Conference # 9th Annual Constitution Day Conference ##### Watch the Event Download: [ Video ](https://fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/415a8fbd-1440-40d4-a122-49ff967b1c74/673eab4a-4a9c-4e41-bd21-4346393b77a6/main.mp4) [ Video ](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2010/cc-09-16-10-1.flv) [ Audio ](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-1.mp3) Join the conversation on X using [\#CatoEvents](https://x.com/hashtag/CatoEvents). Follow [@CatoInstitute](https://x.com/catoinstitute) on X to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute. Date and Time September 16, 2010 10:30 AM - 7 PM EDT Location 1st floor/Wintergarden Share This Event ##### Featuring Featuring **Roger Pilon**, Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute; **Ilya Shapiro**, Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review*; **James Bopp Jr.**, General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech; **Steve Simpson**, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice; and others. **The Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies Presents a Symposium** # The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue *A Look at the October 2009 and October 2010 Terms* **To celebrate [Constitution Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_%28United_States%29) and the publication of the ninth volume of the annual *[Cato Supreme Court Review](/pubs/scr/index.html).*** ****Thursday**, September 16, 2010 10:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. F.A. Hayek Auditorium** Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 **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 | |---|---| | **10:30 - 10:45 a.m.** | Welcoming Remarks **[Roger Pilon](/people/roger-pilon)** Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Introduction **[Ilya Shapiro](/people/ilya-shapiro)** Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review* | | **10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.** | **Panel I: Religion, Offensive Videos, and Campaign Finance: A Big Year for the First Amendment** [](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-1.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download Podcast of Welcoming Remarks and Panel 1](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-1.mp3) Moderator: **[Ilya Shapiro](/people/ilya-shapiro)** Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review* **James Bopp Jr.** General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech **Steve Simpson** Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice **[Roger Pilon](/people/roger-pilon)** Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute | | **12:00 - 1:00 p.m.** | Lunch | | **1:00 - 2:15 p.m.** | **Panel II: Guns, Enron, and Sexual Predators: The Scope of Federal Power** [](https://cdn.cato.org%0A/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-2.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download Podcast of Panel 2](https://cdn.cato.org%0A/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-2.mp3) Moderator: **[Robert A. Levy](https://www.cato.org/people/robert-levy)** Chairman, Cato Institute **Alan Gura** Gura & Possessky, P.L.L.C. **[Harvey A. Silverglate](https://www.cato.org/people/harvey-silverglate)** Attorney; Author; Co-Founder, FIRE **[Ilya Somin](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-somin)** Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University | | **2:15 - 3:30 p.m.** | **Panel III: Mutual Funds, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the NFL: Getting Down to Business** [](https://cdn.cato.org%0A/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-3.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download Podcast of Panel 3](https://cdn.cato.org%0A/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-3.mp3) Moderator: **[Walter Olson](/people/walter-olson)** Senior Fellow, Center for Constitution Studies, Cato institute **Larry E. Ribstein** Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law, University of Illinois **Hans Bader** Senior Attorney, Competitive Enterprise Institute **Joshua Wright** Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University | | **3:30 - 3:45 p.m.** | Break | | **3:45 - 5:00 p.m.** | **Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2010** [](https://cdn.cato.org%0A/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-4.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download Podcast of Panel 4](https://cdn.cato.org%0A/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-4.mp3) Moderator: **[Ilya Shapiro](/people/ilya-shapiro)** Editor-in-Chief, *Cato Supreme Court Review* **Erik S. Jaffe** Law Offices of Erik Jaffe, P.C. **Tom Goldstein** Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP **Robert Barnes** Supreme Court Reporter, *Washington Post* | | **5:00 - 6:00 p.m.** | **Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture** "Obligationists and Opportunists: Two Critically Different Visions of 'The' Judicial Role" [](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-5.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download Podcast of B. Kenneth Simon Lecture](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2010/cca-09-16-10-5.mp3) **William Van Alstyne** Lee Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School | | **6:00 - 7:00 p.m.** | Reception | [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).