In this special "fireside chat" format, Bush Administration attorney and Orange County Federalist Society board member John Shu will sit down with Mr. Kambli to explore the evolving scope of presidential power through the lens of the Trump Administration's executive orders. From immigration and regulatory reform to border enforcement and administrative restructuring, these actions have reshaped debates over the reach of Article II authority and Congress's role in checking it.
Please join us as Mr. Kambli and Mr. Shu examine how recent executive orders test the boundaries of the Constitution's separation of powers, what litigation and public reactions reveal about modern governance, and how future administrations might navigate these shifting constitutional and political constraints.
When: Monday, June 8th, 2026 at 11:45 a.m. (registration), 12:00 Noon (lunch)
Where: 1st Floor Conference Room, 2040 Main Street, 1st Floor, Irvine, CA.
Cost: $40/members, $50/non-members, $20/students, for lunch and 1 hour of MCLE credit (the Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE).
RSVP and Pay: To RSVP and pay by credit card, please visit the Federalist Society event page (link coming soon).
To pay by cash or check at the door, please send an RSVP to Tim Kowal at OCFedSocPresident@gmail.com and make checks payable to “The Federalist Society.”
Please email us if you have any dietary concerns.
About the Speaker:
Abhishek Kambli is the outgoing Deputy Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, for which he has argued some of the Trump Administration's most important cases, such as J.G.G. v. Trump (Alien Enemies Act) and Perkins Coie, et al. v. U.S. Dep't of Justice (executive orders assessing risks of certain law firms). Mr. Kambli's last day at D.O.J. will be May 31, 2026.
Mr. Kambli previously served as Deputy Attorney General at the Kansas Attorney General's Office where he led the Special Litigation and Constitutional Issues Division. There, he litigated the Kansas A.G. office's most high impact cases, such as Kansas v. Biden (later renamed Alaska v. Dep't of Education), where he won a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration's SAVE plan that would have provided $475 billion in student loan forgiveness. He also was lead counsel on Kansas v. Dep't of Education, which enjoined the Biden Administration's 2024 Title IX rule that expanded the definition of "sex" to include gender identity; Kansas v. Dep't of Labor, where he won a preliminary injunction on a Biden Administration Department of Labor rule that would have provided federal collective bargaining rights to H-2A temporary agricultural workers; and counsel of record on a 26-state amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in Beals v. Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, where the Court allowed the Commonwealth of Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter rolls prior to the 2024 election.
Before serving the State of Kansas, Mr. Kambli served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Indiana, and as a J.A.G. officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he still serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S.A.F. Reserves. He holds a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School and a B.F.A. from the University of the Arts.
About the Moderator:
John Shu is an attorney and legal commentator, and long-time board member for the Federalist Society's Orange County Lawyers Chapter. His focus areas include constitutional law, administrative law, antitrust law, securities & corporate law, politics, international affairs, the U.S. Supreme Court, and confirmations. Mr. Shu has lectured and published on these and many other issues.
Mr. Shu served President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush in the White House. He also served Judge Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who was Director of Enforcement at the Securities & Exchange Commission and General Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency; and Judge Paul Roney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, who also was Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
Mr. Shu was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary. He is a former Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a member of the National Committee on U.S. - China Relations, the Pacific Council on International Policy, and the Foreign Policy Association. He received his B.A. from the University of the Pennsylvania, G.C. from Peking University, and J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law.
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