8:00a.m.

Registration

8:00 - 9:00a.m.

Breakfast and conversation

9:00 - 10:40a.m.

Suspending Rights to Sustain Public Safety: Deciphering Wartime Suspensions of the Writ of Habeas Corpus by Presidents Lincoln and Bush
This panel will compare and contrast constitutional approaches to the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus by President Lincoln in the Civil War and President Bush during the War on Terror. Panelists will embark on a conversation and debate that considers cases such as, Ex Parte Merryman; Ex Parte Milligan; Ex Parte Quirin and the recent Guantanamo Bay Detainee Cases to determine when it is appropriate for a president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and the proper measures a president must take when suspending a civil liberty to protect public safety.
Panelists: Jonathan Hafetz, Kyndra Rotunda, Scott Sullivan, John Yoo, John Eastman (moderator)

10:50a.m - 12:30p.m.

What Would Lincoln Do? Constitutional Approaches to Wartime Finance and Economics
The effect of war on the American economy often serves as one of the most hotly contested issues resulting from American engagement in conflict. This panel will discuss whether President Lincoln's Greenback approach to financing the Civil War is an economic model other war-time presidents should consider. The panel will consider the economic effects of war and will decipher which elements of war strengthen an economy and which elements burden an economy. The panel will focus upon successful, unsuccessful and potential models for funding the current War on Terror.
Panelists: Robert D. Auerbach, Michael A. Bernstein, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Timothy Canova, Lynne M. Pierson Doti (moderator)

12:40 - 2:10p.m.

Luncheon Keynote Address featuring Harry V. Jaffa
Harry V. Jaffa is a leading proponent of Abraham Lincoln who served as a speechwriter for Barry Goldwater and is recognized as one of the most famous students of Leo Strauss. The author of numerous articles and books, Jaffa's publications include, Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (University of Chicago Press, 1959).

2:20 - 4:00p.m.

Civil Liberties for Civil Rights: Justifying Wartime Decline of Civil Liberties by a Gain of Civil Rights
The Civil War and War on Terror present two wartime models where Americans' rights to various civil liberties were suspended. The suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, the institution of military commissions to try combatants, and limitations on the 1st Amendment remain some of the most debated issues of both the Civil War and the War on Terror. This panel will consider whether these limiting measures on Americans' civil liberties were justifiable by the subsequent civil rights secured as the result of each war-namely, the Reconstruction Amendments which secured the civil rights of African Americans after the Civil War and liberation of the Iraqi people resulting from the War on Terror.
Panelists: Marjorie Cohn, M. Katherine B. Darmer, Roger Pilon, Robert Pushaw, Celestine Richards McConville (moderator)