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is that good people do nothing.”

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MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley is to promote the principles of American liberty through education. As the recognized conservative non-partisan umbrella organization in the Bay Area, we are the place for conservatives from Silicon Valley and beyond to gather, share ideas and become empowered.

June 5 : Timothy Sandefur (2nd Tues) July 10 : Thomas Tancredo
August 7 : Jack Cashill September 4 : John Fund
October 2 : Jesse Lee Peterson November 6 : Election Coverage
Where: IFES Portuguese Hall MAP
432 Stierlin Road
Mountain View, CA 94043
Time: Doors open at 6:15 PM - Program at 7:00 PM

We presented the two scholarships at our May 1st meeting.  

(Left)  Samuel Liu a student at Saratoga High School. (Click here to view essay)

(Right) Jonathan Lerner, a student at Kehillah Jewish High School. (Click here to view essay)

Some of our distinguished speakers

Burt Folsom Victor Davis Hanson Lawrence McQuillan John Yoo
Star Parker David Horowitz Ward Connerly Aryeh Green
Melanie Morgan Brian Sussman Jesse Lee Peterson Sally Pipes

   

 

Our Guest Speaker on
June 5th is

Tim Sandefur

Tuesday, June 5, @ 7:00 PM
(Doors open @ 6:15)

“Obamacare is Unconstitutional — And What Do We Do If It’s Struck Down?”

Tim Sandefur

Timothy Sandefur is a Principal Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation. As the lead attorney in the Foundation’s Economic Liberty Project, he works to protect businesses against abusive government regulation. He also works to prevent the abuse of eminent domain, having litigated important eminent domain cases in California, Missouri, and elsewhere, and having filed briefs in many significant eminent domain cases, including Kelo v. New London.

Publications / Achievements

He is the author of two books, Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America and The Right to Earn A Living: Economic Freedom And The Law, as well as some 40 scholarly articles on subjects ranging from eminent domain and economic liberty to copyright, evolution and creationism, and the legal issues of slavery and the Civil War. His articles have appeared in Liberty, National Review Online, The Claremont Review of Books, Forbes Online, The San Francisco Chronicle, Regulation, and The Washington Times, among other places. He is an adjunct professor of law at the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento. In February, 2006, he became one of the youngest attorneys ever featured on the cover of California Lawyer magazine. He is a frequent guest on radio and television programs, including The Armstrong and Getty Show, the Jim Lehrer News Hour, and NPR’s This American Life.

Education

Sandefur is a graduate of Chapman University School of Law and Hillsdale College

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