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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18
Showcase Panel I: Enumerated Powers, the Tenth Amendment, and Limited Government
9:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
- Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center
- Hon. R. Edward “Ted” Cruz, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Prof. Michael J. Gerhardt, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor in Constitutional Law, Director, Center for Law and Government, University of North Carolina School of Law
- Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen, Distinguished University Chair and Professor, University of Saint Thomas School of Law
- Prof. Mark V. Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School
- Moderator: Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Litigation: Debating the Constitutionality of the Federal Health Care Legislation
11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
- Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center
Hon. Richard Cordray, Ohio Attorney General - Prof. Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School and former Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- Mr. David B. Rivkin, Jr., Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Moderator: Hon. David R. Stras, Minnesota Supreme Court
Professional Responsibility: The Bloody Crossroads: Republican Party of Minnesota v. White Runs Into Caperton v. Massey
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Mr. James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson, and Bostrom and General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech
- Hon. Thomas R. Phillips, Partner, Baker Botts LLP, and former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
- Hon. Patience Drake Roggensack, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Hon. Clifford W. Taylor, Ave Maria School of Law and former Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
- Moderator: Hon. Thomas M. Hardiman, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Federalism: Is There Any Remaining Limit to Federal Power?
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
- Prof. John C. Eastman, Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law, Director, Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, and former Dean, Chapman University School of Law
- Hon. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General of Virginia
- Prof. Jeffrey Rosen, Professor of Law, The George Washington University and Legal Affairs Editor, The New Republic
- Moderator: Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19
A Discussion: When Does Regulation of the Private Sector Go Too Far?
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
- Mr. Lanny J. Davis, Lanny J. Davis & Associates, LLC
- Mr. Michael J. Madigan, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Moderator: Mr. Pete Williams, Justice Correspondent, NBC News
Showcase Panel II: Government of the People, by the People, and for the People?
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon
- Prof. Robert D. Cooter, Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law, and Director, Program in Law and Economics, University of California Berkeley School of Law
- Prof. Richard A. Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
- Prof. William N. Eskridge, Jr., John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale Law School
- Prof. Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Steven G. Calabresi, George C. Dix Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, Chairman, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy
Religious Liberties: Christian Legal Society vs. Martínez
12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.
- Prof. Richard W. Garnett, IV, Associate Dean, University of Notre Dame Law School
- Mr. Jordan Lorence, Senior Counsel and Senior Vice President, Office of Strategic Initiatives, Alliance Defense Fund
- Mr. Paul M. Smith, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
- Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
- Moderator: Hon. William H. Pryor Jr., United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Free Speech: Anonymity and The First Amendment
3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
- Prof. Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, University of Notre Dame Law School
- Prof. Bradley A. Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Designated Professor of Law, Capital University Law School
- Hon. A. Raymond Randolph, United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
- Prof. Joel R. Reidenberg, Professor of Law and Director, Center on Law and Information Policy, Fordham University School of Law
- Moderator: Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh, United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture (Ticketed event)
5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
- Hon. Dennis G. Jacobs, United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20
Showcase Panel III: Equality, Liberty, and Risk
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
- Prof. Carl T. Bogus, Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law; Visiting Professor, Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University
- Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- Hon. C. Boyden Gray, Gray & Schmitz LLP, and former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
- Prof. Christine Jolls, Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor of Law and Organization, Yale Law School
- Moderator: Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Administrative Law: Limits to Government and Regulatory Authority: Comcast v. FCC
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
- Prof. Marvin Ammori, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law
- Hon. Ronald A. Cass, President, Cass & Associates, PC
- Prof. Thomas W. Hazlett, Professor of Law & Economics, George Mason University School of Law and Director of the Information Economy Project, The National Center for Technology and Law
- Mr. Austin Schlick, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission
- Moderator: Hon. Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Annual Rosenkranz Debate and Luncheon
A Debate on the Constitutionality of Proposition 8
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
- Prof. Richard A. Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
- Prof. William N. Eskridge, Jr., John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale Law School
- Moderator: Hon. Robert S. Smith, Associate Judge, Court of Appeals, State of New York
Showcase Panel IV: Ideas for Structural Change: Term Limits, Reviving the Right to Civil Jury Trial, Moving Administrative Law Judges to Article III, and Others
2:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
- Prof. Lillian R. BeVier, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
- Mr. Michael A. Carvin, Partner, Jones Day
- Mr. Douglas T. Kendall, President, Constitutional Accountability Center
- Mr. Patrick McSweeney, Legal Advisor, Virginia TEA Party Patriots Federation
- Mr. C. Gibson Vance, Shareholder, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC and President, American Association for Justice
- Moderator: Hon. Diane S. Sykes, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit