Upcoming Programs

Topic:

The Roberts Court 2025-26: Tariffs, Birthright Citizenship, Voting Rights, Elections, and the Dismantling of the Administrative State

Date:

Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Program Description: 

Birthright citizenship and tariffs grabbed the headlines.  But the gutting of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the dismantling of the administrative state are the story of the 2025-26 Term of the Roberts Court.   The Trump ballroom, mail-in ballot chaos avoidance, and the sanctity of the Federal Reserve Board are also part of what was, on balance, a year where conservatives on the Court flexed their voting power.  We will cover all of this and more. 

Instructors:

Mr. John M. Barkett is a partner at the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. in its Miami office. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (B.A. in Government, 1972, summa cum laude) and Yale Law School (J.D., 1975), and he served as a law clerk to the Honorable David W. Dyer on the former Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Barkett is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law. He was a member of the Advisory Committee for Civil Rules of the Federal Judicial Conference from 2012–2018 and served on the Discovery Subcommittee that drafted the December 1, 2015, amendments to the rules; the Rule 23 Subcommittee that developed the 2018 amendments to Rule 23; and the Rule 30(b)(6) and MDL subcommittees.

He also served as a member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility from 2014–2015 and 2016–2019. Mr. Barkett is a member of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA), the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, and the American College of Environmental Lawyers. He recently completed service as a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the CCA.

In 2019, Mr. Barkett received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Miami Daily Business Review. He is also Board Certified in International Litigation and Arbitration by the Florida Bar.

CLE Credits: 

2.0  Areas of Professional Practice (transitional/non-transitional)