President’s Message: Firsts
After the Court rises for the summer recess and Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement becomes effective, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will…
President’s Message: Why the FBA?
Bar associations across the board have seen their membership numbers dip these past two years during the COVID pandemic, and…
President’s Message- COVID and Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of us. It has redefined how we work and how we live. Though it…
President’s Message- The Constitution and Me
This year, National Past President W. West Allen wrote a five-part series on the U.S. Constitution focused on the principles…
President’s Message-On The Shoulders of Giants
I have been a member of the FBA my entire legal career—20 years to be exact. Though my career has…
President’s Message-The Constitution Liberates Us: The Rule of Law and How It Enables Equal Protection, Justice, and an Enduring Freedom for All
[I]n America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the…
President’s Message: The Constitution Guarantees Us
The Constitution Guarantees Us: The Bill of Rights and America’s Declaration of the People’s Unalienable Civil Liberties The U.S. Constitution…
President’s Message: The Constitution Safeguards Us
The Constitution Safeguards Us: Separation of Powers and Inhibiting the Consolidation of Governmental Authority Through Checks and Balances The Founders…
President’s Message: The Constitution Empowers Us
The Constitution Empowers Us: Federalism and Protecting Civil Rights Through Diffused Government The first constitutional principle of popular sovereignty necessitates…
Founding Fathers’ Message on Unity and Civic Charity Is More Relevant Than Ever
We the People, as judges, lawyers, and engaged citizens, are the guardians of the U.S. Constitution. We must understand, teach,…
President’s Message: The Constitution Unites Us
The Constitution Unites Us: Popular Sovereignty and Why We Have Government In my Presidential Installation remarks offered on Constitution Day,…
President’s Message: We Are the Guardians of the Constitution
We Are the Guardians of the Constitution: Remembering Our Oath and Covenant of Citizenship Federal Bar Association Presidential Installation Ceremony Remarks…