You are cordially invited to attend the Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum discussion:

Who Cares About Tradition?
Constitutionalism After Dobbs and Bruen

Wednesday, November 16
5:15-6:30 pm ET
 

Guest Speakers:

William Baude
Professor of Law & Faculty Director of the Constitutional Law Institute
University of Chicago Law School

Jamal Greene

Professor of Law & Faculty Director of the Constitutional Law Institute
University of Chicago Law School
 

Kathleen Sullivan
Partner
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
 

Moderator:

Daphna Renan
Peter B. Munroe and Mary J. Munroe Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
 

In October Term 2021, the Supreme Court repeatedly considered, relied on, and distinguished traditions going back to the Middle Ages and extending well beyond the time of the ratification of relevant constitutional amendments. How does this use of tradition relate to familiar approaches like originalism or living constitutionalism? Is the Court’s use of tradition appropriate? If so, how? This Rappaport Forum will explore these and other questions, including what the Court’s turn to the past as a source of constitutional meaning on high profile questions like abortion and guns means for the Court’s jurisprudence and the future of the Constitution.
 

The Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum is designed to promote and model full, vigorous, and civil discourse on critical and complicated issues facing our community, our nation, and our world.