The panel will consist of:
Gregory G. Garre, JD ’91, Partner and Global Chair, Supreme Court & Appellate Practice, Latham & Watkins LLP; former Solicitor General of the United States
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Jeffrey Rosen, Professor, GW Law; President and CEO, National Constitution Center
Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, GW Law
Alan B. Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law, GW Law (Moderator)
There will be a continental breakfast held at 8:30 am.
Among the cases to be discussed will be
Is the Trump administration’s executive order limiting citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States a violation of the applicable statutes and/or the Establishment Clause?Gill v. Whitford
Are there constitutionally enforceable limits on partisan gerrymandering in legislative redistricting?
Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute
What are the statutory limits on states’ ability to “purge” voter rolls based on the failure to vote for several years?
Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis; Ernst & Young LLP v. Morris; National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA
Are agreements to resolve disputes through mandatory employee arbitration unenforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act as applied to employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act?
Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Did Colorado’s public accommodations law violate the religious rights of a baker who refused to provide a wedding cake for a same-sex couple?
You can follow the event on GW Law’s Facebook and Twitter or join the conversation using hashtag #GWSCOTUS17.
A livestream will be available via the GW Law Facebook page at www.facebook.com/gwlawdc.
Media Information
Media interested in attending should register here. If you have questions, please contact Kara Tershel at ktershel@law.gwu.edu.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
9:00am – 10:30am
Where
The George Washington University Law School
The Jacob Burns Moot Court Room (Lerner Hall, Room 101)
2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052