Federalist Society National Symposium

Program

Friday, February 27

3:30 p.m.Registration
6:30 p.m.Opening Remarks
6:45 p.m. Is the Separation of Powers Principle Exportable?
8:30 p.m.Cocktail Reception

Saturday, February 28

8:00 a.m.Breakfast
9:00 a.m.Medellin v. Texas (Debate)
10:30 a.m.Confirmation Battles and Presidential Nominations
12:15 p.m.Lunch Break
1:45 p.m.The Administrative State and the Constitution
4:00 p.m.War Powers and the Executive
6:00 p.m.Cocktail Hour (Commons)
7:00 p.m.Banquet (Commons)

   
Panel by Panel    
           
Welcome (Friday, February 27, 6:30 p.m.)
        
Dean Harold H. Koh, Yale Law School
          
                   
Is the Separation of Powers Principle Exportable? (Fri., February 27, 6:45 p.m.)
Moderator: Judge José A. Cabranes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Professor Steven G. Calabresi, Northwestern Law School
Professor Oona Hathaway, U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Professor Juan Linz, Yale University
Professor Jide Nzelibe, Northwestern Law School

Medellin v. Texas (Debate) (Sat., February 28, 9:00 a.m.)

  
Moderator: Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit    
The Hon. R. (Ted) Edward Cruz, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, former Solicitor General of Texas
            
Mr. Donald Francis Donovan, Debevoise & Plimpton
           
Confirmation Battles & Judicial Nominations (Sat., February 28, 11:00 a.m.)
        
Moderator: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
                  
Ms. Nan Aron, Alliance for Justice
      
Hon. Rachel Brand, WilmerHale, former Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy
Professor Stephen Carter, Yale Law School
Professor John O. McGinnis, Northwestern Law School
          
                   
The Administrative State & the Constitution (Saturday, February 28, 2:00 p.m.)    
Moderator: Professor Jonathan R. Macey, Yale Law School        
Professor Cynthia R. Farina, Cornell Law School           
Professor John Harrison, University of Virginia Law School        
Professor Gary S. Lawson, Boston University Law School        
Professor Thomas W. Merrill, Yale Law School          
Professor Peter M. Shane, Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law      
                 
War Powers and the Executive (Saturday, February 28, 4:00 p.m.)      
Moderator: Judge Debra Ann Livingston, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit  
Hon. John R. Bolton (former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations)    
Professor Curtis A. Bradley, Duke Law School     
Professor Martin S. Lederman, Georgetown University Law Center (tentative)      
Professor Michael Paulsen, University of St. Thomas Law School      
Professor Christopher Schroeder, Duke Law School        
                   
Banquet (Saturday, February 28, 7:00 p.m.)          
Keynote: The Honorable Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
 
     
           
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