On Friday, April 15th, the Yale Information Society Project will hold a conference at Yale Law School entitled, What Obergefell v. Hodges Should Have Said.
Legal scholars will present their versions of how the U.S. Supreme Court should have written the Obergefell opinion, which held that the Constitution requires states to recognize same-sex marriage.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice at Yale Law School; the Yale Chapters of the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society; and is also supported by a grant from the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:30pm-1:30pm
Lecture by William Eskridge on the history of same-sex marriage litigation
(40 minute lecture plus 20 minutes Q and A)
Lunch will be served.
1:30pm-1:45pm Break
1:45pm-2:00pm Introduction: Jack Balkin
2:00pm-3:15pm Panel One
Jack Balkin, Sherif Girgis & Robert George (presented by Sherif Girgis), Andrew Koppelman (presented by Priscilla Smith)
Moderator: Linda Greenhouse
(2:45-3:15 Q and A)
3:15pm-3:30pm Break
3:30pm-4:50pm Panel Two
Jeremy Waldron, Reva Siegel & Doug NeJaime, Helen Alvare
Moderator: Jack Balkin
(4:20pm-4:50pm Q and A)
4:50pm-5:05pm Break
5:05pm-6:25pm Panel Three
Katherine Franke, John Harrison, William Eskridge
Moderator: Reva Siegel
(5:45-6:25 Q and A)