A Future-Proof Constitution: Exploring the Effects of Modernization on Constitutional Law
Friday, January 28, 2022
10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Held virtually via Zoom
Symposium Schedule
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.: Introduction and Panel 1 - Originalism in Flux
This panel discusses which theories of constitutional interpretation render the Constitution most effective and resilient in the face of change, technological and otherwise.
- Hugh Hewitt, Professor of Law, Fowler School of Law
- Michael Rappaport, Professor of Law and Director, Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, University of San Diego
- Mark Tushnet, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Rebecca Zietlow, Distinguished University Professor and the Charles W. Fornoff Professor of Law and Value, University of Toledo College of Law
Moderator: Professor Kurt Eggert, Director of the Alona Cortese Elder Law Center at the Fowler School of Law
Noon - 12:30 p.m.: Keynote Address
Featuring Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law
1 - 2 p.m.: Panel 2 - The Tomorrow Doctrine
This panel examines how emergent technologies and other trends will result in new constitutional thought.
- Aziza Ahmed, Professor of Law, UCI Law
- David S. Han, Professor of Law, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
- Mark Kende, Professor of Law and Director of the Drake Constitutional Law Center, Drake University Law School
- James Phillips, Assistant Professor of Law, Fowler School of Law