On July 2, 2009 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 experts representing both progressive and conservative perspectives analyzed the Court's most noteworthy decisions, identified emerging trends, and discussed the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Court.

The panel featured:

• Paul D. Clement, Partner, King & Spalding, and former Solicitor General of the United States
• David C. Frederick, Partner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.
• Thomas C. Goldstein, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP; Lecturer in Law, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School
• Linda Greenhouse, Journalist-in-Residence, Senior Fellow, Yale Law School, and former Supreme Court Correspondent for The New York Times
  
• John Payton, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
• Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP; Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
• Moderator, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP; Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and former Dean, Stanford Law School

Thursday, July 2, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
The National Press Club Ballroom
529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045