Don McGahn Summarizes Trump Administration's Work on Judicial Nominations and Regulatory Reform

This evening, White House Counsel and 2017 Ed Meese Award winner Don McGahn addressed the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention.  RNLA live-tweeted the speech, and all the tweets can be viewed here.  Mr. McGahn focused on the rule of law, due process, the administrative state, and the role of judges.  Here are some highlights:

WHC Don McGahn: Very fortunate to serve a President committed to nominating and confirming judges who are committed originalists and textualists. #FedSoc2017

— RNLA (@TheRepLawyer) November 17, 2017

WHC Don McGahn: The greatest threat to the rule of law in our modern society is the ever expanding administrative state and the most effective bulwark against that is a strong judiciary. #FedSoc2017

— RNLA (@TheRepLawyer) November 17, 2017

WHC Don McGahn: Regulatory reform and judicial selection are deeply connected and are the two greatest issues this administration will address. #FedSoc2017

— RNLA (@TheRepLawyer) November 17, 2017

WHC Don McGahn: No way for regular people in small businesses to keep up with the regulatory and sub-regulatory actions pouring out of the administrative state's spigot. #FedSoc2017

— RNLA (@TheRepLawyer) November 17, 2017

WHC Don McGahn: Modern regulatory system makes a mockery of the finely tuned system of checks and balances in the Constitution. When we tinker with the design, we tinker with our freedom. #FedSoc2017

— RNLA (@TheRepLawyer) November 17, 2017

WHC Don McGahn: This administration's mandate on judicial selection is clear: choose judges in the mold of Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas, and now Justice Gorsuch. #FedSoc2017

— RNLA (@TheRepLawyer) November 17, 2017

WHC Don McGahn: Interpretive principles articulated by Justice Scalia are the very bedrock of due process and the rule of law. Justice Thomas' opinions make clear these are missing in our administrative state. #FedSoc2017

— RNLA (@TheRepLawyer) November 17, 2017

WHC Don McGahn: Chairman Grassley and his team have done an outstanding job moving nominees through the Judiciary Committee. Majority Leader McConnell created this opportunity through his courage. #FedSoc2017

— RNLA (@TheRepLawyer) November 17, 2017

The entire speech can be viewed here.  We are deeply indebted to Mr. McGahn and his team in the White House Counsel's office for their vital work helping President Trump select excellent judicial nominees and to the Trump Administration for its efforts to roll back the regulatory overreach of the Obama administration and make the federal government more responsive to the people.