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Please consider attending the symposium (if you're in the area) or watching it via livestream. My colleague Barry McDonald and the Pepperdine Law Review editors have put together a great lineup. In case you have questions, you can contact me (or more directly Barry at barry.mcdon...@pepperdine.edu). Best, Mark Mark S. Scarberry Pepperdine University School of Law >> >> >> >> >> >> Please join us for the >> 2017 *Pepperdine Law Review* Symposium >> >> The Supreme Court, Politics and Reform >> >> Saturday, April 8, 2017 >> Pepperdine School of Law >> Malibu, California >> >> >> The United States Supreme Court has long been criticized for injecting >> politics into its decision-making instead of adhering to the rule of law. >> Yet the recent events surrounding President Barack Obama’s nomination of >> Merrick Garland to the Court, and the successful gamble of the Senate >> Republicans to refuse to hold confirmation hearings in hopes that the >> presidential election would allow their party to fill the seat, has cast >> this criticism into even starker relief. >> >> >> But has the confirmation process become so dysfunctional and contentious >> because the Court itself has become unduly political? Or has the Court >> become unduly political because of external political pressures? Or has >> the Court remained faithful to the rule of law while political tempests >> attempt to threaten its independence as an institution of laws? And if for >> whatever reason the Court has become unduly political, what reforms can >> best address this problem? At this symposium, renowned legal scholars, and >> past and present judges, will explore these questions which remain critical >> to maintaining a proper separation of powers in our constitutional system. >> >> >> We hope you can join us for this important and exciting debate that will >> feature lead presenters *Professor Akhil Amar, **Yale Law School*, *Dean >> Erwin Chemerinsky*, *University of California, Irvine School of Law*, >> *Professor >> Michael McConnell*, *Stanford Law School,* *The Honorable Richard Posner* >> , *US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit*, and *Professor Mark >> Tushnet, **Harvard Law School*. Other distinguished panelists who will >> be discussing these questions include: >> >> >> · Ian Bartrum, *UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law * >> >> · Ariel Bendor, *Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law * >> >> · Rebecca Brown, *USC Gould School of Law* >> >> · Aaron Bryant, *University of Cincinnati College of Law * >> >> · Jennifer Chacon, *University of California, Irvine School of Law* >> >> · Stephen Feldman, *University of Wyoming College of Law * >> >> · Paul Finkelman, *University of Pittsburgh School of Law* >> >> · Richard Friedman, *University of Michigan School of Law * >> >> · Warren Grimes, *Southwestern Law School * >> >> · Simona Grossi, *Loyola Law School, Los Angeles * >> >> · Craig Jackson, *Texas Southern University Marshall School of Law * >> >> · Anthony Johnstone, *University of Montana Blewett School of Law * >> >> · Josh Kastenberg, *University of New Mexico School of Law * >> >> · Ambassador Douglas Kmiec, *Pepperdine University School of Law* >> >> · Bruce Ledewitz, *Duquesne University School of Law * >> >> · Jason Mazzone, *University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign >> College of Law * >> >> · David Orentlicher, *Indiana University McKinney School of Law * >> >> · Robert Pushaw, *Pepperdine University School of Law* >> >> · Eric Segall, *Georgia State University College of Law * >> >> · Joshua Segev, *Netanya Academic College School of Law and >> Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law* >> >> · Dean Deanell Tacha, *Pepperdine University School of Law* >> >> · Rick Tepker, *University of Oklahoma College of Law * >> >> >> >> You may watch this remarkable event via live streaming (see >> https://livestream.com/pepperdinesol/lawreview2017) in accordance with >> the following program schedule (all times Pacific Standard Time): >> >> >> 8:00 AM - Breakfast and Registration >> >> 8:30 AM - Welcome Remarks >> >> 8:45 AM - Opening Address by *Professor Michael McConnell*, followed by >> Q & A >> >> 9:30 AM - Break >> >> 9:45 AM - *Hon. Richard Posner* panel presentation (by videoconference) >> with respondents Jennifer Chacon and Dean Deanell Tacha, followed by Q & A >> >> 10:45 AM - Break >> >> 11:00 AM - Professor *Mark Tushnet* panel presentation with respondents >> Robert Pushaw and Paul Finkelman, followed by Q & A >> >> 12:00 PM - Lunch with Luncheon Address by *Dean Erwin Chemerinsky*, >> followed by Q & A >> >> 1:45 PM - *Professor Akhil Amar *panel presentation with respondents >> Rebecca Brown and Ambassador Douglas Kmiec, followed by Q & A >> >> 2:45 PM - Afternoon Break >> >> 3:15 PM - Panel Break-Out Sessions >> >> · *Supreme Court Politicization - Historical Development*: Paul >> Finkelman, Josh Kastenberg, and Rick Tepker >> >> · *Supreme Court Politicization - Is the Court Unduly Political?*: >> Stephen Feldman, Warren Grimes, and Bruce Ledewitz >> >> · *Supreme Court Reform - Restructuring the Court's >> Decision-Making Authority*: Ian Bartrum, Aaron Bryant, and Jason Mazzone >> >> · *Supreme Court Reform - Modifying the Court's Decision-Making >> Methods*: Ariel Bendor, Simona Grossi, Anthony Johnstone, and Joshua >> Segev >> >> · *Supreme Court Reform - Restructuring the Court and/or >> Appointments Process*: Richard Friedman, Craig Jackson, David >> Orentlicher, and Eric Segall >> 4:30 PM - Closing Remarks >> >>
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