CCT Dine & Discuss - Can the Supreme Court Protect Our Democracy?

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The Village Spot

3150 Village Walk Circle

Naples, FL 34109

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The event will start at 6:00 pm.

Speaker: Bob Levy

Topic: Can the Supreme Court Protect Our Democracy?

Bob Levy will examine the Trump agenda, the role of the courts, and our system of checks and balances. He'll recap four major cases from the Supreme Court’s last term – nationwide injunctions, medical treatment for transgender minors, parental control over school books, and Planned Parenthood’s access to Medicaid funding. Then he'll preview key issues coming up in the current term – gerrymandering, deportations, and birthright citizenship. Bob will also discuss the imperial presidency and what can be done if a president ignores a Court order.

About the Speaker: Robert A. Levy was, for 14 years, chairman of the board of directors at the Cato Institute. He joined Cato as senior fellow in constitutional studies in 1997 after 25 years in business. The Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies is named in his honor.
Levy received his PhD in business from the American University in 1966. That year, he founded CDA Investment Technologies, a major provider of investment information and software. Levy served as CEO until 1991. He then attended George Mason School of Law, where he was chief articles editor of the law review and class valedictorian. Levy received his JD in 1994. The next two years, he clerked for Judge Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, and for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
From 1997 until 2004, Levy was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, National Review, and many other publications. Levy has also discussed public policy on national radio and TV programs, including ABC’s Nightline, Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor, PBS NewsHour, and NBC’s Today Show. His latest book is The Dirty Dozen: How 12 Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom. Levy served as co-counsel in District of Columbia v. Heller, the successful Supreme Court challenge to Washington, DC’s gun ban.

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