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The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the October 2002 and October 2003 Terms

A Symposium presented by the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies to celebrate Constitution Day and the publication of the second volume of the annual Cato Supreme Court Review

Wednesday, September 17, 2003
11:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Cato Institute
F.A. Hayek Auditorium
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

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11:00–11:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks—F. A. Hayek Auditorium
Roger Pilon
Vice President for Legal Affairs and
Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

Introduction
James L. Swanson
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute and Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Panel 1
Extended Term: The Special Campaign Finance Oral Argument

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

Stuart Taylor Jr.
National Journal

Erik S. Jaffe
Erik S. Jaffe, P.C.

Bradley A. Smith
Vice Chairman, Federal Election Commission

12:15–1:00 p.m. Lunch-Wintergarden
1:00–2:10 p.m. Panel 2
The First Amendment, Federalism, and Sodomy

Moderator—J. Harvie Wilkinson III
Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

James L. Swanson
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute, Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

Kenneth W. Starr
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Paul Smith
Jenner & Block

2:10–2:20 p.m. Break
2:20–3:30 p.m. Panel 3:
Affirmative Action, Punitive Damages, and Criminal Law

Moderator—David B. Sentelle
Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

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

Robert A. Levy
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

Timothy Lynch
Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute

3:30–4:30 p.m. Panel 4:
Coming Up: October Term 2003

Moderator—James L. Swanson
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute, Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

Michael A. Carvin
Partner, Jones Day

Walter E. Dellinger III
Partner, O’Melveny & Myers

Thomas Goldstein
Partner, Goldstein & Howe

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