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The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue: A Look at the 2025 and 2026 Terms

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The Cato Institute’s annual Constitution Day symposium marks the day in 1787 that the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the US Constitution. We celebrate that event each year with the release of the new issue of the Cato Supreme Court Review and a daylong symposium featuring noted scholars discussing the recently concluded Supreme Court term and important upcoming cases.

Schedule

10:35 - 10:45 AM

Welcome Remarks

Thomas A. Berry, Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and Editor in Chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, Cato Institute

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel I: Redistricting, Removals, and Speech Restrictions

Oliver J. Dunford, Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
Chris Kieser, Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
Robert Corn-Revere, Chief Counsel, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Moderated by Thomas A. Berry, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 PM

Panel II: Criminal Justice

John Wrench, Assistant Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement, Institute for Justice
Jonathan Wroblewski, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Dru Stevenson, Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston
Moderated by Laura Bondank-Harmon, Manager of Legal Programs and Managing Editor of the Cato Supreme Court Review, Cato Institute

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Break

2:30 - 3:45 PM

Panel III: Challenging Trump

Jeffrey M. Schwab, Senior Counsel and Director of Litigation, Liberty Justice Center
Carmen Iguina González, Deputy Director for Immigration Detention, American Civil Liberties Union
Moderated by Molly Nixon, Senior Fellow in Executive Power, Cato Institute

3:45 - 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2026

Darpana Sheth, General Counsel, Center for Individual Rights
Mike Fox, Legal Fellow, Cato Institute
Moderated by Matthew Cavedon, Director of the Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute

5:00 - 5:15 PM

Break

5:15 - 6:15 PM

Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture

Tara Grove, Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law and Professor of Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law

6:15 - 7:00 PM

Reception

Five Virginia Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits will be offered to in-person attendees only. For credit in other states, please contact your state accrediting board.

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