Doug Bandow, left, of the International Economic for the Institute for Policy Innovation and Chris Watford (3L), President of the Campbell Law chapter of the Federalist Society

Mr. Doug Bandow, the Cobden Fellow in International Economic for the Institute for Policy Innovation in Lewisville, Texas, addressed members of the Campbell Law Federalist Society on Tuesday October 16, 2007.  Mr. Bandow is also the Robert A. Taft Fellow at American Conservative Defense Alliance. He is the author of Foreign Follies: America's New Global Empire (Xulon Press). He served as a Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Deputy Representative to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.

The topic of the presentation was immigration and the effect of globalization on the United States and the world.  Mr. Bandow discussed how many industrialized countries have seen an infusion of people and influences from other countries.  He discussed how this has had an effect on the global economy and the push from Third World countries for a global economic alliance that would benefit the poorer countries.

The next Campbell Law Federalist Society speaker will be Dr. Todd J. Zywicki, a Research Fellow with the James Buchanan Center at George Mason University School of Law.  Mr. Zywicki will speak on October 25, 2007 on the topic of “Why the Seventeenth Amendment is a Bad Idea.”

The Federalist Society is a non-partisan organization dedicated to the core beliefs of the Founding Fathers. It is founded on the principles that:

• The state exists to preserve freedom
• The separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution
• It is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be

The Society seeks both to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through activities such as debates, guest speakers, and a trip to the Supreme Court.