THIS YEAR’S SYMPOSIUM will examine the United States Judiciary—dubbed, by Alexander Hamilton (in The Federalist, No. 78), “the least dangerous” branch—through the panel discussions below.

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SESSION 1—12:45–2:00 p.m.
Judging the Judges: What Makes a Justice a Good Justice?
David Greenberg, Professor of History and Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University; author of Nixon’s Shadow: The History of an Image
Renée M. Landers, Associate Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School; former president of the Boston Bar Association; co-author of Domestic Electronic Surveillance and the Constitution.
Judge Richard Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Moderator: Jeffrey Rosen, Legal Affairs Editor, The New Republic; Law Professor, The George Washington University

SESSION 2—2:15–3:30 p.m.
Deciding Justice: What Makes a Decision a Good Decision?
Akhil Reed Amar, Southmayd Professor, Yale Law School; author of America’s Constitution: A Biography
Marci Hamilton, Verkuil Chair, Cardozo School of Law; author God vs. The Gavel
Mary-Rose Papandrea, Assistant Professor, Boston College Law School
Moderator: Lincoln Caplan, Visiting Fellow, Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University; Former Editor and President of Legal Affairs

SESSION 3—3:45–5:00 p.m.
The Supreme Court, Jurisprudence, and Presidential Powers
Jack Landman Goldsmith, former Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel; Shattuck Professor, Harvard Law School
Anthony Lewis, former New York Times columnist; author of Gideon’s Trumpet and Make No Law
Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate magazine, “Supreme Court Dispatches” columnist
Moderator: Randall Kennedy, Kline Professor, Harvard Law School