Past Previews

2009 Preview

Moot Court:  Graham v. Florida
Arguing  whether the imposition of a life sentence on a thirteen-year-old for a non-homicide violates the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment were advocates John Blume of Cornell Law School (Director of the Cornell Death Penalty Project) and Kevin C. Newsom of Bradley Arant (a former Solicitor General in Alabama)

Participants:

• Joan Biskupic, USA Today
• John Blume, Cornell Law School
• Beth Brinkmann, U.S. Department of Justice
• Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, University of California, Irvine School of Law
• Paul Clement, King & Spalding
• Walter Dellinger, O'Melveny & Meyers
• Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog
• Davison Douglas, Dean, William & Mary School of Law
• Miguel Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
• Gregory Garre, Latham & Watkins
• Michael Gerhardt, University of North Carolina Law School
• Thomas C. Goldstein, Akin Gump
• Pam Karlan, Stanford Law School
• Adam Liptak, The New York Times
• Dahlia Lithwick,  Slate
• Deanne Maynard, Morrison & Foerster
• Michael W. McConnell, Stanford Law School
• Kevin C. Newsom, Bradley Arant
• Sandra Day O'Connor,  Justice, Supreme Court of the United States (Ret),
• Chancellor, College of William & Mary
• Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin
• Lee Rawls, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• David Savage, The Los Angeles Times
• Suzanna Sherry, Vanderbilt Law School
• Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News
• David Strauss, University of Chicago Law School
• William Van Alstyne, William & Mary School of Law
• Timothy Zick, William & Mary School of Law

2008 Preview

The moot court case argued was FCC v. Fox Television, with Tom Goldstein arguing the FCC's position, and Erwin Chemerinsky arguing Fox's position.

Participants:

• Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
• Marsha Siegel Berzon, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Joan Biskupic, USA Today
• John Blume, Cornell Law School; Director, Cornell Death Penalty Project
• Beth Brinkmann, Morrison and Foerster
• Paul Cassell,  University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law
• Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine School of Law
• Paul Clement, Georgetown University Law Center, Supreme Court Institute
• Walter Dellinger, O'Melveny & Meyers; Duke Law School
• Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog
• Davison Douglas, William & Mary School of Law
• Miguel Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Thomas C. Goldstein, Akin Gump
• Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times
• Pam Karlan, Stanford Law School
• Michael W. McConnell, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• John McGinnis, Northwestern Law School
• David Savage, The Los Angeles Times
• Jay Sekulow, American Center for Law & Justice
• Theodore Shaw, Columbia Law School
• Paul Smith, Jenner & Block
• William Van Alstyne, William & Mary School of Law
• Diane Wood, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Timothy Zick, William & Mary School of Law