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

## The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue

## *A Look at the October 2013 and 2014 Terms*

To celebrate [Constitution Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_%28United_States%29) and the publication of the thirteenth annual [*Cato Supreme Court Review*](https://www.cato.org/pubs/scr/).

**Wednesday, September 17, 2014 
10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.**

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

## Symposium Program

| **10:00 — 10:30 a.m.** | **Registration** |
|---|---|
| **10:30 — 10:45 a.m.** | **Welcoming Remarks** **[Roger Pilon](https://www.cato.org/people/roger-pilon)** Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies Cato Institute **Introduction** **[Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro)** Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review* |
| **10:45 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.** | **Panel I: The First Amendment** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cc-09-17-14-01.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cca-09-17-14-01.mp3) Moderator: **[Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro)** Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review* **Nadine Strossen**, Professor of Law, New York Law School **[P.J. O’Rourke](https://www.cato.org/people/pj-orourke)**, H.L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute **Eric Rassbach**, Deputy General Counsel, Becket Fund |
| **12:00 — 1:00 p.m.** | **Lunch** |
| **1:00 — 2:15 p.m.** | **Panel II: Federalism and Separation of Powers** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cc-09-17-14-02.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cca-09-17-14-02.mp3) Moderator: **[Roger Pilon](https://www.cato.org/people/roger-pilon)** Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute **Noel Francisco**, Partner, Jones Day **[David Bernstein](https://www.cato.org/people/david-bernstein)**, Professor of Law, George Mason University Law School **[Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz](https://www.cato.org/people/nicholas-quinn-rosenkranz)**, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center |
| **2:15 — 3:30 p.m.** | **Panel III: Labor Relations, Cell Phones, and Contraceptives** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cc-09-17-14-03.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cca-09-17-14-03.mp3) Moderator: **[Trevor Burrus](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus)** Research Fellow, Cato Institute **Jacob Huebert**, Senior Attorney, Illinois Policy Institute **[Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper)**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute **Ed Whelan**, President, Ethics & Public Policy Center |
| **3:30 — 3:45 p.m.** | **Break** |
| **3:45 — 5:00 p.m.** | **Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2014** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cc-09-17-14-04.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cca-09-17-14-04.mp3) Moderator: **[Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro)** Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review* **Michael Carvin**, Partner, Jones Day **Tom Goldstein**, Partner, Goldstein & Russell LLP **Richard Wolf**, Supreme Court Reporter, *USA Today* |
| **5:00 — 6:00 p.m.** | **Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture** **Judicial Minimalism and Its Limits** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cc-09-17-14-05.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2014/cca-09-17-14-05.mp3) **Hon. Diane Sykes** U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
| **6:00 — 7:00 p.m.** | **Reception** |

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