Regis HS swept the NYC district debate tournament winning the top four places and qualifying three teams to the NFL National Tournament in June. In lieu of a final round, the two qualifying Regis teams agreed to perform in an exhibition round on the topic.

The so-called Citizens United case offers the Supreme Court a chance to severely curtail the free speech abuses of the Federal Election Commission. John Samples, Director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Representative Government, Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Steve Simpson and George Mason University law professor Allison Hayward weigh in.

Brad Hicks is the coach at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. His insights are provided as part of the Sunvitational Seminar Series hosted by University School in Florida.

Scott Segal is co-head of the federal government relations and strategic communications practices at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP. A practicing lawyer, Mr. Segal assists clients with effective participation in the legislative and regulatory processes in many areas of government operation, including environment, energy, trade and consumer issues. He also has led campaigns for clients in [...]

Jason Kline, the coach at Myers Park High School in North Carolina shares his insights on the policies and practice of Public Forum Debate.

The New School How to Return Democracy to the People Today, the need for campaign money affects who runs for public office and who wins our elections. Furthermore, once elected, our leaders must spend more and more time raising campaign funds, which means less time doing the public’s business – The New School Americans for [...]

Commonwealth Club A Troubling Nexus with Senators Bill Bradley and Alan Simpson speaking at The Commonwealth Club of California. Two former senators reach across the aisle to take an inside look at the impact of big money on our political system. They discuss how money influences who runs for office, who gets elected and the [...]

Leading a public discussion on ethics and public pension reform on June 24, 2009, State Representative Will Brownsberger (Belmont) responds to an audience member asking, “Why can’t we ban lobbyists?”

Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig introduces the Safra lecture series with a discussion on institutional corruption. He explores the prevalence of this form of corruption in fields ranging from politics to medicine to journalism, and describes his plan to study and contain this problem.