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The Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies Presents a Symposium

The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue
A Look at the October 2010 and October 2011 Terms

To celebrate Constitution Day and the publication of the tenth annual Cato Supreme Court Review.

Thursday, September 15, 2011
10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.


Mount Vernon Place • Undercroft Auditorium
900 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

(1/2 block east of the Cato Institute)

Five (5) Virginia CLE credits will be available. For credit in other states, please contact your state accrediting board

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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
Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Panel I: Video Games, Elections, Scholarships: Another Big Year for the First Amendment

Moderator: Ilya Shapiro
Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

David Post
I. Herman Stern Professor of Law,
Temple University Beasley School of Law

Joel Gora
Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School

Tim Keller
Executive Director, Institute for Justice Arizona Chapter

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Panel II: Searches, Seizures, and Chemical Weapons: The Outer Bounds of Criminal Law

Moderator: Timothy Lynch
Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute

Orin Kerr
Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University

David H. Rittgers
Legal Policy Analyst, Cato Institute

John Eastman
Henry Salvatori Professor of Law, former Dean,
Chapman University Law School

2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Panel III: Federalism, Civil Procedure, Business, and the Proper Judicial Role

Moderator: Walter Olson
Senior Fellow, Center for Constitution Studies, Cato institute

Roger Pilon
Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute

Jonathan Adler
Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University Law School

Andrew J. Trask
Counsel, McGuireWoods LLP

3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break

3:45 - 5:00 p.m. Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2011

Moderator: Ilya Shapiro
Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

Gregory G. Garre
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Tom Goldstein
Partner, Goldstein Howe & Russell P.C.

Adam Liptak
Supreme Court Reporter, New York Times

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: On Privacy and Technology

Hon. Alex Kozinski
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Reception

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