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Are Some Legal Positions Indefensible?

Wed, Jun 07

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Milwaukee

Our republic depends on the core notion of being a “government not of men, but of laws.” But the content of law often cannot be ascertained without contestation. How is our legal culture doing in promoting the legitimate contestations of law’s contents? Prof. McGinnis will consider this question.

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 Are Some Legal Positions Indefensible?
 Are Some Legal Positions Indefensible?

Time & Location

Jun 07, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Milwaukee, 706 N Jefferson St, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA

About the Event

Please join the Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society at the Milwaukee Club on June 7, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. for an event featuring John O. McGinnis, George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

Our republic depends on the core notion of being a “government not of men, but of laws.” But the content of law often cannot be ascertained without contestation. How is our legal culture doing in promoting the legitimate contestations of law’s contents? Professor McGinnis will consider this question, paying particular attention to the influence of the legal academy.

John O. McGinnis is the George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He also has an MA degree from Balliol…

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