ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society

Today, ACS hosted a panel discussion that previewed the upcoming Supreme Court Term. The panel was moderated by Thomas Goldstein, founder of SCOTUSBlog (and head of Akin Gump's Supreme Court practice), and featured:

• Neal Katyal, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Supreme Court advocate in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.
• Christopher Landau, head of the appellate litigation practice at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Supreme Court advocate.
• Virginia Seitz, a partner with Sidley Austin LLP  and Supreme Court advocate.
• Paul Smith, co-chair of the appellate and Supreme Court practice at Jenner & Block LLP and leading Supreme Court advocate
• Carol Steiker, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of Criminal Law and Its Processes.

The panelists perspectives ranged across the ideological spectrum and the discussion focused on the key cases for the upcoming term. Video of the panel is available here.

ACSBlog will run excerpts from this discussion in the upcoming days and will continue to publish analysis and commentary on the Supreme Court over the upcoming term.