The Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies Presents a Symposium

The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the October 2009 and October 2010 Terms

To celebrate Constitution Day and the publication of the ninth volume of the annual Cato Supreme Court Review.

Thursday, September 16, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
F.A. Hayek Auditorium

Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

Five (5) Virginia CLE credits will be available. For credit in other states, please contact your state accrediting board.

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 Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Panel I: Religion, Offensive Videos, and Campaign Finance: A Big Year for the First Amendment Download Podcast of Welcoming Remarks and Panel 1 Moderator: Ilya Shapiro Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review James Bopp Jr. General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech Steve Simpson Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.	Panel II: Guns, Enron, and Sexual Predators: The Scope of Federal Power Download Podcast of Panel 2 Moderator: Robert A. Levy Chairman, Cato Institute Alan Gura Gura & Possessky, P.L.L.C. Harvey A. Silverglate Attorney; Author; Co-Founder, FIRE Ilya Somin Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University
2:15 - 3:30 p.m.	Panel III: Mutual Funds, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the NFL: Getting Down to Business Download Podcast of Panel 3 Moderator: Walter Olson Senior Fellow, Center for Constitution Studies, Cato institute Larry E. Ribstein Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law, University of Illinois Hans Bader Senior Attorney, Competitive Enterprise Institute Joshua Wright Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.	Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2010 Download Podcast of Panel 4 Moderator: Ilya Shapiro Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review Erik S. Jaffe Law Offices of Erik Jaffe, P.C. Tom Goldstein Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP Robert Barnes Supreme Court Reporter, Washington Post
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.	Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture “Obligationists and Opportunists: Two Critically Different Visions of ‘The’ Judicial Role” Download Podcast of B. Kenneth Simon Lecture William Van Alstyne Lee Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Reception