This
Friday (October 20) Professor Akhil Amar from Yale Law School will be
delivering the Lane Lecture at noon in the auditorium. Professor Amar,
who is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale
University, is one of the
leading constitutional scholars in the country.
His talk is entitled “The Constitution Today.” Here is a brief summary:
For
the first time in our lifetime—and for one of the few times in modern
history—all four major federal institutions of power were in play in the
last election. When the two national conventions met in 2016,
Democrats had a real chance
to win control of the House, Senate, Presidency, and Supreme Court.
Instead, the Republicans swept the field and now control all four
institutions, even though Donald Trump lost the (legally irrelevant)
national popular presidential vote. In this Lane Lecture,
based in part on his recently released book, The Constitution Today,
Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar will discuss the constitutional
significance of all this and will touch upon a wide range of modern
cases and controversies—from gun control to gay
rights, from the electoral college to campaign finance to filibuster
reform. Come prepared to ask any question you like about America’s
constitutional system—past, present, and future.
I would like you all to attend this Lecture. Prof. Amar is a giant in the field, and you will learn a lot.
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