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EVENT: July 1 – 2009-2010 Supreme Court Review

ACS Panel Discussion: 2009-2010 Supreme Court Review

On Thursday, July 1, ACS hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club examining the current Supreme Court Term and looking forward to the next. In the immediate wake of the Term’s conclusion, leading academics and practitioners analyzed the Court’s most noteworthy decisions, identified emerging trends, and discussed the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Court.

The panel discussion featured:

Moderator, Thomas C. Goldstein, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

Paul Butler, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Carville Dickinson Benson Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

Paul D. Clement, Partner, King & Spalding, and former Solicitor General of the United States

Doug Kendall, President, Constitutional Accountability Center

Elisa Massimino, President and Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights First

Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, and Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School

Virginia A. Seitz, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Monica Youn, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law’s Democracy Program

View a video of the panel discussion here.

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