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20th Annual Constitution Day

The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the 2020 and 2021 Terms

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Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
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Five Virginia CLE credits will be offered to both in-person and online attendees. Online CLE attendees can register or join here.

Cato’s annual Constitution Day symposium marks the day in 1787 that the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the U.S. Constitution. We celebrate that event each year with the release of the new issue of the Cato Supreme Court Review and with a day‐​long symposium featuring noted scholars discussing the recently concluded Supreme Court term and the important cases coming up.

Schedule

10:30 - 10:45 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Ilya Shapiro, Vice President and Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

Introduction

Trevor Burrus, Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel I: First Amendment

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      Douglas Laycock, Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
      Bradley A. Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/​Shirley M. Nault Professor, Capital University Law School
      Thomas Berry, Managing Editor, Cato Supreme Court Review

      Moderated by Trevor Burrus, Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

      12:00 - 1:00 PM

      Lunch

      1:00 - 2:15 PM

      Panel II: Property and Criminal Law

      Panel II- Property and Criminal Law
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          Adam Mossoff, Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
          Christopher Slobogin, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law Director, Vanderbilt Law School
          Ilya Shapiro, Vice President and Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

          Moderated by Thomas Berry, Managing Editor, Cato Supreme Court Review

          2:15 - 3:30 PM

          Panel III: Constitutional Structure

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              Aaron Nielson, Professor of Law, BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School
              Josh Blackman, Professor, South Texas College of Law Houston
              Derek T. Muller, Professor, University of Iowa College of Law

              Moderated by Will Yeatman, Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

              3:30 - 3:45 PM

              Break

              3:45 - 5:00 PM

              Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2021

              Panel IV- Looking Ahead- October Term 2021
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                  Amy Howe, Editor, Howe on the Court (blog)
                  Erik S. Jaffe, Schaerr Jaffe, L.L.P.
                  Sarah M. Harris, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP

                  Moderated by Trevor Burrus, Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

                  5:00 - 6:00 PM

                  Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: “The Court of Mass Incarceration”

                  Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture- “The Court of Mass Incarceration”
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                      Rachel E. Barkow, Vice Dean and Charles Seligson Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law

                      6:00 - 7:00 PM

                      Reception