Caperton V. Massey Coal and Citizens United ("Hillary: The Movie") What Effect Will Two Leading Supreme Court Cases Have on State Courts?
Tuesday, 1/26/2010 9:00 AM (EST)
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9:00 - 10:15 T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center Meryl Chertoff, Co-Director, Justice and Society Program, The Aspen Institute 9:15 - 10:15 am. Panel 1: Caperton v. Massey Coal and the Recusal of State Court Judges Bert Brandenburg, Executive Director, Justice at Stake Campaign Carte Goodwin, Partner, Goodwin & Goodwin, PC and Chair, West Virginia Independent Commission on Judicial Reform Pamela Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law, Stanford Law School Roy Schotland, Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center Moderator: Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, NPR Panel 2: Citizens United and the Election of State Court Judges Jan Baran, Partner, Wiley & Rein, LLP Karl Sandstrom, Of Counsel, Perkins Coie Bradley A. Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Designated Professor of Law, Capital University Law School H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Immediate Past President, American Bar Association Fred Wertheimer, President, Democracy 21 Moderator: Tony Mauro, Supreme Court Correspondent, National Law Journal Keynote Remarks: Choosing (and Recusing) Our State Court Justices Wisely Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court Panel 3: Where Do We Go From Here? James Blanchard, Partner, DLA Piper and former Governor, State of Michigan Christine Durham, Chief Justice, State of Utah and President, Conference of Chief Justices Rebecca Kourlis, Executive Director, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, University of Denver and former Justice, Colorado Supreme Court Thomas Phillips, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP and former Chief Justice, State of Texas Moderator: Pamela Harris, Executive Director, Supreme Court Institute, Georgetown University Law Center 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Q&A with Justice O'Connor and Panel 3 |