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2025 Supreme Court Review: Key Rulings, Public Perceptions, and Constitutional Debates

July 08, 2025

The National Constitution Center and the Center on the Structural Constitution at Texas A&M University School of Law present a U.S. Supreme Court review symposium featuring leading constitutional law scholars and commentators analyzing the Court’s most significant rulings of the term. Participants include Jonathan Adler, Jess Bravin, Jan Crawford, Daniel Epps, Sarah Isgur, Frederick Lawrence, Fred Smith Jr., Stephen Vladeck, Daniel Walters, and Keith Whittington. In addition to discussing recent decisions, panelists will explore the role of the media, the president, and other political actors in shaping public perceptions of the Court. Moderators and special guest speakers include Robert Ahdieh and Katherine Mims Crocker of Texas A&M University School of Law, Neil Siegel of Duke Law School, and Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center.

This program is presented in partnership with the Center on the Structural Constitution at Texas A&M University School of Law.

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Participants

Introductory Remarks
Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO, National Constitution Center
Robert Ahdieh, dean and Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean's Chair, Texas A&M University School of Law

Panel 1: Supreme Court Term Review
Jonathan Adler, Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School
Daniel Epps, professor of law, Washington University School of Law
Sarah Isgur, editor, SCOTUSblog; legal analyst, ABC News
Frederick Lawrence, distinguished lecturer, Georgetown University Law Center
Moderator: Katherine Mims Crocker , professor of law, Texas A&M University School of Law

Panel 2: The Roberts Court and Executive Power
Stephen Vladeck, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts, Georgetown University Law Center
Daniel Walters, associate professor of law, Texas A&M University School of Law
Keith Whittington, David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Moderator: Neil Siegel, David W. Ichel Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Duke Law School

Panel 3: Covering the Court
Jess Bravin, Supreme Court Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Jan Crawford, chief legal correspondent, CBS News
Fred Smith Jr., professor of law, Stanford Law School
Moderator: Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO, National Constitution Center

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