JUN 28 I 12 – 1:15 p.m. ET

A week before Independence Day, the National Constitution Center hosts a two-part program exploring the importance of state constitutions. Join a conversation commemorating the 50th anniversary of Virginia’s state constitution—examining the ways in which its rewriting has moved the state and country closer to the Declaration’s promise of “equal justice for all”—with law professor A.E. Dick Howard, former executive director of the commission that wrote Virginia's current constitution. A discussion with Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, author of 51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law, and Emily Zackin, associate professor and director of Graduate Studies at Johns Hopkins and author of Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places: Why State Constitutions Contain America’s Positive Rights, exploring the role of states in defining constitutional rights will follow. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

JUL 8 I 12 – 1:30 p.m. ET

The National Constitution Center and ADL present an America's Town Hall featuring Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick of Slate moderating a discussion among distinguished legal scholars Erwin Chemerinsky, Paul Clement, Frederick Lawrence, and Melissa Murray about the most important cases of the term, including voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights, church-state separation, and immigration. They will also discuss the changing dynamics of the Court and what to expect at the Supreme Court next year.

ADL is offering 1.5 CLE credits for this program at no cost. For credit, please sign up when registering.

 

This program is presented in partnership with ADL.

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