In what could be a preview of what might happen when the Supreme Court finally addresses the Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association case this fall or early next year, the Institute of Bill of Rights Law (IBRL) at William & Mary Law School will run through the violent videogame case as part of its 2010-2011 Supreme Court Preview.
The two-day event kicks off on Friday night, September 24 and will feature experienced Supreme Court advocates presenting arguments before the IBRL’s mock panel of Supreme Court Justices. Events will conclude in a 9am to 4pm session on Saturday, September 25.
This year’s participants include Lyle Denniston from the SCOTUS Blog, USA Today’s Joan Biskupic, The Wall Street Journal’s Jess Bravin, the New York Times’ Adam Liptak, University of California, Irvine School of Law Dean Erwin Chemrinsky, U.S. Department of Justice Deputy Assistant Attorney General Beth Brinkman and William & Mary School of Law Dean Davison Douglas.
Anyone interested in attending can, though a registration fee of $325 is required.
Photo accompanying the article is from the 2008-2009 event.
Comments
Re: W&M Law School to Present Mock Schwarzenegger vs EMA ...
Chemrinksy is an interesting add. He lectured on constitutional law in my bar prep course, and is considered a major expert on the subject, so I'd like to see his take on it.
Even still, none of these people share a brain with any of the Nine. So unless each of them is going to "be" a different Justice and rule according to how they would rule, I don't know how good a predictor the outcome will be.
Re: W&M Law School to Present Mock Schwarzenegger vs EMA ...
Please post the results of this later on. The price to watch this is quite steep. :(
Re: W&M Law School to Present Mock Schwarzenegger vs EMA ...
My sympathies to the poor sod who draws the short stick and has to argue for CA's law.
Andrew Eisen
Re: W&M Law School to Present Mock Schwarzenegger vs EMA ...
I admire your optimism and hope you're right, but I'm not going to count my chickens until they hatch...
Re: W&M Law School to Present Mock Schwarzenegger vs EMA ...
Normally I'd agree but in this case it's as simple as looking at an empty basket and counting zero chickens.
Andrew Eisen
Re: W&M Law School to Present Mock Schwarzenegger vs EMA ...
But I want chickens! Heh...no, I get what you mean. I tend to be a "defensive pessimist"...meaning I prepare for the negative outcome (unlike passive pessimists who just give up), which colors my outlook on things.
Re: W&M Law School to Present Mock Schwarzenegger vs EMA ...
Defensive Pessimist? Dude just cut out the middle man (and most of the work) and go Cynic!