This event, including Eugene Volokh, took place at the 2015 Federalist Society national lawyers’ meeting.
Here’s the description:
If we accept the premise that government, and government power, is growing, then the stakes for elective office have never been higher. With the levers of power at stake, are we seeing an increase in the use of the criminal justice system to attack legitimate political activity? Or are we perhaps seeing the proper policing of increased fraud and abuse by those in the political sphere? In a media climate in which a mere investigation can be fatal to a political campaign or career, what actions are political and what actions are criminal, and who should decide?
Criminal Law: Free Speech, Anti-Corruption, and the Criminalization of Government Affairs
–Mr. Todd P. Graves, Partner, Graves Garrett LLC
–Mr. Edward T. Kang, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP
–Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
–Mr. Peter R. Zeidenberg, Partner, Arent Fox LLP
–Moderator: Hon. Raymond W. Gruender, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit