The Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies Presents a Symposium
The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the October 2012 and 2013 Terms
To celebrate Constitution Day and the publication of the twelfth annual Cato Supreme Court Review.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
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Symposium Program
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies Cato Institute Introduction Ilya Shapiro Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Panel I: Equal Protection Moderator: Ilya Shapiro Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review Gail Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego Law School William S. Consovoy, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP Elizabeth B. Wydra, Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. | Panel II: Property, Money, and International Human Rights Moderator: Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, George Mason University Law School Joshua D. Hawley, Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri Law School Kenneth Anderson, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law |
| 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Panel III: Patents and Class Actions Moderator: Walter Olson Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Gregory Dolin, Associate Professor of Law, University of Baltimore Law School David Olson, Associate Professor of Law, Boston College Law School Mark Moller, Associate Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law |
| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. | Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2013 Moderator: Ilya Shapiro Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review Howard Bashman, Law Offices of Howard J. Bashman Tom Goldstein, Partner, Goldstein & Russell LLP Marcia Coyle, Supreme Court Reporter, National Law Journal |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture Freedom of the Press: A Liberty for All, or a Privilege for Some? Hon. David B. Sentelle U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit |
| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Reception |