The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue: Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: The Insufficiently Dangerous Branch: The Difficulty with the "Counter-Majoritarian Difficulty"

The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue: Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: The Insufficiently Dangerous Branch: The Difficulty with the "Counter-Majoritarian Difficulty"

Author: Cato Institute September 17, 2018 Duration: 1:04:30
Cato's annual Constitution Day symposium marks the day in 1787 that the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the U.S. Constitution. We celebrate that event each year with the release of the new issue of the Cato Supreme Court Review and with a day-long symposium featuring noted scholars discussing the recently concluded Supreme Court term and the important cases coming up. Past speakers have included Judges Alex Kozinski, Diane Sykes, and Douglas Ginsburg, Professors Richard Epstein, Michael McConnell, and Nadine Strossen, and Supreme Court litigators Paul Clement, Neal Katyal, and Walter Dellinger.

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