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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