Upcoming Conference on the Future of the Supreme Court

[David Stras]

Dear Colleagues,

 

I have been asked to forward an invitation to an upcoming symposium at the
University of Minnesota entitled, "The Future of the Supreme Court:
Institutional Reform and Beyond."  The date of the symposium is October 21,
2005, and we have a very distinguished group of speakers coming in to talk
about the future of the Court.  This is obviously a very timely topic.  I
have attached the schedule for the event below.  Please do not hesitate to
e-mail if you have any questions about the event.  I hope to see you there.


 

David R. Stras

Associate Professor 

University of Minnesota Law School

229 19th Avenue South

450 Walter Mondale Hall

Minneapolis, MN 55455

 

Voice: (612) 624-2947

E-mail: dstras at umn.edu

  

 


Schedule:


8:00-8:30

Registration


8:30-8:45

Welcome (Dean Alex Johnson)


8:45-9:15

Introductory presentation
Adrian Vermeule: "The Obstacles to Supreme Court Reform" 


9:15-10:40

Panel: The Role of Politics and Precedent in Limiting the Court's Judicial
Power
Michael Gerhardt: "Super Precedent"
Daniel Farber: "The Rule of Law and the Law of Precedent"
Randy Barnett: "Precedent: The New Judicial Supremacy" 


10:40-10:50 

Break


10:50-12:15

Panel: Decision Making at the Court: A Convergence of People, Ideas, and
Shifting Values
Thomas Lee: "The Second-Image Reversed: The Influence of Geopolitics on
Supreme Court Decisions in U.S. Foreign Relations Law"
Angela Onwuachi-Willig and Guy-Uriel E. Charles: "Representative Government,
Representative Court?"
Mark Tushnet: "Can Knowing Less Be Better Than Knowing More?" 


12:15-1:15

Lunch


1:15-2:40 

Panel: Political Controversy and the "Suprapolitical" Third Branch
Stephen Smith: "The Supreme Court and the Politics of Death"
Martin Redish: "The Supreme Court, the Rules Enabling Act, and the
Politicization of the Federal Rules: Constitutional and Statutory
Implications"
Neal Devins: "Should the Supreme Court Fear Congress?" 


2:40-2:50

Break


2:50-4:15 

Panel: The Past, Present, and Future of the Supreme Court's Workload
Kenneth Starr: "The Supreme Court and its Shrinking Docket: The Ghost of
William Howard Taft"
Steven Calabresi: "A Proposal to Reinstitute Circuit Riding"
David Stras: "Supreme Court Justices & the Incentives Approach to
Retirement" 


4:15

Adjourn

 

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