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21st Annual Constitution Day

The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the 2021 and 2022 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

10:40 - 10:45 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Trevor Burrus, Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel I: Constitutional Structure

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      Jonathan Adler, Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
      Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, George Mason University
      Jennifer L. Mascott, Professor of Law, George Mason University

      Moderated by Will Yeatman, Research Fellow, Cato Institute

      12:00 - 1:00 PM

      Lunch

      1:00 - 2:15 PM

      Panel II: Freedom of Speech, the Press, and Religion

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          Enrique Armijo, Professor of Law, Elon University School of Law
          Elizabeth Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
          Michael Bindas, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice

          Moderated by Thomas Berry, Research Fellow, Cato Institute

          2:15 - 2:25 PM

          Break

          2:25 - 3:30 PM

          Panel III: Guns, Drugs, and Abortion

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              Evan Bernick, Professor of Law, Northern Illinois University College of Law
              Kelly Dineen Gillespie, Professor of Law and Director of Health Law Programs, Creighton University School of Law
              David Kopel, Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

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

              3:30 - 3:45 PM

              Break

              3:45 - 5:00 PM

              Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2022

              Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2022
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                  Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies, Manhattan Institute
                  Amy Howe, Editor, Howe on the Court (blog)
                  Amy Mason Saharia, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP

                  Moderated by Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

                  5:00 - 6:00 PM

                  Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture
                  Term Limits/​Time Rules for Future Justices: Eighteen Arguments for Eighteen Years

                  Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture Term Limits/​Time Rules for Future Justices: Eighteen Arguments for Eighteen Years
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                      Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

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

                      6:00 - 7:00 PM

                      Reception