17th Annual Constitution Day
The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the October 2017 and 2018 Terms
Presented through the generosity of The George M. Yeager Family Foundation
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 17, 2018
10:30AM—7:00PM EDT
Cato Institute • F.A. Hayek Auditorium
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001
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Symposium Program
| 10:30-10:45AM | Welcoming Remarks Roger Pilon, VP for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Introduction Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review |
| 10:45AM-12:00PM | Panel I: First Amendment and the Culture Wars Moderator: Ilya Shapiro, Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review David F. Forte, Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Thomas C. Berg, James L. Oberstar Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of St. Thomas School of Law Robert McNamara, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice |
| 12:00-1:00PM | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:15PM | Panel II: Federalism and Government Structure Moderator: Trevor Burrus, Research Fellow, Cato Institute Mark Brnovich, Attorney General, Arizona Joseph Bishop-Henchman, Executive Vice President, Tax Foundation Jennifer L. Mascott, Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School |
| 2:15-3:30PM | Panel III: Big Controversies: Travel Ban, Gerrymandering & Cellphone Tracking Moderator: Clark Neily, Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute Josh Blackman, Associate Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston Trevor Burrus, Research Fellow, Cato Institute Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |
| 3:30-3:45PM | Break |
| 3:45-5:00PM | Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2018 Moderator: Ilya Shapiro, Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review Erin E. Murphy, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP Tom Goldstein, Partner, Goldstein & Russell, P.C. Mark Sherman, Reporter, Associated Press |
| 5:00-6:00PM | Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: The Insufficiently Dangerous Branch: The Difficulty with the "Counter-Majoritarian Difficulty" Moderator: Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute George Will, Columnist, Washington Post |
| 6:00-7:00PM | Reception |
