Federal Judiciary

Event: “Our Next Supreme Court Justice?”

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

Tomorrow three Supreme Court experts will discuss the upcoming debate in the Senate over nominee Elena Kagan.  The event, to be held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., is expected to run from 9-10:30 a.m.  A continental breakfast will be available at 8:45.

Politico’s Congressional Bureau Chief, Martin Kady, will moderate the discussion.  The three panelists are:

• Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice
• Tom Goldstein, publisher of SCOTUSblog
• Robert Alt, senior legal fellow and deputy director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation

The sponsors of the event are the National Press Foundation, Politico, and the Center on Congress at Indiana University.  Registration, free but required, can be done here.  For more details, see the event webpage.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on May 20, 2010 (boomark / email).