The Frank C. Jones Reenactment is held to honor the memory and legacy of the Society’s late president. Originating in 1996 with a reenactment of the Gold Clause Case, the Society has held reenactments of significant Supreme Court Cases with leading appellate advocates.
Previous Reenactments
2017 — Clay v. United States — Theodore Wells and Donald Ayer as advocates, Justice Sotomayor for the Court
2017 — Goessart v. Cleary — Deanne Maynard and Roy Englert as advocates, Justice Ginsburg for the Court (with Women’s Bar Association of DC)
2014 — McCullough v. Maryland — Neal Katyal and Jeff Bucholtz as advocates, Justice Breyer for the Court
2013 — Flood v. Kuhn — Roy Englert and Pamela Karlan as advocates, Justice Sotomayor for the Court
2011 — Texas v. White — Patricia Millett and David Beck as advocates, Justice Scalia for the Court
2010 — Ware v. Hylton — Philip Allen Lacovara and Richard A. Schneider as advocates, Justice Alito for the Court (with Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association)
2008 – Muller v. Oregon – Barbara Underwood and Vicki Jackson as advocates, Justice Ginsburg for the Court
2006 – The Aaron Burr Treason Trial – Eugene Scalia and Robert Fiske as advocates, Justice Scalia for the Court (National Heritage Lecture)
2002 – Gibbons v. Ogden – Teresa Roseborough and Phillip Lacovara as advocates, Justice Scalia for the Court (National Heritage Lecture)
1999 – Chisholm v. Georgia – Griffin Bell and Seth Waxman as advocates, Justice Scalia for the Court (with Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association)
1996 – Gold Clause Cases – Charles Cooper and Phillip Lacovara as advocates, Justice Scalia for the Court.