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The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the 2024 and 2025 Terms

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Cynthia F. Crawford

Senior Policy Counsel, Americans for Prosperity Foundation

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Vera Eidelman

Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

Patrick Jaicomo
Patrick Jaicomo

Attorney, Institute for Justice

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Eli Nachmany

Associate, Covington & Burling

Stephen Richer
Stephen Richer

Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School

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Damien M. Schiff

Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation

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John Vecchione

Senior Litigation Counsel, New Civil Liberties Alliance

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Larissa Whittingham

Retail Litigation Center and Husch Blackwell LLP Alumna

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Ezra Young

Law Office of Ezra Young

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Cato’s annual Constitution Day symposium marks the day in 1787 that the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the US Constitution. We celebrate that event each year with the release of the new issue of the Cato Supreme Court Review and with a day-long symposium featuring noted scholars discussing the recently concluded Supreme Court terms and the important upcoming cases.

Schedule

10:35 - 10:45 AM

Welcoming Remarks

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel I: Administrative Law

Larissa Whittingham, Alumna, Retail Litigation Center and Husch Blackwell LLP
Damien Schiff, Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
Eli Nachmany, Associate, Covington & Burling
Moderated by Brent Skorup, Legal Fellow, Cato Institute

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 PM

Panel II: Suing the Government

Matthew Cavedon, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute
Patrick Jaicomo, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice
Brent Skorup, Legal Fellow, Cato Institute
Moderated by Clark Neily, Senior Vice President for Legal Studies, Cato Institute

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Break

2:30 - 3:45 PM

Panel III: Bill of Rights

Cynthia Crawford, Senior Policy Counsel, Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Vera Eidelman, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU
Ezra Young, Law Office of Ezra Young
Moderated by Thomas A. Berry, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

3:45 - 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2025

Mike Fox, Legal Fellow, Cato Institute
John Vecchione, Senior Litigation Counsel, New Civil Liberties Alliance
Moderated by Dan Greenberg, Senior Research Fellow, Cato Institute

5:00 - 5:15 PM

Break

5:15 - 6:15 PM

Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture

Stephen Richer, Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School

6:15 PM

Reception

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