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# 23rd Annual Constitution Day 

### The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue 
*A Look at the 2023 and 2024 Terms* 

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Date and Time 

September 17, 2024 10:35 AM - 6 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 - 10:45 AM 

**Welcoming Remarks**

[**Thomas Berry**](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry), Legal Fellow and Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review*

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM 

**Panel I: Separation of Powers**

**Jack Beermann**, Boston University School of Law 
**Will Yeatman**, Pacific Legal Foundation 
**Sean McElroy**, Fenwick & West LLP 

Moderated by [**Thomas Berry**](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry), Legal Fellow, Cato Institute

12:00 - 1:00 PM 

**Lunch**

1:00 - 2:15 PM 

**Panel II: Technology and Speech**

[**Thomas Berry**](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry), Legal Fellow, Cato Institute 
**Derek Bambauer**, Levin College of Law, University of Florida 
**Anya Bidwell**, Institute for Justice 

Moderated by [**Brent Skorup**](https://www.cato.org/people/brent-skorup), Legal Fellow, Cato Institute

2:15 - 2:30 PM 

**Break**

2:30 - 3:45 PM 

**Panel III: Novel Constitutional Questions**

[**Clark Neily**](https://www.cato.org/people/clark-neily), Senior Vice President for Legal Studies, Cato Institute 
**John Stinneford**, Levin College of Law, University of Florida 
[**Ilya Somin**](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-somin), Professor of Law, George Mason University, and B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute 

Moderated by [**Walter Olson**](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson), Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

3:45 - 4:00 PM 

**Break**

4:00 - 5:00 PM 

**Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2024**

**Jeremy Broggi**, Wiley Rein LLP 
**Kimberly Robinson**, Bloomberg Law 

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

5:00 - 5:15 PM 

**Break**

5:15 - 6:15 PM 

**Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture**

**Hon. Neomi Rao**, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

6:15 PM 

**Reception**

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