25th Anniversary of Bush v. Gore Two-Day Conference at Florida State

Bush v. Gore reflections, Supreme Court

I went to the first conference on Bush v. Gore at Florida State back right when the case was decided, and I’m very excited to be going back for this event with an amazing group on Feb. 28 and March 1:

FSU Election Law Center

Bush v. Gore 25th Anniversary Conference

All events are in the FSU College of Law Main Classroom Building, Auditorium 101, unless otherwise noted.

Friday, February 28, 2025

9:00-9:30 A.M. – Optional Breakfast in Rotunda

9:45-10:00 A.M. – Welcome

  • Dean Erin O’Hara O’Connor, Donald J. Weidner Chair, Florida State University College of Law
  • Professor Michael T. Morley, Sheila M. McDevitt Professor of Law, Faculty Director, FSU Election Law Center, Florida State University College of Law

10:00-11:30 A.M. – State and County Officials Panel

Presenters and their respective roles in 2000:

  • Ms. Sally Bradshaw, Chief of Staff to Governor Jeb Bush
  • Paul Hancock, Esq., Florida Deputy Attorney General
  • Deborah K. Kearney, Esq., General Counsel, Florida Department of State
  • The Honorable Theresa LePore, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections
  • The Honorable John Thrasher, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
  • Moderator: Professor Michael T. Morley                       

11:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. – Lunchand Remarks by Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd

12:30-2:00 P.M – State Litigation Panel*

  • The Honorable Harry Lee Anstead, Former Justice, Florida Supreme Court
  • Mitchell W. Berger, Esq., Senior Advisor and Counsel, Gore-Lieberman Presidential Campaign
  • The Honorable Major Harding, Former Justice, Florida Supreme Court
  • The Honorable Judge Terry Lewis, Former Leon County Circuit Court
  • Barry Richard, Esq., Lead Litigation Counsel, Bush-Cheney Presidential Campaign
  • Moderator: Joseph Van de Bogart, General Counsel, Florida Department of State

2:00-2:15 P.M. – Break

2:15-3:45 P.M. – Parallel Federal Litigation Panel*

  • Professor Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain, Professor of Legislation, Columbia Law School
  • The Honorable John Antoon, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • The Honorable Joel F. Dubina, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • The Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • Moderator: Professor Michael T. Morley

3:45-4:00 P.M. – Break

4:00-5:30 P.M. – Keynote Address

  • Mr. David Boies, Esq., Chairman Emeritus and Founding Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, National Counsel, Gore-Lieberman Presidential Campaign
  • Mr. Ben Ginsberg, Esq., Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, National Counsel, Bush-Cheney Presidential Campaign

Saturday, March 1, 2025

8:30-9:00 A.M. – Optional Breakfast in Rotunda

9:00-10:30 A.M. – Bush v. Gore, the Right to Vote, and Election Administration*

  • Professor Joshua Douglas, Acting Associate Dean for Research, Ashland, Inc. – Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law, University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
  • Professor Richard L. Hasen, Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law, Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
  • Professor Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law
  • Professor Charles Stewart III, Kenan Sahin, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Moderator: Professor Lonna Atkeson, Ph.D., Leroy Collins Eminent Scholar in Civic Education and Political Science, Director, LeRoy Collins Institute, FSU College of Social Sciences and Public Policy

10:30-10:45 A.M. – Break

10:45-12:15 P.M. – Congressional v. Judicial Power Over Elections and the Political Question Doctrine*

  • Professor Nelson Lund, Distinguished University Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
  • Professor Robert Pushaw, James Wilson Endowed Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law
  • Dean Daniel Tokaji, Fred W. & Vi Miller Dean, Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
  • Moderator: Professor Charquia Fegins, Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Law

12:15-1:15 P.M. – Lunch

1:15-2:45 P.M. – Remedies in Election Cases/ Constitutional Questions Concerning the Electoral College*

  • Professor Sam Isaacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law
  • Professor Justin Levitt, Professor of Law, Gerald T. McLaughlin Fellow, Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
  • Professor Derek T. Muller, Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
  • Moderator: Professor Michael T. Morley

2:45-3:00 P.M. – Break

3:00-4:30 P.M. – Bush v. Gore and the Future of the Voting Wars*

  • Professor Guy-Uriel Charles, Charles Ogletree, Jr., Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School
  • Professor Christopher Seaman, Robert E.R. Huntley Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
  • Dean Franita Tolson, Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
  • Moderator: Ryan Owens, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Florida Institute on Governance and Civics, FSU College of Social Sciences and Public Policy

*Denotes those events eligible for two general CLE credits by the Florida Bar.

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