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The Center for Constitutional Studies Presents a Symposium

The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the October 2005 and October 2006 Terms

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


Thursday, September 14, 2006
F.A. Hayek Auditorium
Cato Institute
10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

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 — F. A. Hayek Auditorium Foyer

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks — F. A. Hayek Auditorium

Roger Pilon
Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies,
Cato Institute

Introduction

Mark Moller
Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review,
Cato Institute

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Panel 1: Federalism after Raich: Assisted Suicide, Wetlands, and Preemption

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Moderator: Mark Moller
Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
Cato Institute

Ilya Somin
Assistant Professor of Law,
George Mason University School of Law

Larry E. Ribstein
Mildred von Voorhis Jones Chair,
University of Illinois College of Law

Robert Pushaw
James Wilson Professor of Law,
Pepperdine University School of Law

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Panel 2: Executive Power after Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

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Moderator: Roger Pilon
B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies,
Cato Institute

Martin Flaherty
Professor of Law,
Fordham University School of Law

John Yoo
Professor of Law,
University of California-Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall

2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Panel 3: The First Amendment: Campaign Finance, the Solomon Amendment, and Whistleblowers

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Moderator: Mark Moller
Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
Cato Institute

Allison Hayward
Assistant Professor of Law,
George Mason University School of Law

Dale Carpenter
Associate Professor of Law,
University of Minnesota Law School

Robert Corn-Revere
Partner,
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break

3:45 - 5:00 p.m. Panel 4: Looking Forward: The October 2006 Term

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Moderator: Roger Pilon
B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies,
Cato Institute

Erik Jaffe
Law Office of Erik S. Jaffe, P.C.

Walter Dellinger
Douglas Maggs Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
Partner, O.Melveny & Myers LLP

Randy Barnett
Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture — Challenges to the Rule of Law: Or, Quod Licet Jovi, Non Licet Bovi?

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Hon. Danny J. Boggs
Chief Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Reception — Wintergarden



Registration for this event has been closed.

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