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The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the 2022 and 2023 Terms

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Five Virginia CLE credits will be offered to both in‐​person and online attendees. Online CLE attendees can register 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

10:35 - 10:40 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Anastasia Boden, Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

10:40 - 10:45 AM

Introduction

Thomas Berry, Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel I: The Limits of State and Federal Power

Brannon Denning, Samford University Cumberland School of Law, National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
Timothy Sandefur, Goldwater Institute, Haaland v. Brackeen
Damien Schiff, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sackett v.  Environmental Protection Agency

Moderated by Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 PM

Panel II: Freedom of Expression and the First Amendment

Clay Calvert, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Counterman v. Colorado
Christopher Green, University of Mississippi School of Law, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
Gregory Dolin, University of Baltimore School of Law, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith and Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products

Moderated by Thomas Berry, Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
2:15 - 2:25 PM

Break

2:25 - 3:40 PM

Panel III: Blockbuster Cases—Affirmative Action, Elections, and Student Loans

David Bernstein, Antonin Scalia Law School, Students for Fair Admissions Inc. (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina
Jed Shugerman, Boston University School of Law, Biden v. Nebraska
Vikram Amar, UC Davis School of Law, Moore v. Harper

Moderated by Clark Neily, Senior Vice president for Legal Studies, Cato Institute
3:40 - 3:50 PM

Break

3:50 - 4:50 PM

Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2023

Wen Fa, Beacon Center of Tennessee
Cate Stetson, Hogan Lovells

Moderated by Anastasia Boden, Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
4:50 - 5:00 PM

Break

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture

Hon. Bridget Mary McCormack, President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association; Former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Reception

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