Conference 

# 22nd Annual Constitution Day 

### The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue 
*A Look at the 2022 and 2023 Terms* 

Date and Time 

September 18, 2023 10:35 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

10:35 - 10:40 AM 

**Welcoming Remarks**

[**Anastasia Boden**](https://www.cato.org/people/anastasia-p-boden), Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

10:40 - 10:45 AM 

**Introduction**

[**Thomas Berry**](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry), Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM 

**Panel I: The Limits of State and Federal Power**

**Brannon Denning**, Samford University Cumberland School of Law, *National Pork Producers Council v. Ross* 
**Timothy Sandefur**, Goldwater Institute, *Haaland v. Brackeen* 
**Damien Schiff**, Pacific Legal Foundation, *Sackett v.* *Environmental Protection Agency* 

Moderated by [**Walter Olson**](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson), Senior Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute 

12:00 - 1:00 PM 

**Lunch**

1:00 - 2:15 PM 

**Panel II: Freedom of Expression and the First Amendment**

**Clay Calvert**, University of Florida Levin College of Law, *Counterman v. Colorado* 
**Christopher Green**, University of Mississippi School of Law, *303 Creative LLC v. Elenis* 
**Gregory Dolin**, University of Baltimore School of Law, *Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith* and *Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products* 

Moderated by [**Thomas Berry**](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry), Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute 

2:15 - 2:25 PM 

**Break**

2:25 - 3:40 PM 

**Panel III: Blockbuster Cases—Affirmative Action, Elections, and Student Loans**

**David Bernstein**, Antonin Scalia Law School, *Students for Fair Admissions Inc. (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina* 
**Jed Shugerman**, Boston University School of Law, *Biden v. Nebraska* 
**Vikram Amar**, UC Davis School of Law, *Moore v. Harper* 

Moderated by [**Clark Neily**](https://www.cato.org/people/clark-neily), Senior Vice president for Legal Studies, Cato Institute 

3:40 - 3:50 PM 

**Break**

3:50 - 4:50 PM 

**Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2023**

**Wen Fa**, Beacon Center of Tennessee 
**Cate Stetson**, Hogan Lovells 

Moderated by [**Anastasia Boden**](https://www.cato.org/people/anastasia-p-boden), Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute 

4:50 - 5:00 PM 

**Break**

5:00 - 6:00 PM 

**Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture**

**Hon. Bridget Mary McCormack**, President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association; Former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

6:00 - 7:00 PM 

**Reception**

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