This Saturday, the University of Miami Law Review is having an election law symposium. Here is the schedule:
- University of Miami Law Review Election Law Symposium
Registration & Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks – 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
I. Rationalizing Election Law
9:15 am – 10:30 am
Election law encompasses multiple topics addressed by discrete statutes and distinct Constitutional claims raised by candidates, parties, interest groups, contributors. The roles of voters, who represents these interests, and how the claims of voters relate to claims of other parties have not figured prominently in election law jurisprudence. What would election law jurisprudence relating to campaign finance and to election administration look like if voters were more central to the deliberations of Congress, the courts, and the FEC?
Scott Thomas, Chairman, Federal Election Commission
Frances R. Hill, Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law
Daniel Hays Lowenstein, Professor of Law, University of California at Los Angeles Law School
Coffee Break –
10:30 a.m.11:00 a.m.
II. The Contested Jurisprudence of McConnell v. FEC
11:00 am – 12:45 pm
What did the Court decide and why has this opinion become so controversial? Is the Court developing an innovative concept of democracy? Or, is the controversy largely tactical? What were the consequences of this case for the 2004 election? What were the implications of the 2004 election for the continuing controversy over McConnell?
Robert F. Bauer, Perkins Coie, Washington, D.C
Benjamin L. Ginsberg. Patton Boggs, Washington, D.C.
Trevor Potter, Caplin & Drysdale and the Campaign Legal Center, Washington, D.C.
Daniel Ortiz, Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School
LUNCH – 12:45 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
III. One View from the FEC
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Bradley Smith, Commissioner and former Chair, Federal Election Commission
Is McConnell consistent with the Constitution? What has been the Federal Election Commission