Please check back often on Friday and Saturday, as I will be liveblogging the Federalist Society Student Symposium at UPenn. For those interested in instant updates, you can follow me on twitter @JoshBTweets. The program has a great schedule so stay tuned to full coverage here.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010
6:30pm
University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Museum
Welcoming Remarks
Dean Michael A. Fitts, University of Pennsylvania Law School
7:00-8:45pm
University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Museum
Roundtable (Panel 1) – Originalism: A Rationalization for Conservatism, or a Principled Theory of Interpretation?
Prof. Saikrishna Prakash, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. John McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law
Prof. Richard Fallon, Harvard Law School
TBA
Moderator: Hon. Paul Clement, King & Spalding and former U.S. Solicitor General
9:00pm-10:00pm
Penn Law School-Great Hall
Cocktail Reception
SATURDAY-FEBRUARY 27, 2010
8:00am-9:00am
University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Museum
Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am
University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Museum
Debate – Originalism in Criminal Procedure: Ancient Checks or Newfangled Rights?
Prof. Stephanos Bibas, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Prof. Jeffrey Fisher, Stanford Law School
Moderator: Prof. Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Law School
10:15am-12:00pm
University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Museum
Panel 2 – Originalism and Construction: Does Originalism always provide the Answer?
Prof. Randy Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center
Prof. Kermit Roosevelt, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Prof. Caleb Nelson, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. Lino Graglia, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Judge A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Moderator: Judge Diane Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
12:00pm-1:30pm
University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Museum
Lunch
1:45pm-3:30pm
University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Museum
Panel 4 – Originalism, Precedent and Judicial Restraint
Justice Stephen Markman, Michigan Supreme Court
Prof. David Strauss, University of Chicago Law School
Prof. Jeffrey Rosen, George Washington University School of Law
Prof. Mike Rappaport, University of San Diego School of Law
Moderator: TBA
3:45pm-5:30pm
University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Museum
Panel 3 – Does the Originalism of the Fourteenth Amendment Guarantee Justice for All?
Prof. Steven Calabresi, Northwestern University School of Law
Prof. John Harrison, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. Jack Balkin, Yale Law School
Prof. Akhil Amar, Yale Law School
Moderator: Prof. Amy Wax, University of Pennsylvania Law School
6:00pm-7:00pm
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Cocktail Reception
7:00pm
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Banquet
Mr. William Kristol, Weekly Standard & Fox News