The Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies Presents a Symposium

The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the October 2008 and October 2009 Terms

To celebrate Constitution Day and the publication of the eighth volume of the annual Cato Supreme Court Review.

Thursday, September 17, 2009
10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
F.A. Hayek Auditorium

Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

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Symposium Program

10:00 — 10:30 a.m.	Registration
10:30 — 10:45 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Introduction Ilya Shapiro Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
10:45 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.	Panel I: Civil Rights and Federalism: Voting Rights, Equal Protection, and Preemption Download Podcast of Welcoming Remarks and Panel 1 Moderator: Ilya Shapiro Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review Kenneth L. Marcus Ackerman Chair, CUNY/​Baruch College School of Public Affairs Roger Clegg President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute
12:00 — 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 — 2:15 p.m.	Panel II: The Many Kinds of Speech: Obscenity, Public Parks, Elections Download Podcast of Panel 2 Moderator: Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute Nadine Strossen Professor of Law, New York Law School; former President, ACLU James Bopp, Jr. General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech Brad Smith Professor of Law, Capital University Law School; former Chairman, FEC
2:15 — 3:30 p.m.	Panel III: Criminal Law: Revisiting the Fourth and Sixth Amendments Download Podcast of Panel 3 Moderator: Timothy Lynch Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute Erik Luna Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law Orin Kerr Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School Mark Chenoweth Senior Fellow in Legal Studies, Pacific Research Institute
3:30 — 3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45 — 5:00 p.m.	Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2009 Download Podcast of Panel 4 Moderator: Ilya Shapiro Editor‐​in‐​Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review Jan Crawford Greenburg Legal Correspondent, ABC News Tom Goldstein Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
5:00 — 6:00 p.m.	Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: Natural Rights and the Effect of Partial Enumeration Download Podcast of B. Kenneth Simon Lecture Hon. Michael W. McConnell Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (until August 31, 2009; as of September 1, 2009: Professor of Law and Director of the Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School)
6:00 — 7:00 p.m.	Reception