The Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies
presents a symposium
The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A look at the October 2004 and October 2005 Terms
to celebrate
Constitution Day
and the publication of the fourth volume of the annual
Cato Supreme Court Review
Conference Schedule
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies Cato Institute Introduction Mark K. Moller Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review, Cato Institute |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Panel 1 Enumerated Powers: Requiem for Mr. Rehnquist's Federalism?
Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review, Cato Institute Randy E. Barnett Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law Boston University School of Law and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Todd J. Zywicki Professor of Law George Mason University School of Law Kevin C. Newsom Solicitor General of Alabama |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. | Panel 2 Constitutional Rights: Property, Religion, and Government Speech
Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review, Cato Institute Steven J. Eagle Professor of Law George Mason University School of Law Roger Pilon B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies Cato Institute Daniel E. Troy Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood |
| 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Panel 3 Crime and Punishment: Overcriminalization, Sentencing, and the Federal Perspective
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies Cato Institute Harvey A. Silverglate Counsel, Good & Cormier Timothy Lynch Director, Project on Criminal Justice Cato Institute Rod Rosenstein United States Attorney District of Maryland |
| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. | Panel 4 Looking Forward: The October 2005 Term
Associate Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Jonathan Adler Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Peter B. Rutledge Catholic University Law School Thomas Goldstein Partner, Goldstein & Howe |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture in Constitutional Thought:
"Religion and the Constitution: A Libertarian Perspective"
Professor, New York Law School, President, American Civil Liberties Union |
| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Reception |