Constitution Day Lecture: 'Citizenship and Freedom: The Supreme Court and American Politics,' with Lyle Denniston, Sept. 19
September 6, 2016
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Lyle Denniston, long-time Supreme Court reporter and unofficial dean of the Supreme Court press corps and now the Wilson H. Elkins Professor of Academic Transformation with the University of Baltimore's Bank of America Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology, will deliver a lecture series entitled "Citizenship and Freedom: The Supreme Court and American Politics" at UB this fall. The series will kick off on Monday, Sept .19 as part of UB's celebration of Constitution Day. It will take place at 5 p.m. in the John and Frances Angelos Law Center's Moot Courtroom, located in the law center at 1401 N. Charles St. The event is free and open to the public.
Denniston's Constitution Day lecture, "Is the Supreme Court a Political Institution? Yes and No," is the first of three talks by the acclaimed writer and author. The next two, "When the Politicians Pick the Voters" and "Picking the Justices: A System in Disgrace," will take place on Oct. 20 and Nov. 16, respectively.
Learn more about Denniston.
Constitution Day is an annual national celebration designed to renew the nation's familiarity with the tenets of its founding document. On Sept. 17, 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention and prepared for ratification by the states.