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Agenda

8:00-8:15 Registration
8:15-8:25 Welcome
Dean David Wippman
8:25-8:50 Keynote Address: Separation of Powers and the 44th Presidency
Judge Brett Kavanaugh
8:50-10:35

Panel: Politics and the Judiciary

Moderator: David Stras
10:35-10:50 Break
10:50-12:35

Panel: Current Issues in Election Law

  • Heather Gerken:
    Shortcuts and the Reform Process
  • Ellen Katz:
    Withdrawal: How and Why the Roberts Court is Retreating from Election Law
  • Nathaniel Persily:
    Defacing Democracy: The Changing Nature and Rising Importance of As-Applied Challenges in the Supreme Court's Recent Election Law Decisions
  • Terry Smith:
    Disappearing Districts: Exploring New Paradigms for Minority Vote Dilution

Moderator: Guy-Uriel Charles
12:35-1:50 Lunch (Auerbach Commons)
1:50-2:15 Keynote Address: Judicial Nominations in an Umpireless Game
Ben Wittes
2:15-4:00

Panel: Beyond Bush: The Future of Executive Power

  • Steven Calabresi:
    The Fatally Flawed Theory of the Unbundled Executive
  • Charles Cameron:
    Shaping Supreme Court Policy Through Appointments: What Difference Does a New Justice Make?
  • William Howell:
    War-Time Judgments of Presidential Power: Striking Down but Not Back
  • Heidi Kitrosser:
    The Accountable Executive

Moderator: Dale Carpenter
4:00-4:15 Closing Remarks
Professor David Stras
4:15 Adjourn

 
 

Information on 2008 Symposium CLE Credits


Minnesota CLE Event Code:
121192

Number of Approved CLE Credits:
6.5

Name and address of sponsor organization:
Minnesota Law Review
University of Minnesota Law School
229 19th Ave. South, Room 230
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Sponsor contact person:
Jeff Justman, Symposium Editor, Minnesota Law Review

Contact email address:
just0052@umn.edu

Phone number:
612-644-0742