Constitution Day commemorates the day in 1787 that the United States Constitution was approved by the state delegations to the Constitutional Convention and signed by thirty-nine of its framers. Information on national celebrations of Constitution Day is available at: http://www.constitutionday.cc.

The 11th annual program will review important cases decided during the most recent term of the U.S. Supreme Court.

To view the program click here.

Cases:

Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (2009)
(rules of pleading)

Caperton v. Massey, 129 S.Ct. 2252 (2009)
(state judicial campaign contributions and due process)

Arizona v. Gant, 129 S.Ct. 1710 (2009)
(warrantless search of car incident to arrest)

FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., 129 S.Ct. 1800 (2009)
(fleeting expletives)


This year's panelists include:

• Gregory G. Garre, 44th Solicitor General of the United States;
• Honorable W. Scott Bales, Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court; and
• David Marcus, Associate Professor of Law

The free public presentation is sponsored by the non-partisan Rehnquist Center at the James E. Rogers College of Law with the generous support of the Marshall Foundation.

You may register online at http://www.law.arizona.edu/news/faculty/rsvpregistration.cfm. If you would like CLE credit, please make a note in the Remarks section of the RSVP page. If you have any questions, contact Donna Ream at 520-626-1629 or via email at ream@law.arizona.edu.

The Rehnquist Center was established at the James E. Rogers College of Law in 2006. The Center is dedicated to encouraging scholarship about, and public understanding of, the separation of powers, the balance of powers between the federal and state governments, and judicial independence.