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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