To celebrate Constitution Day and the publication of the sixth volume of the annual Cato Supreme Court Review.
Five (5) Virginia CLE credits will be available. For credit in other states, please contact your state accrediting board.
Symposium Program
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Registration — F. A. Hayek Auditorium Foyer |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks — F. A. Hayek Auditorium Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Introduction Mark Moller Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Panel 1: Rights Revisited: Affirmative Action, Partial Birth Abortion, and Property Rights
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Moderator: Mark Moller Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review Samuel Estreicher Professor of Law, New York University School of Law Nelson Lund Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law Roger Pilon Vice President, Cato Institute |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch — Wintergarden |
| 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. |
Panel 2: Spotlight on Law and Regulation: Massachusetts v. EPA, Watters v. Wachovia Bank, and Philip Morris v. Williams
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Moderator: Mark Moller Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review Andrew Morriss Professor, University of Illinois College of Law G. Marcus Cole Professor of Law, Stanford Law School Evan Tager Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP |
| 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Panel 3: Speech and Conscience: FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation and Davenport v. WEA
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Moderator: Ilya Shapiro Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Lillian BeVier Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law Richard Garnett Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School Erik Jaffe Partner, Law Offices of Erik S. Jaffe, P.C. |
| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. | Panel 4: Looking Forward: The October 2007 Term
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Moderator: Roger Pilon B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Tom Goldstein Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Bradford Berenson Partner, Sidley Austin LLP |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture — The Once and Future First Amendment
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Hon. Janice Rogers Brown Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit |
| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Reception — Wintergarden |
Registration is closed for this event.