8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
CHECK-IN  – or –  JOIN ONLINE

9:00 – 9:05 a.m.
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

PART 1: 2022 U.S. Supreme Court Update

9:05 – 10:05 a.m.
2022 U.S. Supreme Court Update
Appellate litigator and former U.S. Supreme Court clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia, Aaron Van Oort provides a fast-paced review of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the spotlight this term, including those discussed in more detail later in the morning, plus those on –

• Guns
• Speech
• Tribal Sovereignty
• Commercial Arbitration
• Law Enforcement Officer Individual Liability

Aaron also will identify cases to watch for in the next term, as well as discuss the anticipated impact that newly confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will have on those upcoming cases.

– Aaron D. Van Oort, Course Chair

10:05 – 10:15 a.m.
BREAK

PART 2: Digging Deeper
In this next set of sessions, we do a deeper dive into a number of the most-watched cases.

10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Federal Agencies’ Power – The Use of the Major-Questions Doctrine in Defining Limits

• COVID vaccination mandates (Biden v. Missouri and The National Federation of Independent Business v. OSHA)
• Greenhouse gas regulation (West Virginia v. EPA)

– Jeffrey P. Justman

10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Abortion – The Justices’ Analyses in Dobbs, State Responses to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the Texas Heartbeat Law’s Federalism Implications

• Overruling precedent of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization)
• State abortion law that delegates to the general public the authority to enforce the law through civil actions (Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States v. Texas)

– Katherine L. MacKinnon

11:30 – 11:45 a.m.
BREAK

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Religion – Free Exercise, Free Speech, and the Establishment Clause 

• Public-school employee/coach fired due to post-game prayers at the 50-yard line (Kennedy v. Bremerton School District)
• Inmate request for pastor touch and audible prayer during execution (Ramirez v. Collier)
• Religious schools’ request for public funding (Carson v. Makin)
• Private religious organization’s request to fly flag on city flagpole as part of city’s program (Shurtleff v. Boston)

– Kay Nord Hunt

LIVE IN-PERSON
Monday, August 22, 2022
Minnesota CLE Conference Center
600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 370
Seventh Street & Nicollet Mall, Third Floor City Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

LIVE SIMULCAST
Monday, August 22, 2022
Attend online

$155 MSBA members / $155 paralegals / $175 standard rate

Other discounts that may apply:

• Season Pass Discount
• New Lawyer Discount

Scholarships available!
Need-based scholarships are available for in-person and online seminars. For further information or to obtain a scholarship application, contact us at 800-759-8840 or customerservice@minncle.org.

Minnesota CLE is applying to the Minnesota State Board of CLE for 3.0 standard CLE credits. The maximum number of total credits attendees may claim for this program is 3.0 credits.