4th Annual Constitution Day Conference | Cato Institute

Date and Time

September 21, 2005 10:30 AM - 7 PM EDT

Location

Auditorium/1st floor/Wintergarden

Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
NOTE THE DATE HAS CHANGED to Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Conference Schedule

10:30 — 10:45 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies Cato Institute Introduction Mark K. Moller Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review, Cato Institute
10:45 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.	Panel 1 Enumerated Powers: Requiem for Mr. Rehnquist’s Federalism? Moderator: Mark K. Moller Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review, Cato Institute Randy E. Barnett Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law Boston University School of Law and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Todd J. Zywicki Professor of Law George Mason University School of Law Kevin C. Newsom Solicitor General of Alabama
12:00 — 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 — 2:15 p.m.	Panel 2 Constitutional Rights: Property, Religion, and Government Speech Moderator: Mark K. Moller Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review, Cato Institute Steven J. Eagle Professor of Law George Mason University School of Law Roger Pilon B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies Cato Institute Daniel E. Troy Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
2:15 — 3:30 p.m.	Panel 3 Crime and Punishment: Overcriminalization, Sentencing, and the Federal Perspective Moderator: Robert A. Levy Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies Cato Institute Harvey A. Silverglate Counsel, Good & Cormier Timothy Lynch Director, Project on Criminal Justice Cato Institute Rod Rosenstein United States Attorney District of Maryland
3:30 — 3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45 — 5:00 p.m.	Panel 4 Looking Forward: The October 2005 Term Moderator: Timothy Lynch Associate Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Jonathan Adler Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Peter B. Rutledge Catholic University Law School Thomas Goldstein Partner, Goldstein & Howe
5:00 — 6:00 p.m.	Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture in Constitutional Thought: “Religion and the Constitution: A Libertarian Perspective” Nadine Strossen Professor, New York Law School, President, American Civil Liberties Union
6:00 — 7:00 p.m.	Reception