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This event will be live streamed beginning at approximately 12:25 p.m. Eastern.
October 4th will mark the first day of oral arguments for the 2016 Supreme Court term. The Court's docket already includes major cases involving insider trading, the Fourth Amendment, the Sixth Amendment, the Eighth Amendment, criminal law, IP and patent law, the Free Exercise and Equal Protection Clauses, the Fair Housing Act, and voting rights.
The full list of cases granted thus far for the upcoming term can be viewed on SCOTUSblog here. The panelists will also discuss the current composition and the future of the Court.
Featuring:
Mr. Thomas C. Goldstein, Goldstein & Russell PC
Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Georgetown Law Center
Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Biography
Maimon Schwarzschild is Professor of Law at the University of San Diego, where he has taught since 1982. He has published extensively on constitutional law, jurisprudence, law and religion, and civil rights. He is an English barrister and an American lawyer: he was an attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice from 1976 to 1981 and practised as a barrister in London in the 1980s. He was a visiting professor at the Sorbonne for several years, and has been a visiting professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is a Director of the Institute of Law and Religion at the University of San Diego and a member of the editorial board of Law and Philosophy. With Gail Heriot he recently co-edited a volume entitled “A Dubious Expediency: How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education”, published by Encounter Books.
Daniel T. Richards is Vice President & Director, Digital at the Federalist Society, overseeing strategy, operations, and value measurement for FedSoc Digital. In this role, he manages the Society's video content (FedSoc Films) and marketing—including social media, advertising, analytics, and graphic design. He is an executive producer for the feature-length documentary, They Say It Can't Be Done. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Writing from Millikin University and a Master of Arts degree in Professional Communication from Clemson University.
