{"id":56,"date":"2025-05-06T18:23:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-05-06T18:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:40:12","slug":"sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<section class=\"block\">\n  <div id=\"sls-filterable-schedule\">\n\n<div class=\"schedule-container inner-container\">  <div class=\"filter-container\">\n  <select id=\"location\" class=\"hide-agenda-filter\"><option value=\"All locations\">All locations<\/option><\/select><select id=\"track\" class=\"hide-agenda-filter\"><option value=\"All tracks\">All tracks<\/option><\/select><select id=\"day\" class=\"hide-agenda-filter\"><option value=\"All days\">All days<\/option><option value=\"May 9, 2025\">May 9, 2025<\/option><\/select>\n  <\/div> <!--.filter-container-->\n\n  <div class=\"day-container\"><div class=\"schedule-day\">May 9, 2025<\/div>        <div class=\"session-container\" data-location=\"\" data-tracks=\"\" data-day=\"May 9, 2025\">\n          <div class=\"session-main\">\n\n            <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/sessions\/breakfast\/\">Check-In<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"session-location\"><\/div>\n\n            \n               <p>Please join us at the Stanford Faculty Club for coffee and snacks to start the day.<\/p>\n\n            \n          \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"session-aside\">\n\n            <div class=\"session-date\">May 9, 2025<\/div>\n            <div class=\"session-time\">9:00 am &#8211; 9:30 am<\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"session-container\" data-location=\"\" data-tracks=\"\" data-day=\"May 9, 2025\">\n          <div class=\"session-main\">\n\n            <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/sessions\/why-does-the-united-states-have-more-law-now-than-before\/\">Why Does the United States Have More Law Now Than Before?<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"session-location\"><\/div>\n\n            \n               <p>Panel discussion with Greg Ablavsky (Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law, Stanford Law School), Jud Campbell (Professor of Law, Stanford Law School), and Jonathan Gienapp (Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School) as they discuss why the United States has more law today and the implications of that fact.<\/p>\n\n            \n          \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"session-aside\">\n\n            <div class=\"session-date\">May 9, 2025<\/div>\n            <div class=\"session-time\">9:30 am &#8211; 10:45 am<\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"session-container\" data-location=\"\" data-tracks=\"\" data-day=\"May 9, 2025\">\n          <div class=\"session-main\">\n\n            <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/sessions\/are-there-too-many-criminal-laws\/\">Are There Too Many Criminal Laws?<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"session-location\"><\/div>\n\n            \n               <p>Please join us for a panel discussion between Orin Kerr (Professor of Law, Stanford Law School), Heather MacDonald (Thomas W. 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Huddleston Jr. Professor of Law, Stanford Law School) as they consider whether the United States has too many criminal laws on the books, and if so, what to do about it.<\/p>\n\n            \n          \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"session-aside\">\n\n            <div class=\"session-date\">May 9, 2025<\/div>\n            <div class=\"session-time\">11:00 am &#8211; 12:15 pm<\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"session-container\" data-location=\"\" data-tracks=\"\" data-day=\"May 9, 2025\">\n          <div class=\"session-main\">\n\n            <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/sessions\/lunch\/\">Lunch Service<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"session-location\"><\/div>\n\n            \n               <p>Please join us for lunch service at the Stanford Faculty Club to discuss, in a relaxed atmosphere, the ideas presented in the morning&#8217;s sessions.<\/p>\n\n            \n          \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"session-aside\">\n\n            <div class=\"session-date\">May 9, 2025<\/div>\n            <div class=\"session-time\">12:30 pm &#8211; 1:30 pm<\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"session-container\" data-location=\"\" data-tracks=\"\" data-day=\"May 9, 2025\">\n          <div class=\"session-main\">\n\n            <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/sessions\/is-nationalization-leading-to-the-erosion-of-state-power\/\">Is Nationalization Leading to the Erosion of State Power?<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"session-location\"><\/div>\n\n            \n               <p>Join us for a panel discussion between Edward Rubin (University Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School) and Ilya Somin (Professor of Law, George Mason Antonin Scalia Law School) considering whether nationalization of certain policy topics erodes state power, and if so, whether diminishing state control presents a problem for Americans today.<\/p>\n\n            \n          \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"session-aside\">\n\n            <div class=\"session-date\">May 9, 2025<\/div>\n            <div class=\"session-time\">1:45 pm &#8211; 3:00 pm<\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"session-container\" data-location=\"\" data-tracks=\"\" data-day=\"May 9, 2025\">\n          <div class=\"session-main\">\n\n            <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/sessions\/litigation-against-the-federal-government\/\">Litigation Against the Federal Government<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"session-location\"><\/div>\n\n            \n               <p>Join us for a discussion with Anya Bidwell (Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice) and Kenneth Miller (Rose Professor of State and Local Government &amp; Director of the Rose Institute, Claremont McKenna) discussing how states and individuals challenge federal laws that they believe present a threat to everyday Americans.\r\n<div class=\"block block-layout-builder block-field-blockuseruserfield-department\" data-block-plugin-id=\"field_block:user:user:field_department\"><\/div><\/p>\n\n            \n          \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"session-aside\">\n\n            <div class=\"session-date\">May 9, 2025<\/div>\n            <div class=\"session-time\">3:15 pm &#8211; 4:30 pm<\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"session-container\" data-location=\"\" data-tracks=\"\" data-day=\"May 9, 2025\">\n          <div class=\"session-main\">\n\n            <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/sessions\/break\/\">Break<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"session-location\"><\/div>\n\n            \n               <p>We invite our guests to discuss the ideas presented at the Symposium and enjoy coffee and snacks as we take a short recess.<\/p>\n\n            \n          \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"session-aside\">\n\n            <div class=\"session-date\">May 9, 2025<\/div>\n            <div class=\"session-time\">4:30 pm &#8211; 5:15 pm<\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"session-container\" data-location=\"\" data-tracks=\"\" data-day=\"May 9, 2025\">\n          <div class=\"session-main\">\n\n            <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/stanford-federalist-society-symposium-2025\/sessions\/tavern-debate\/\">Tavern Debate<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"session-location\"><\/div>\n\n            \n               <p>In classic tavern debate style, attendees come to the front of the room to present their personal views about whether there is too much law facing the United States. 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