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The William H. Rehnquist Center will present a review of important cases decided during the most recent term of the United States Supreme Court at the 13th Annual Constitution Day Supreme Court Review, Friday, September 16, 2011, 1:00 - 4:15 p.m., Ares Auditorium (Room 164). A reception will follow the presentation.

This free presentation will be held in conjunction with a commemoration of Constitution Day, an annual event celebrated in schools and communities nationwide, marking the day in 1787 that the United States Constitution was approved by the state delegations to the Constitutional Convention and signed by thirty-nine of its framers. The event is sponsored by the non-partisan Rehnquist Center at the James E. Rogers College of Law. Additional information about Constitution Day is available at: www.constitutionday.com.

As space is limited, registration is recommended. Online registration is available at www.law.arizona.edu/constitutionday. Those interested in obtaining CLE credit should contact Marlene Cooksey at 530-626-5022 or via email at mcooksey@email.arizona.edu.

Program panelists include:

• Linda Greenhouse, New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, and the Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale University;
• The Honorable Neil Wake, United States District Court, District of Arizona;
• R. (Ted) Edward Cruz, a partner in the law firm of Morgan Lewis, and head of the firm's U.S. Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation Practice, former Solicitor General of Texas, and a former law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist;
• Toni Massaro, Regents' Professor, Milton O. Riepe Chair in Constitutional Law and Dean Emerita of the James E. Rogers College of Law;
• David Marcus, Associate Professor of Law,University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, who will moderate the discussion.

The cases to be discussed are:

• Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Bennett, www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/10238.pdf
• Brown v. EMA, www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/08-1448.pdf
• Leal Garcia v. Texas, www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/11-5001.pdf
• Thomas More Law Center, et al. v. Obama (6th Cir. June 29, 2011), www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/11a0168p-06.pdf, and
• State of Florida v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (11th Cir. August 12, 2011), www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/courts/ca11/201111021.pdf.

The Rehnquist Center was established at the James E. Rogers College of Law in 2006 and is dedicated to encouraging scholarship about, and public understanding of, the separation of powers, the balance of powers between the federal and state governments, and judicial independence. Information on the Center is available at: ww.rehnquistcenter.org.

Posted:09/09/2011
Updated: 09/09/2011