Criminal Justice Department Special Events

Campus wide - Open to the Public Conference

Decisions Made, Votes Cast, and Policies Implemented: The October 2011 Term and the Role of the Supreme Court in American Policy and Politics

Introductions and Welcome

10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. MSU 218 Multipurpose Room

Dr. Carlos Vargas-Aburto

Provost/VP for Academic & Student Affairs

Kutztown University

1^st Panel

The Supreme Court and the "Hot Button" Political Cases of the 2011 Term

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MSU 218 Multipurpose Room

Dr. Andrew B Arnold, Moderator

Kutztown University

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

Alan E. Garfield

Professor of Law

 Widener University Law School

Arizona Law SB 1070

Marsha Levick, Esq.

Deputy Director and Chief Counsel

Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia Pa.

The Stolen Valor Act and the First Amendment

Erin Daly

Professor of Law

 Widener University Law School

Lunch with panelists (closed, invitation only)

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. MSU 223 Formal Dining Room

Dr. Anne E. Zayaitz
Dean
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Kutztown University

2^nd Panel

The Supreme Court, Criminal Justice and Individual Rights

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. MSU 183 Alumni Auditorium

Dr. Keith Logan, Moderator

Kutztown University

The Sixth Amendment, Missouri v Frye and LaFler v Cooper and the Plea Bargain Process

Dr. Stephanie Jirard

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

 Shippensburg University

The Fourth Amendment, United States v Jones and Florence v Burlington GPS Surveillance and Police Ordered Strip Searches

Dr. Chris Stangl

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

 West Chester University

The Eighth Amendment, Miller v. Alabama and Graham v Florida and Life without Parole for Juveniles in homicide and non-homicide cases

Laura Cohen

Clinical Professor of Law

 Rutgers School of Law-Newark

 3^rd Panel

The Roberts Court: Does it belong to Roberts or Kennedy?

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. MSU 183 Alumni Auditorium

Dr. Jennifer Jacobson, Moderator

Kutztown University

The Relative Roles of Roberts and Kennedy on the Court

Mark Rahdert

Professor of Law

Temple University Law School

The Affordable Care Act: Chief Justice Roberts' Marbury v Madison Moment?

Mark Graber

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development

 and
Professor of Law and Government

University of Maryland School of Law

Kennedy vs Roberts Differences in Judicial Philosophy, if any?

Robert J. Reinstein

Professor of Law

 Temple University Law School

 4^th Panel

The Election is Over and a New Court Term has Begun, What's Next?

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. MSU 183 Alumni Auditorium

Dr. Arthur H. Garrison, Moderator

Kutztown University

Dr. Stephanie Jirard

Mark Graber

Dr. Jennifer Jacobson

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Kutztown University

Closing Remarks

7:00 p.m. MSU 183 Alumni Auditorium