William Carey University

Charles Pickering spoke at the inauguration of Tommy King as President of William Carey University as reported by the Hattiesburg American and the Laurel Leader Call.

Spotlight on race relations at Laurel's FUMC

Laurel Leader Call: "The Laurel First United Methodist Church hoped to shed some light on race relations in Mississippi and Jones County in its 'Journey to the Light' exploration conference on Thursday afternoon. A number of distinguished speakers, including former federal judge Charles Pickering and Laurel Mayor Melvin Mack, spoke on the Civil Rights Movement in its original capacity in the 1950s and 60s, where it is in the present and where it needs to go in the future for true equality to be accomplished." ...more...

Journey to the Light

The Commission on Religion and Race of the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church is hosting “Journey to the Light,” a conference focusing on racial issues, both past and present, Thursday in Laurel. Judge Charles Pickering will be one of the conference speakers. Read more details in the Laurel Leader Call.

Pickering at Restore America conference

Judge Charles Pickering will be one of the speakers at the Restore America Conference that seeks to add "12 million more evangelical Christians VOTING their Christian world view values in 2008."

The 2007 Restore America Conference, February 23-24 at Rolling Hills Community Church in Tualatin, Oregon.

Judge in confirmation battle intrigues crowd

Judge Pickering spoke to the Shreveport Bar Association today.

ShreveportTimes: Judge in confirmation battle intrigues crowd

Shreveport Bar Association

The Shreveport Bar Association will be hosting Judge Charles Pickering and historian Douglas Brinkley for discussions and book signings in January and February.

Shreveport

Judge Pickering will address the Shreveport Bar Association on January 24.

FRC - Values Voter Summit

Judge Pickering and others spoke at this year's Family Research Council's "Values Voter Summit" in Washington DC. BPNews article --- Truth and Justice Blog

A few recent posts

Sean Rushton writes a column for National Review Online mentioning Miguel Estrada, Priscilla Owen, Judge Pickering and titled: "Remember Judges? The GOP ignores judicial nominations at their peril."

Judge Pickering will be the keynot speaker at the annual DeSoto County Republican Women event on December 4.

Judge Pickering sits on the board of trustees of William Carey University and introduced the keynote speaker at their recent celebration.

Podcasting: A new weapon for the right

This column by Bill Berkowitz mentions the Heritage Foundation podcast of Pickering's recent speech there.

Heritage Congressional Fellowship

Judge Pickering discussed Supreme Chaos today at the Heritage Congressional Fellowship - a program of the Heritage Foundation.

JCJC

Judge Pickering will be the commencement speaker at Jones County Junior College in his home county on Friday.

FRC

Wednesday, Tony Perkins introduced Judge Pickering at the Family Research Council. Pickering discussed his book, signed books, and joined guests for lunch afterward. Here are a few pictures from the event.

Mayor's Prayer Breakfast

Judge Pickering will be one of the speakers in Meridian at the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast - an event cosponsored by Mission Mississippi.

Heritage Foundation

Here is the video of Judge Pickering's Heritage Foundation speech with Ed Meese.

Watch Heritage Speech Online

Howard Bashman at How Appealing blog mentions the Heritage speech and links to locations where you can watch it live or watch it afterward.

CPAC

Judge Pickering will be signing books at CPAC in Washington DC at noon on February 11 and will participate on their panel discussion "Judicial Activism & the Courts" at 1:45.

Heritage Foundation

Judge Pickering will discuss his book at the Heritage Foundation on February 15 and will be joined by Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese, who wrote the foreword to Supreme Chaos.

Blog Notes

RightWingNews.com comments on Pickering's book and a quote he cites in the book by Nan Aron, president of the liberal Alliance for Justice. It is generating some comments over there.

Also, the Mississippi Hospital Association blog features the book today as well.

The Tennessee Chapter of the Republican National Lawyers Association will host a reception for Judge Pickering in Nashville on February 23 which will feature a book signing.