Roe at 40: What We Have Learned

Name: Roe at 40: What We Have Learned
Start: 2013-03-07T13:00:00-08:00
End: 2013-03-08T15:00:00-08:00

March 7, 2013 @ 1:00 pm - March 8, 2013 @ 3:00 pm PST

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Sponsored by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

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1:15 PM

Roe v. Wade in History
What were the legal, political, and social dynamics of abortion in the late 60s and early 70s? How did they affect Roe’s progress through the courts and the Supreme Court’s deliberations?

Amalia Kessler (Moderator), Stanford Law School
David Garrow, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Judge A. Raymond Randolph, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Clarke Forsythe, Americans United for Life

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3:00 PM

Roe’s Effects on Jurisprudence
How has Roe affected constitutional jurisprudence, both doctrine and theory, beyond reproductive rights issues?

Pamela Karlan (Moderator), Stanford Law School
Michael Stokes Paulsen, University of St. Thomas
Lawrence Solum, Georgetown University Law Center
Jamal Greene, Columbia Law School
David Strauss, University of Chicago

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	Friday, March 8, 2013	Video
9:00 AM	*The Ethical Status of the Unborn* In Roe, the Supreme Court declined to settle a debate among philosophers, theologians, and ethicists on the ethics of abortion. What is the status of that debate, and how has Roe shaped it? Have positions evolved or solidified? Is the debate resolvable? Joshua Cohen (Moderator), Stanford University Robert P. George, Princeton University Kristi Olson, Stanford University Nita Farahany, Duke University
10:45 AM	*Why Did Roe Fail to Gain Popular Consensus?* What accounts for the uneasy relationship between Roe and popular opinion? Unlike other divisive constitutional judgments, popular opinion and doctrine on abortion have not fully aligned. Robert W. Gordon (Moderator), Stanford Law School Gerald Rosenberg, University of Chicago James Davison Hunter, University of Virginia Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Barbara	Watch Video: Why Did Roe Fail to Gain Popular Consensus?
1:30 PM	*Roe’s Effects on Politics* How has Roe affected partisan politics, including the politics of judicial confirmation? Would the culture wars have generated the same dynamics anyway? Michael McConnell (Moderator), Stanford Law School Linda Greenhouse, Yale Law School David Brady, Hoover Institution Deborah Rhode, Stanford Law School Margaret Brinig, University of Notre Dame	Watch Video: Roe’s Effects On Politics
3:15 PM	21st Century Reproductive Rights Issues What novel reproductive rights issues will the Supreme Court face in the coming years, and how should the Court address them? Burt Neuborne (Moderator), New York University Law School Hank Greely, Stanford Law School Hadley Arkes, Amherst College Radhika Rao, University of California, Hastings College of the Law Dr. Monique Chireau, Duke Medical School	Watch Video: 21st Century Reproductive Rights Issues
5:00 PM	*Closing Remarks* Michael McConnell, Stanford Law School

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