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CFJ Joins Coalition Letter on Intellectual Property Principles
James Madison elaborated on this provision of the Constitution in Federalist Paper #43: With regard to intellectual property, as with all pr
Ashley N. Baker
Mar 18, 2019


CFJ Letter to Senate Judiciary: When regulating data privacy, don't make America more like Europe
Trying to reinvent the wheel through data privacy regulations would make the United States less great and more like Europe. It is best to pr
Ashley Baker
Mar 18, 2019


Panel: Approaches to Regulating Technology—From Privacy to A.I.
There is new energy and momentum to legislate on technology issues—particularly when it comes to privacy, competition, and artificial...
Ashley N. Baker
Mar 10, 2019


Friday Round-Up
In a Federalist Society video, Ashley Baker discusses 'the potential implications of Justice [Neil] Gorsuch’s reasoning in his … dissent
SCOTUSblog
Mar 1, 2019


American Artificial Intelligence Strategy Offers Promising Start
Recognizing that investment in AI is “critical to creating the industries of the future,” President Trump issued an executive order directin
Op-ed published in The Hill
Mar 1, 2019


Federalist Society POLICYbrief Episode: Justice Gorsuch, Carpenter, & the Fourth Amendment
What are the potential implications of Justice Gorsuch’s reasoning in his Carpenter dissent? What does his dissent mean for privacy advocate
Ashley N. Baker
Mar 1, 2019


The Anatomy of Cellphone Eavesdropping
The following summarizes some of the operations that can be performed by cell-site simulators, although specific techniques vary according t
Julian Gehman
Feb 26, 2019


CFJ Joins Letter Opposing Overuse of National Injunctions
These injunctions allow District courts sweeping power to bind the entire country, beyond the scope of their current jurisdiction. We echo t
Ashley N. Baker
Feb 15, 2019


More Ugliness on Judicial Confirmation
Ashley Baker of Committee for Justice has this op-ed on the ugly politics behind the opposition to the nomination of Naomi Rao for USCA-DC..
Crime & Consequences
Feb 12, 2019


CFJ Joins Conservative Leaders in Letter of Support for Neomi Rao
Professor Rao’s academic qualifications and professional experiences are exceptional — Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Yale University, Juri
Ashley N. Baker
Feb 9, 2019


Lessons from Kavanaugh Replacement Hearing – Democrats are Clueless about Conservative Women
An irony of Democrats' judicial confirmation politics is that their efforts to thwart nominations deliberately and disproportionately im
Op-ed published in Fox News
Feb 8, 2019


Conservatives Oppose H.R. 1, a Partisan Attack on the First Amendment
While House Democrats cloak the bill in terms of “restoring democracy” and “preventing corruption,” the legislation has one goal: to protect
Ashley N. Baker
Jan 31, 2019
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