February 13, 2009
8:30 a.m. Reception & Check In
9:00 a.m. Greeting, Professor Mooney
9:05 a.m. First Panel
Professor Jim Mooney: Remembering 1857
Justice Thomas Balmer: Some Thoughts on Proportionality
Judge Jack Landau: Search for the Meaning of Oregon’s Search and Seizure Clause
Panel Discussion and Questions
10:45 a.m. Second Panel
Professor Robert Williams: Should the Oregon Constitution Be Revised, and, if so, How
Should It Be Accomplished?
Mr. Pete Shepherd: Choosing Justice: What Will Oregonians Greeting the State’s
Bicentennial Note About the Direct Popular Election of Judges?
Professor Richard Clucas: The Oregon Constitution and the Quest for Party Reform
Panel Discussion and Questions
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Third Panel
Professor Norman Williams: Direct Democracy, The Guaranty Clause, and the Politics
of the ‘Political Question’ Doctrine: Revisiting Pacific Telephone
Professor Paul Diller: The Partly Fulfilled Promise of Home Rule in Oregon
Professor Paula Abrams: The Majority Will: A Case Study of Misinformation,
Manipulation, and the Oregon Initiative Process
Panel Discussion and Questions
3 p.m. Closing Remarks, Justice Hans Linde
What Is a Constitution, What Is Not, and Why Does It Matter?