Conference # 16th Annual Constitution Day ##### Watch the Event Date and Time September 18, 2017 10:30 AM - 7 PM EDT Location Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute Share This Event ##### Featuring [![Roger Pilon](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Roger%20Pilon.jpg?itok=cmI-eTjr)](/people/roger-pilon) [Roger Pilon](/people/roger-pilon) Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies [ ](https://x.com/Roger_Pilon) [ ](mailto:rpilon@cato.org) [![Ilya Shapiro](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Ilya%20Shapiro.jpg?itok=m1_rdWBG)](/people/ilya-shapiro) [Ilya Shapiro](/people/ilya-shapiro) Former Vice President and Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Clay Calvert University of Florida Levin College of Law [![Robert-Corn-Revere-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2024-03/Robert-Corn-Revere-cropped.jpg?itok=m6rPxnM4)](/people/robert-corn-revere) [Robert Corn-Revere](/people/robert-corn-revere) Chief Counsel, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute [ ](https://x.com/CornRevere) [![Trevor Burrus](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Trevor%20Burrus.jpg?itok=onKmjXsL)](/people/trevor-burrus) [Trevor Burrus](/people/trevor-burrus) Former Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute [ ](https://twitter.com/TCBurrus) David T. Goldberg [![Media Name: dpost-crop.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/authors/crops/dpost-crop.jpg?itok=3dq8dZyx)](/people/david-post) [David G. Post](/people/david-post) Adjunct Scholar [![Media Name: thayaknight-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/authors/crops/thayaknight-cropped.jpg?itok=SvBsRZyC)](/people/thaya-knight) [Thaya Brook Knight](/people/thaya-knight) Former Associate Director of Financial Regulation Studies [![Walter Olson](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Walter%20Olson.jpg?itok=yhYxyT_7)](/people/walter-olson) [Walter Olson](/people/walter-olson) Senior Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute [ ](mailto:wolson@cato.org) Richard W. Garnett Notre Dame Law School Christopher Landau Nina Totenberg ![Phillip Hamburger](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-10/phillip-hamburger.jpg?itok=BTS752Aq) Philip Hamburger Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Thomas M. Hefferon ## 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*](https://www.cato.org/pubs/scr/) 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](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—12:00PM** | **PANEL I: FIRST AMENDMENT CHALLENGES**Moderator: **[Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro)**, Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review* **Clay Calvert**, Director, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, University of Florida **Paul M. Sherman**, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice **Bob Corn-Revere**, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cc-09-18-17-01.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cca-09-18-17-01.mp3) | | **12:00—1:00PM** | **LUNCH** | | **1:00—2:15PM** | **PANEL II: MONEY AND CRIME** Moderator: **[Trevor Burrus](https://www.cato.org/people/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**](https://www.cato.org/people/thaya-knight), Associate Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cc-09-18-17-02.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cca-09-18-17-02.mp3) | | **2:15—3:30PM** | **PANEL III: PROPERTY, RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR** Moderator: **[Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson)**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute [**Roger Pilon**](https://www.cato.org/people/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 [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cc-09-18-17-03.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cca-09-18-17-03.mp3) | | **3:30—3:45PM** | **BREAK** | | **3:45—5:00PM** | **PANEL IV: LOOKING AHEAD: OCTOBER TERM 2017** Moderator: **[Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/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 [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cc-09-18-17-04.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cca-09-18-17-04.mp3) | | **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 [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cc-09-18-17-05.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2017/cca-09-18-17-05.mp3) | | **6:00—7:00PM** | **RECEPTION** | */ /*-->*/ **If you can’t make it to the event, you can watch it live online at [www​.cato​.org/live](https://www.cato.org/live) and join the conversation on Twitter using [\#CatoSCOTUS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CatoSCOTUS). 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