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

## The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue

## *A Look at the October 2014 and 2015 Terms*

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

**Thursday, September 17, 2015 
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: Executive Power Run Amok** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-09-17-15-01.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-09-17-15-01.mp3) Moderator: **[Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro)**, Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review* **[Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-cannon)**, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute **Jonathan Adler**, Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law **John Malcolm**, Director, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal & Judicial Studies, Heritage Foundation |
| **12:00 — 1:00 p.m.** | **Lunch** |
| **1:00 — 2:15 p.m.** | **Panel II: Civil Rights** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-09-17-15-02.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-09-17-15-02.mp3) Moderator: **[Roger Pilon](https://www.cato.org/people/roger-pilon)**, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute **William N. Eskridge Jr.**, Professor, Yale Law School **Roger Clegg**, President, Center for Equal Opportunity **[Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson)**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |
| **2:15 — 3:30 p.m.** | **Panel III: Bizarre State Action** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-09-17-15-03.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-09-17-15-03.mp3) Moderator: **[Trevor Burrus](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus)**, Research Fellow, Cato Institute **[Timothy Sandefur](https://www.cato.org/people/timothy-sandefur)**, Principal Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation **Alexander “Sasha” Volokh**, Professor, Emory University School of Law **Adam White**, Counsel, Boyden Gray & Associates |
| **3:30 — 3:45 p.m.** | **Break** |
| **3:45 — 5:00 p.m.** | **Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2015** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-09-17-15-04.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-09-17-15-04.mp3) Moderator: **[Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro)**, Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review* **John P. Elwood**, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP **Lisa S. Blatt**, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP **Damon Root**, Senior Editor, *Reason* |
| **5:00 — 6:00 p.m.** | **Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture**: **Liberty and Originalism in Constitutional Law** [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-09-17-15-05.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-09-17-15-05.mp3) **Steven G. Calabresi**, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law |
| **6:00 — 7:00 p.m.** | **Reception** |

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