The Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies Presents a Symposium
The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the October 2014 and 2015 Terms
To celebrate Constitution Day and the publication of the fourteenth annual Cato Supreme Court Review.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
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, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies and Editor‐in‐Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review |
| 10:45 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. | Panel I: Executive Power Run Amok
Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute |
| 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 — 2:15 p.m. | Panel II: Civil Rights
William N. Eskridge Jr., Professor, Yale Law School Roger Clegg, President, Center for Equal Opportunity Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |
| 2:15 — 3:30 p.m. | Panel III: Bizarre State Action
Timothy Sandefur, Principal Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation Alexander “Sasha” Volokh, Professor, Emory University School of Law Adam White, Counsel, Boyden Gray & Associates |
| 3:30 — 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 — 5:00 p.m. | Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2015
John P. Elwood, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP Lisa S. Blatt, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP Damon Root, Senior Editor, Reason |
| 5:00 — 6:00 p.m. | Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: Liberty and Originalism in Constitutional Law
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| 6:00 — 7:00 p.m. | Reception |
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