Next Wednesday, Jan. 21st, is the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United.  I’ll be participating in an intriguing conference The Center for Competitive Politics is hosting, which will kick off with an interview of the General Counsel for Citizens United.  The conference will take place at the Cato Institute, located at 1000 Massachusetts Ave NW; registration is available at the following link, and the Program for the conference is included below.

http://www.campaignfreedom.org/event-citizens-united-v-fec-after-five-years/

Program:

9:00 AM

The Story Behind the Lawsuit

Michael Boos, General Counsel, Citizens United

Interviewer: TBA

9:20 AM

The Impact on Parties in the age of Citizens United: Are changes needed?

Joel Gora, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School

Neil Reiff, Founding partner, Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.

Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Interviewer:

Mike Allen,* Politico

10:20 AM

Should liberals support Citizens United?

Ira Glasser, former Executive Director, ACLU

Gabe Rottman, legislative counsel, ACLU

Wendy Kaminer, Author, lawyer, social critic and contributing editor of The Atlantic

Interviewer:

Stuart Taylor, Jr., Author, freelance writer and a Brookings Institution nonresident senior fellow

11:20 AM

Beyond Citizens United: the future of campaign finance jurisprudence

Bobby R. Burchfield, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law

Bradley A. Smith, Chairman and Founder, Center for Competitive Politics, Judge John T. Copenhaver Visiting Endowed Chair of Law at the West Virginia University, former FEC Chairman

Interviewer:

Matea Gold, The Washington Post

 

12:15 PM Adjourn

 

* – Invited, not yet confirmed