On September 4, Professor David Forte conducted a graduate seminar at the Ordo Iuris Institute in Warsaw, Poland on the topic,”Natural Law, Positive Law, and the Vocation of a Judge.” On September 5, Professor Forte delivered a paper entitled, “Conscience and Republican Government,” at the conference, “Medical Professionals Rights of Conscience,” held at the University of Warsaw in Poland.
On September 7, Professor Forte participated on a panel at the William K. Thomas American Inn of Court discussing “Obergefell, the next battlegrounds.”
In addition, Professor Forte lectured on “The Moral Place of the Positive Law,” at the James Wilson Fellowship Seminar, in Washington, D.C., on August 4.
Professor Forte authored an Amicus brief in support of motion for reconsideration, in the case of Murray v. Chagrin Valley Publishing Co., Case no. 2015-0127, Supreme Court of Ohio, on issues dealing with free speech and libel. The brief was filed on July 20, 2015.
Professor Forte’s Op-Ed, “The government needs prayers,” appeared in the Washington Times on July 23, 2015. The Op-Ed is available here.
Professor Forte became was selected as peer reviewer for Cambridge University Press, and for Publius: The Journal of Federalism, published by Oxford University Press.