On July 1, 2008, ACS hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club examining the current Supreme Court Term. In the immediate wake of the Term's conclusion, a panel of leading experts including voices from both a progressive and conservative perspective examined the Court's most noteworthy decisions, identified emerging trends and suggested areas on which observers should focus going forward.

Discussion:

• Introduction to the Panel Discussion (Windows Media) 
• Introductions of the Panelists (Windows Media)
• Death Penalty Cases Discussion (Windows Media)
• Habeas Corpus/"War on Terror" Cases Discussion (Windows Media)
• Voter-ID/Election Law Case Discussion (Windows Media)
• Third Party Liability in Securities Law Case Discussion/ Limiting Causes of Action (Windows Media)
• Sentencing Guidelines Cases Discussion (Windows Media)
• Preemption/ Federalism Discussion (Windows Media)
• Closing Observations and Predictions (Windows Media)

Panelists:

• Moderator, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP; Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and former Dean, Stanford Law School
• Randy E. Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center
• Thomas C. Goldstein, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP; Lecturer in Law, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School
• Alan B. Morrison, Special Counsel, Fair Elections Legal Network; Co-Founder and Former Director, Public Citizen Litigation Group
• John Payton, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
• Deborah Pearlstein, LAPA Visiting Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
• Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP; Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School