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WDEO - The Advocate - 08/28/2010
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Topics: This week, for the August 28 show, Fr. Orsi will talk with Attorney James Fox of Roetzel & Andress. Mr. Fox focuses his practice on matters involving litigation and governmental practice. He has represented individual, education, government, and corporate clients, in cases involving land use, real estate contracts, personal injury, wrongful death, construction defects, contract disputes, unfair trade practices and constitutional rights.
Mr. Fox is a 2003 Ave Maria School of Law Alumni. He will be talking to us in general about his case in which he represents the Collier County School District. Attorneys representing both the district and the World Changers were in court Tuesday for a hearing in which the World Changers of Florida were seeking an injunction, which would restrain the district from enforcing a policy that would keep the World Changers from distributing Bibles in Collier County middle and high schools.
Mr. Fox will discuss with us the first amendment right to free speech and the government restraints designed to prevent religous entanglement as stated in the Establishment Clause.
The second guest will be a pre-recorded interview with Attorney Ronald Stoddart, B.S., J.D. Mr. Stoddart has been practicing law since 1973 and is a graduate of Southwestern University.
For the past 15 years he has been the President and Executive Director of Nightlight Christian Adoptions in Fullerton, California.
Nightlight Christian Adoptions (www.Nightlight.org) is a licensed adoption agency offering programs in domestic, international and embryo adoptions. The agency was founded in 1959 and was previously known as Evangelical Welfare Agency and Christian Adoption & Family Services. The agency is accredited by the Council on Accreditation under the Hague Intercountry Adoption Act and by the Russian Federation for international adoptions. In 1998, the agency became the country’s first licensed adoption agency to offer embryo adoptions under its Snowflake® Frozen Embryo Adoption Program.
Mr. Stoddart developed the agency’s Snowflake program in response to the growing number of embryos left stranded in the nation’s fertility clinics. The concept of offering real choices to genetic parents for placing their embryos for adoption in a manner analogous to traditional adoptions has been acknowledged and widely praised by organizations such as Focus on the Family. Mr. Stoddart has participated as a guest on broadcasts of “Focus on the Family” (1999) and “For Faith and Family” (2001) and has served as a spokesperson for numerous radio, television, newspaper and magazines exploring the ethics of embryo adoption and embryonic stem cell research.
Since 2001, Mr. Stoddart has directed the agency’s participation in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to increase public awareness of embryo donation and adoption. He relocated to Colorado to direct the Embryo Adoption Awareness Center, a dedicated resource to help spread embryo donation and adoption nation-wide.
Mr. Stoddart will talk about the recent United States District Court decision concerning federal funding of embryo research.
Guests:
Jim Fox , 2003 Ave Maria School of Law Alumni
Father Michael P. Orsi , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
Eugene Milhizer , Dean, President & Professor of Law, Ave Maria School of Law
Ron Stoddard , President and Executive Director of Nightlight Christian Adoptions in Fullerton, California
WDEO - The Advocate - 08/21/2010
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Topics: This week, for the August 21 show, Fr. Orsi will talk with Ave Maria School of Law Professor Mark Bonner.
Professor Bonner began his legal career at the U.S. Department of Justice and served in a variety of capacities there for more than 25 years, including Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Resident Legal Advisor in Moscow. For 10 years, he directed the investigation and prosecution of high-profile federal cases involving international and domestic terrorism. He subsequently joined the U.S. Department of Treasury, where he held the position of Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary of the Treasury for Enforcement. Prior to coming to Ave Maria, Professor Bonner served as a Senior Advisor in the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Office of International Affairs, where he oversaw the Department’s activities within the Group of 8 (G8) countries. He also taught as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center for 13 years. Professor Bonner earned a Juris Doctor from American University's Washington College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University. His course offerings include Criminal Law.
Professor Bonner will be discussing the recent Rod Blagojevich verdict and the implications of the lone holdout juror to the case.
The second half of the show will feature brief interviews with some of our incoming 1L class, describing their experiences during orientation week and also reasons why they chose to attend Ave Maria School of Law.
Guests:
Professor Mark Bonner , Ave Maria School of Law Professor
Father Michael P. Orsi, , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
Eugene Milhizer, , Dean, President & Professor of Law, Ave Maria School of Law
WDEO - The Advocate - 08/14/2010
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Topics: This week, for the August 14 show, Fr. Orsi will talk with Daniel Blomberg, who serves as litigation counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund as a member of the marriage litigation team. He also played a key role in church autonomy litigation. Blomberg joined ADF in 2008 and is admitted to the bar in the Northern District of Florida and the District of Kansas. He earned his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2008, graduating magna cum laude.
He recently wrote in USA Today in an article entitled, "If Gays Serve Openly Will Chaplains Suffer? Yes, Religious Liberty is in Real Jeopardy."
Guests:
Daniel Blomberg ,
Father Michael P. Orsi, , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
John DePrisco , Assistant Director of Information Systems
WDEO - The Advocate - 07/31/2010
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Topics: Fr. Orsi talks with Dr. John Eastman about the Arizona Immigration law. Also a discussion about the war in Afghanistan.
Guests:
Dr. John Eastman , Former Dean and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law, Chapman University School of Law
Father Michael P. Orsi , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
John DePrisco , Assistant Director Information Systems
Tony Petro , Audio Visual Coordinator
WDEO - The Advocate - 07/24/2010
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Topics: This week, for the July 24th show, Fr. Orsi will be joined by Philip Jenkins, a reknowned author, most recently published in USA Today in The Forum with an op-ed entitled: "How serious is the predator priest problem? We have no idea."
Jenkins was educated at Cambridge University, where he obtained his doctorate in History. Since 1980, he has taught at Penn State University, where he holds the rank of Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities. He is also a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion. He has published 24 books, including the New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South (also 2006), and The Lost History of Christianity (HarperOne, 2008).
His latest book, Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, And Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe For The Next 1,500 Years, will be the focus of this Saturday's show.
Guests:
Philip Jenkins , Author & Professor
Father Michael P. Orsi , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
Cheryl LeDoux , 3L Student
WDEO - The Advocate - 07/17/2010
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Topics: This week, for the July 17 show, Fr. Orsi will be joined by Mr. James R. Copland, who recently wrote an article featured in USA TODAY entitled "Curb lawsuit abuse" which discusses the importance of "anti-SLAPP" laws now that there is a rise in communication on the Internet.
James R. Copland is the director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy, which seeks to communicate thoughtful ideas on civil justice reform to real decision-makers. Mr. Copland serves as managing editor of the Institute's PointOfLaw.com, a web magazine that brings together information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system; and project manager for the Institute's Trial Lawyers, Inc. series of publications that examine the size, scope, and inner workings of America's lawsuit industry.
Mr. Copland has published opinion columns in national, local, and online newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, The National Law Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, and USA Today. He has appeared on various television and radio shows, including those on PBS, Fox News, Fox Business, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, and NPR. He has testified before Congress and is a regular speaker and conference participant discussing tort reform issues.
Prior to joining the Manhattan Institute, Mr. Copland was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company in New York. He had earlier served as a law clerk for Hon. Ralph K. Winter on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He has been a director of two privately held manufacturing companies since 1997.
Mr. Copland received JD and MBA degrees from Yale, where he was an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics and an editor of the Yale Journal on Regulation. He also has an MSC in politics of the world economy from the London School of Economics and a BA in economics with highest distinction and highest honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar.
Guests:
James Copland , Director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy
Father Michael P. Orsi , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
Cheryl Ledoux , 3L Student
Tony Petro , Ave Maria School of Law Audio Visual Coordinator
WDEO - The Advocate - 06/19/2010
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Topics: This week, for the June 19 show, Fr. Orsi will be joined by Philip Jenkins, renowned author most recently published in the USA Today The Forum section with an article entitled: "How serious is the predator priest problem? We have no idea."
Jenkins was educated at Cambridge University, where he obtained his doctorate in History. Since 1980, he has taught at Penn State University, where he holds the rank of Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities. He is also a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion. He has published 24 books, including the New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South (also 2006), and The Lost History of Christianity (HarperOne, 2008). His latest book is Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, And Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe For The Next 1,500 Years.
Guests:
Philip Jenkins , Author, Professor
Father Michael P. Orsi , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
Eugene Milhizer, , Dean, President, & Professor of Law, Ave Maria School of Law
WDEO - The Advocate - 06/05/2010
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Topics: This week, for the June 5 show, Fr. Orsi will be joined by Professor David Upham, the author of the April 27 Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: "Is Texas Messing With History.". Professor Upham is an assistant professor of Politics at the University of Dallas and a practicing attorney. Raised in upstate New York, he received a B.A. from Middlebury College, a master's in political science from Boston College, a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Dallas, and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Upham regularly teaches courses in American political thought, constitutional law, and administrative law. The principal focus of his research and publications has been America constitutional history, and in particular the Constitution's provisions concerning citizenship.
Also appearing on tomorrow's show will be Joseph W. “Joe” Jacquot, Deputy Attorney General of the State of Florida and Chief of Staff for Attorney General Bill McCollum. Mr. Jacquot successfully argued the 2nd landmark Miranda warning case State of Florida v. Powell before the United States Supreme Court. He previously served as the Deputy Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee where he managed the Supreme Court confirmation proceedings of Chief Justice John Roberts and of Justice Samuel Alito.
Mr. Jacquot will be discussing the Obama health-care legislation and its unconstitutionality pertaining to states' rights. He will discuss the lawsuit brought by Attorney General Bill McCullom in opposition of mandated health-care.
Guests:
Professor David Upham , Assistant professor of Politics at the University of Dallas
Joseph W. “Joe” Jacquot , Deputy Attorney General of the State of Florida and Chief of Staff for Attorney General Bill McCollum.
Father Michael P. Orsi , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
Eugene Milhizer , Dean, President, & Professor of Law, Ave Maria School of Law
WDEO - The Advocate - 05/22/2010
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Topics: This week, for the May 22 show, Fr. Orsi will be joined by Jim LeMunyon, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates with an impressive background in both public and private sector leadership.
Guests:
Jim LeMunyon , Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Father Michael P. Orsi , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
Patrick Quirk , Associate Dean Academic Affairs
WDEO - The Advocate - 05/08/2010
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Topics: This week, for the May 8 show, Fr. Orsi will talk with Jo Ann Carter,and Patrica Bucalo two abortion opponents in Naples, Florida who was recently quoted in Southwest Florida Today in an article entitled “Abortion rights advocates outraged with ultrasound bill.”
Guests:
Jo Ann Carter , Anti Abortion Activist
Patrica Bucalo , Anti Abortion Activist
Father Michael P. Orsi , Chaplain, Research Fellow in Law & Religion
Dean Patrick Quirk , Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Tony Petro , A/V Coordinator
John DePrisco , Network Operations Manager
Cheryl Ledoux , 2L Student
The Law School's weekly radio talk show, The Advocate, focuses on the intersection of law and culture. Join co-hosts Father Michael Orsi and President, Dean and Professor of Law Eugene Milhizer each Saturday at noon as they explore a variety of timely issues with guests and callers. As of February 7, 2009, the show will be broadcast in Michigan on WDEO-AM 990 and WMAX-AM 1440 and in Naples, Florida on WDEO-FM 98.5. (The program can also be heard live via the stations' web site,