16th Annual Constitution Day
The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the October 2016 and 2017 Terms
The Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies Presents a Symposium through the Generosity of George M. Yeager
Cato's annual Constitution Day symposium marks the day in 1787 that the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the U.S. 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 term and the important cases coming up. Past speakers have included Judges Alex Kozinski, Diane Sykes, and Douglas Ginsburg, Professors Richard Epstein, Michael McConnell, and Nadine Strossen, and Supreme Court litigators Paul Clement, Neal Katyal, and Walter Dellinger.
Monday, September 18, 2017
10:30AM—7:00PM EDT
Cato Institute • F.A. Hayek Auditorium
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001
CLE credit will be offered and the form will be distributed at the conference.
About the Symposium
Symposium Program
| 10:00—10:30AM | REGISTRATION |
| 10:30—10:45AM | WELCOMING REMARKS
Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute |
| 10:45—12:00PM | PANEL I: FIRST AMENDMENT CHALLENGES
Moderator: Ilya Shapiro, Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review |
| 12:00—1:00PM | LUNCH |
| 1:00—2:15PM | PANEL II: MONEY AND CRIME Moderator: Trevor Burrus, Research Fellow, Cato Institute David Goldberg, Lecturer in Law, Stanford Law School David Post, Professor of Law Emeritus, Beasley School of Law at Temple University Thaya Brook Knight, Associate Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute |
| 2:15—3:30PM | PANEL III: PROPERTY, RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR Moderator: Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute Rick Garnett, Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor, University of Notre Dame Law School Thomas M. Hefferon, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP |
| 3:30—3:45PM | BREAK |
| 3:45—5:00PM | PANEL IV: LOOKING AHEAD: OCTOBER TERM 2017 Moderator: Ilya Shapiro, Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review Christopher Landau, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP Neal Katyal, Partner, Hogan Lovells Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, NPR |
| 5:00—6:00PM | ANNUAL B. KENNETH SIMON LECTURE: THE ADMINISTRATIVE THREAT TO CIVIL LIBERTIES Philip Hamburger, Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School |
| 6:00—7:00PM | RECEPTION |
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