Conference 

# *Citizens United v FEC* after Five Years 

Date and Time 

January 21, 2015 10 AM - 1:15 PM EST 

Location 

1st floor/Wintergarden 

Should the government have the power to ban a book if it contained any political advocacy? It took that position, until the Supreme Court ruled in *Citizens United v. FEC* that Congress could not take away peoples’ political speech rights when they band together in corporations and unions. On the fifth anniversary of the *Citizens United* ruling, top journalists will interview a variety of experts to explore the impact of the case on politics, liberals and the future of the First Amendment.

**Schedule:**

**8:30 AM: Registration**

**9:00 AM: *The Story Behind the Lawsuit***

- **Michael Boos**, General Counsel, Citizens United
- Interviewer: **David M. Drucker**, Senior Congressional Correspondent, *The Washington Examiner*

**9:20 AM: *The Impact on Parties in the age of Citizens United: Are changes needed?***

- **Joel Gora**, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
- **Neil Reiff**, Founding partner, Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.
- **Peter J. Wallison**, Arthur F. Burns Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Interviewer: **Peter Overby**, NPR News

**10:10 AM: Break**

**10:20 AM: *Should liberals support Citizens United?***

- **Ira Glasser**, former Executive Director, ACLU
- **Gabe Rottman**, legislative counsel, ACLU
- **Wendy Kaminer**, Author, lawyer, social critic and contributing editor of *The Atlantic*
- Interviewer: **Stuart Taylor, Jr.,** Author, freelance writer and a Brookings Institution nonresident senior fellow

**11:10 AM: Break**

**11:20 AM: *Beyond Citizens United: the future of campaign finance jurisprudence***

- **Bobby R. Burchfield**, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- **Richard H. Pildes**, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law
- **Bradley A. Smith**, Chairman and Founder, Center for Competitive Politics, Judge John T. Copenhaver Visiting Endowed Chair of Law at the West Virginia University, former FEC Chairman
- Interviewer: **Matea Gold**, *The Washington Post*

**12:15 PM: Adjourn**