Conference # 17th Annual Constitution Day ##### Watch the Event Date and Time September 17, 2018 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 David Forte Thomas C. Berg Robert McNamara [![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) Mark Brnovich [![Joe Bishop-Henchman ](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2022-04/JBH_sq.jpg?itok=SjUKBOvO)](/people/joseph-henchman) [Joseph Bishop-Henchman](/people/joseph-henchman) Vice President of Tax Policy and Litigation, National Taxpayers Union Foundation; Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute Jennifer L. Mascott Professor of Law, George Mason University [![Clark Neily](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Clark%20Neily.jpg?itok=kOJs7hwY)](/people/clark-neily) [Clark Neily](/people/clark-neily) Senior Vice President for Legal Studies, Cato Institute [ ](https://x.com/conlawwarrior) [ ](mailto:cneily@cato.org) [![Media Name: josh-blackman-hs-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/authors/crops/josh-blackman-hs-cropped.jpg?itok=iIcl4_b5)](/people/josh-blackman) [Josh Blackman](/people/josh-blackman) Professor, South Texas College of Law Houston [ ](https://twitter.com/joshmblackman) [![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) ![George F. Will ](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2024-01/george-f-will.jpg?itok=xDqja_XJ) George F. Will Author and Columnist, *The Washington Post* ## 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*](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 17, 2018 10:30AM—7:00PM EDT** **Cato Institute • F.A. Hayek Auditorium 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001** **About the Symposium | [Registration](https://securessl.cato.org/events/ccs-registration.html)** ## Symposium Program | **10:30–10:45AM** | **Welcoming Remarks** [**Roger Pilon**](http://www.cato.org/people/roger-pilon), VP for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute **Introduction** [**Ilya Shapiro**](http://www.cato.org/people/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](http://www.cato.org/people/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 [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cc-09-17-18-01.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cca-09-17-18-01.mp3) | | **12:00–1:00PM** | **Lunch** | | **1:00–2:15PM** | **Panel II: Federalism and Government Structure** Moderator: **[Trevor Burrus](http://www.cato.org/people/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 [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cc-09-17-18-02.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cca-09-17-18-02.mp3) | | **2:15–3:30PM** | **Panel III: Big Controversies: Travel Ban, Gerrymandering & Cellphone Tracking** Moderator: **[Clark Neily](http://www.cato.org/people/clark-neily)**, Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute **[Josh Blackman](http://www.cato.org/people/josh-blackman)**, Associate Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston **[Trevor Burrus](http://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus)**, Research Fellow, Cato Institute **[Walter Olson](http://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson)**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cc-09-17-18-03.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cca-09-17-18-03.mp3) | | **3:30–3:45PM** | **Break** | | **3:45–5:00PM** | **Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2018** Moderator: **[Ilya Shapiro](http://www.cato.org/people/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 [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cc-09-17-18-04.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cca-09-17-18-04.mp3) | | **5:00–6:00PM** | **Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: The Insufficiently Dangerous Branch: The Difficulty with the “Counter-Majoritarian Difficulty”** Moderator: **[Roger Pilon](http://www.cato.org/people/roger-pilon)**, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute **George Will**, Columnist, *Washington Post* [Download video of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cc-09-17-18-05.mp4) [Download podcast of the panel](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2018/cca-09-17-18-05.mp3) | | **6:00–7:00PM** | **Reception** | [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).