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Sep 14

Constitution Day Celebration

DATE: Saturday, September 14, 2019
TIME: 10:30am—5:30pm
LOCATION: Kennedy Hall 237AB, Chapman University (1 University Drive) | Orange, CA 
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On Saturday, September 14 the Claremont Institute celebrated Constitution Day with Dr. John C. Eastman and the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.

We commemorated the 232nd anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution with panel discussions addressing some of the most pressing threats to our constitutional system.

Our program also featured a discussion with the recipient of this year’s Ronald Reagan Jurisprudence Award, Judge David Sentelle, Chief Judge of the of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, during a private luncheon.

The Claremont Institute partnered with the Orange County Federalist Society to offer 4 hours of MCLE credit for this event. (The Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE.)
 

 

Panel 1 – Discrimination Unbound: Harvard’s Perverse Affirmative Action and Multiculturalism 

  • Ryan Williams President, Claremont Institute; Publisher, Claremont Review of Books
  • Amy Wax Robert Mundheim Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Lee Cheng  Attorney and civil rights activist
  • Carol Matheis Attorney; President, Orange County Federalist Society (Moderator) 

Luncheon featuring Claremont’s 2019 Ronald Reagan Jurisprudence Award recipient, Judge David Sentelle 

Panel 2 – Abortion and the Courts: The Existence of a Right to Life 

  • Dorinda C. Bordlee Vice President and Senior Counsel, Bioethics Defense Fund
  • Teresa Collett Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas (MN)
  • David Forte Professor of Law, Cleveland State University
  • Nikolas Nikas President and General Counsel, Bioethics Defense Fund 
  • Anthony T. Caso Director of the Constitutional Jurisprudence Clinic, Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law (Moderator)

Panel 3 – The Supreme Court: Term Review and a Look to the Horizon 

  • John Eastman Founding Director, Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence; Henry Salvatori Professor of Law and Community Service, Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law 
  • Derek Muller Professor of Law, Pepperdine University
  • Keith Carlson Founding Partner, Carlson & Jayakumar LLP; Memeber of the Board of Directors, Claremont Institute (Moderator)
  • Additional Panelists TBD