.

The Reagan Administration was a State Rights advocate, and they tried to disband the U.S. Department of Educaiton during the budget crunch of 1983, and outing Secretary Bell, in the process. Remember all those disabled people fending for themselves when the government needed their allotment from the federal government. Please can't we all agree that the very rich have money to burn and their tax cuts during bad times just doesn't make sense, at least to me.

[AKirg]

right on sister