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The Supreme Court’s 2018-2019 term will soon be over, but the need for serious analysis has just begun. Did the High Court get the big cases right? What will the Court’s ruling in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association mean for the future of religion in the public square? How will Rucho v. Common Cause and Benisek v. Lamone, the partisan gerrymandering cases, impact the next election cycle? Will the ruling in Kisor v. Wilkie rein in administrative agencies? How have Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh changed the balance of the Court, and have any broader themes of the Roberts Court emerged this term?Please join us as our distinguished panels of practitioners and journalists discuss these cases and more from the 2018-2019 term. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

America has hit the proverbial fork in the road. We can continue to go down the road of social strife and despair, or we can choose the road that leads us back to the founding principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which our nation’s founding fathers spoke of so eloquently in the Declaration of Independence. In American Restoration, Tim Goeglein and Craig Osten examine every aspect of American culture and offer a map of the road to national and spiritual renewal. The objective is to provoke a national dialogue on each of these topics while winsomely convincing hearts and minds that the best days for America are still to come.Timothy S. Goeglein is Vice President of External Relations for Focus on the Family. Formerly, he served as a special assistant to President George W. Bush and as a deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. In addition, Goeglein served as a communications director for Gary Bauer at the Campaign for Working Families, and also for U.S. Senator Dan Coats of Indiana.Craig Osten is a Vice President and Senior Director of Research and Grant Writing at Alliance Defending Freedom. Prior to joining ADF, Osten was the Assistant to the President of Focus on the Family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keynote Remarks Chen Ming-tong, Mainland Affairs Council Minister, Republic of China (Taiwan) Introduced by: Bridgett Wagner, Vice President, Policy Promotion, The Heritage FoundationHost: Walter Lohman, Director, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage FoundationPanel 1: Taiwan-US-China Relations and the Situation of the Taiwan Strait I-Chung Lai, President, The Prospect FoundationBonnie Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia, Center for Strategic and International StudiesRichard Bush, Senior Fellow, Brookings InstitutionDean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation – ModeratorRemarks by The Honorable Jonathan MoorePrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Bureau of International Organization Affairs US Department of StatePanel 2: China Sharp Power against Taiwan and U.S. Wen-Cheng Lin, President, Foundation on Asia-Pacific Peace StudiesPuma Shen, Assistant Professor, Graduate of Criminology, National Taipei UniversityMark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049Dan Aum, Director of the Washington, D.C. Office, The National Bureau of Asian Research - ModeratorPanel 3: Chinese Domestic Politics and Its Impacts on Taiwan-U.S.-China Relations Ho-Fung Hung, Prof. in Political Economy, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins UniversityYun Sun, Director of the China Program, Stimson CenterCheng-Yi Lin, CEO, Institute for National Defense and Security ResearchI-Chung Lai, President, The Prospect Foundation – ModeratorPanel 4: Cross-Strait Economic Relations and the US-China Trade War Ming-Fang Tsai, Professor, Department of Industrial Economics, Tamkang UniversityRupert Hammond-Chambers, President, US Taiwan Business CouncilRiley Walters, Policy Analyst, The Heritage FoundationWalter Lohman, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On June 1, the US Department of Defense released its “Indo-Pacific Strategy Report: Preparedness, Partnerships and Promoting a Networked Region.” Please join us for a discusson of its key findings with Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, Randall Schriver and Ambassadors to the U.S. from key American security partners in Southeast Asia, Singapore and treaty ally, the Philippines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has been a leading advocate for improving the regulatory environment for entrepreneurs seeking to raise capital and for reasonable regulation of emerging financial technology. Please join us for an extended conversation with Commissioner Peirce on a wide range of topics, followed by audience questions and answers. Topics for discussion will include the proper role for regulators in financial markets, the impact of the securities law on entrepreneurs, financial innovation or FinTech, alternative currencies, private capital markets and Regulation D, Regulation A, crowdfunding, the decline in both the number of public companies and of initial public offerings, the role of self-regulatory organizations, the SEC regulatory agenda and reforms at the SEC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Please join our distinguished panelists for a discussion of how the private sector is preparing workers to meet the ever-evolving needs of a free and prosperous economy. We will examine how private companies across very different sectors of the American economy—manufacturing, software, and wireless infrastructure—are assessing their current and future workforce needs, and in turn, recruiting and training workers from both outside and within their companies to meet their sectors’ labor demands. While companies are doing a lot to develop a capable workforce to meet the demands of the current and future economy, the private sector faces some impediments to training up workers and creating opportunities for them to learn new skills and begin careers in high-demand fields. We will discuss what the Administration and Congress have recently done and can do to help open pathways for workers to obtain better careers and for all Americans to benefit from better alignment of workers skills with the economy’s needs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The demand to outlaw so-called “hate speech” continues to grow in America. Too few citizens, however, understand the radical theory behind “hate speech” criminalization, how our nation will change should it be banned, and the tech world’s involvement in ushering in this future. By turning to Europe, which actively criminalizes “hate speech,” we see that politicians, priests, political commentators, and private citizens have been censored, fined, arrested, investigated, and prosecuted for violating speech laws, which have had a devastating effect on the capacity of citizens to rule themselves. In America, the tech world is working hard to ensure our nation looks more like Europe. Should “hate speech” be banned in America, the tech world will help bring forth this revolution. Please join us to discuss the different dimensions of this important debate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The rise of Wahhabism has had a significant impact on the Middle East and beyond.This strict interpretation of Islam, which originated with an 18th century preacher based in the Arabian Peninsula named Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, argued that Islam had strayed from its pure path and a purge of more modern elements was required. Al-Wahhab also considered the Ottoman Caliphate governing Arabia at the time to be corrupt and the creation of an Islamic state which would implement ‘pure’ sharia law a necessity.Al-Wahhab’s ideas gained traction and were eventually adopted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In turn, Saudi Arabia pumped Wahhabi Islam not only around the Middle East but also into the West via its lavish funding of mosques and schools preaching al-Wahhab’s vision.The Wahhabist belief in a sole, pure version of Islam meant that other strains of Islam - such as the liberal humanist Islam that has at times been associated with Sufism - were opposed. This mindset endures, with Sufi graves destroyed and Sufi traditions sought to be wiped out by extremists to this day.This event will assess the impact of Wahhabism on the Middle East and South Asia. It will focus on the role of Sufism in potentially undermining Wahhabism, the tradition of inter-faith harmony in South Asian countries and the role of inter-faith dialogue in challenging extremist ideology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While the Constitution is silent on the President’s removal power, the First Congress concluded that Article II’s vesting of executive power necessarily meant that the President must have plenary authority to remove executive branch officers. As James Madison asserted, “If the Constitution has invested all executive power in the President… the Legislature has no right to diminish or modify his executive authority.” Unfortunately, the modern administrative state has continued to give rise to a “headless” fourth branch of government that exerts immense control over vast swaths of American life. The power to remove subordinates is the key means by which the President can direct how executive authority is exercised. Without it, he is in many instances powerless to ensure faithful execution of the laws.A new bill, The Take Care Act, introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), aims to address this problem. It will eliminate all existing restrictions on the President’s power to remove upper-level executive branch officers, and fully restore the original understanding of the President’s power to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. Join us for an address by the Senator, as he unveils this important new legislation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While there have been many biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower that focus on his military career or the time of his presidency, none clearly explores the important role faith played both in his personal life and in his public policy. This despite the fact that he is the only US president to be baptized as a Christian while in office.Alan Sears and Craig Osten invite you on a journey that is unique in American history and is essential to understanding one of the most consequential, admired, and complex Americans of the 20th Century. The story begins in abject poverty in rural Texas, then travels through Kansas, West Point, two World Wars, and down Pennsylvania Avenue. This is the untold story of a man whose growing faith sustained him through the loss of a young son, marital difficulties, depression, career disappointments, and being witness to some of the worst atrocities humankind has devised. A man whose faith was based in his own sincere personal conviction, not out of a sense of political expediency or social obligation. You've met Dwight Eisenhower the soldier and Dwight Eisenhower the president. Now meet Dwight Eisenhower the man of faith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.