Conference 

# 20th Annual Constitution Day 

### ### The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue 
*A Look at the 2020 and 2021 Terms*

Date and Time 

September 17, 2021 10:30 AM - 7 PM EDT 

Location 

Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 

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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/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.

### Schedule

10:30 - 10:45 AM 

**Welcoming Remarks**

[**Ilya Shapiro**](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro), Vice President and Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

**Introduction**

[**Trevor Burrus**](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus), Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM 

**Panel I: First Amendment**

**Douglas Laycock**, Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor, University of Virginia School of Law 
**Bradley A. Smith**, Josiah H. Blackmore II/​Shirley M. Nault Professor, Capital University Law School 
[**Thomas Berry**](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry), Managing Editor, *Cato Supreme Court Review* 

Moderated by [**Trevor Burrus**](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus), Editor in Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review*

12:00 - 1:00 PM 

**Lunch**

1:00 - 2:15 PM 

**Panel II: Property and Criminal Law**

**Adam Mossoff**, Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University 
**Christopher Slobogin**, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law Director, Vanderbilt Law School 
[**Ilya Shapiro**](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro), Vice President and Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute 

Moderated by [**Thomas Berry**](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry), Managing Editor, *Cato Supreme Court Review*

2:15 - 3:30 PM 

**Panel III: Constitutional Structure**

**Aaron Nielson**, Professor of Law, BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School 
[**Josh Blackman**](https://www.cato.org/people/josh-blackman), Professor, South Texas College of Law Houston 
**Derek T. Muller**, Professor, University of Iowa College of Law 

Moderated by [**Will Yeatman**](https://www.cato.org/people/william-yeatman), Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

3:30 - 3:45 PM 

**Break**

3:45 - 5:00 PM 

**Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2021**

**Amy Howe**, Editor, *Howe on the Court* (blog) 
**Erik S. Jaffe**, Schaerr Jaffe, L.L.P. 
**Sarah M. Harris**, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP 

Moderated by [**Trevor Burrus**](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus), Editor in Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review*

5:00 - 6:00 PM 

**Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: “The Court of Mass Incarceration”**

**Rachel E. Barkow**, Vice Dean and Charles Seligson Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law

6:00 - 7:00 PM 

**Reception**

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