Text, History & Principle: What Our Constitution Means and How to Interpret It

At the 10th Anniversary ACS National Convention, on Friday, June 17, 2011, ACS hosted a panel on constitutional interpretation featuring: 

  • Akhil Reed Amar, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Joan Biskupic, Author of biographies of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (2005) and Justice Antonin Scalia (2009); Legal Affairs Correspondent, USA Today
  • Pamela S. Karlan, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
  • Geoffrey R. Stone, Professor of Law, Univ. of Chicago Law School
  • Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Judge Diane P. Wood, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Free Speech and the Roberts Court: The First Amendment in the First Five Years

Featuring:

  • Floyd Abrams, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindell LLP
  • Judge Marsha S. Berzon, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University
  • Paul D. Clement, Partner, Bancroft PLLC; former US Solicitor General
  • Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times
  • Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, New York Law School
  • Monica Youn, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law

National Power to Address the Nation's Problems: The Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act

On Saturday, June 18, 2011, ACS hosted a panel on the constitutionality of health care reform. It featured:

  • Randy E. Barnett, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Walter E. Dellinger III, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP; former acting US Solicitor General
  • Dawn Johnsen, Professor of Law, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law
  • Walter Kamiat, Associate General Counsel, SEIU
  • Simon Lazarus, Public Policy Counsel, National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • Neera Tanden, Chief Operating Officer, Center for American Progress

Executive Power and National Security

Featuring:

  • Martin S. Lederman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Eric Lichtblau, Justice Department Correspondent, The New York Times
  • Elisa Massimino, President and Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights First
  • Neomi Rao, Professor of Law, George Mason university School of Law
  • Peter M. Shane, Professor of Law, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

Electronic Privacy Revisited

On Saturday, June 18, 2011, at 11am, ACS hosted a panel on electronic privacy at the 10th Anniversary ACS National Convention, featuring:

  • Randal S. Milch, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Verizon Communications Inc.
  • Paul Ohm, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
  • Jeffrey Rosen, Professor of Law, George Washington University School of Law
  • Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
  • Solveig Marilyn Singleton, Vice President & Senior Analyst, Convergence Law Institute
  • Tim Sparapani, Director of Public Policy, Facebook

The Struggle for LGBT Equality: A Conversation about Ends, Means, and the Path Ahead

On Saturday, June 18, 2011, ACS hosted a panel discussion on the progress and future of the movement for LGBT equality, featuring:

  • Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director, Lambda Legal
  • Holning Lau, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Brian Moulton, Chief Legislative Counsel, Human Rights Campaign
  • Nancy Polikoff, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
  • Tobias Barrington Wolff, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Evan Wolfson, Founder and President, Freedom to Marry