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September 15, 2005
(UN)Constitution Day Bleg
My university is planning a series of events next week in celebration of Constitution Day. A new federal law requires schools receiving federal funding to "implement an educational program pertaining to the United States Constitution ...." A summary of the law can be found here (.pdf). Leaving aside the desirability or (un)constitutionality of this mandate I have a question to ask of the academics out there: (1) Can you tell me what if anything your school has planned for this event? (2) Specifically have any schools out there cancelled any classes to encourage attendance at a particular event? Comments are open--or e-mail me at rlawson at capital dot edu. Posted by Robert Lawson at 09:47 PM in Politics
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Down here in SC, I've not even heard a whisper about such an "educational program." Posted by: Ann at September 16, 2005 09:14 AMTrackback is broken: http://catallarchy.net/blog/archives/2005/09/16/happy-constitution-day/ Posted by: Trent McBride at September 16, 2005 09:32 AMBerry celebrated by having a guest speaker, a law prof from Georgetown U, I think. There was also a student forum of some sort--I think students were able to give short speeches espousing their preferred amendments. Posted by: Frank Stephenson at September 16, 2005 12:44 PMWe're having a series of classes in our pol sci dep opened to the public, with specific features of the constitution being discussed. I volunteered to talk about the economic implications of the commerce clause (which I planned to do anyway in an upper level econ class), but that conflicted with one of the pol sci events. Posted by: Donald A. Coffin at September 16, 2005 02:01 PMThe Political Science department at Marietta College devoted one of its "Pizza and Politics" forums to the observance of Constitution Day issues. Several professors from the Poli Sci, History, and Media departments were available to guide student discussions of various constitutional issues--mostly pertaining to the Supreme Court nominations before President Bush. Posted by: Greg Delemeester at September 16, 2005 03:17 PM |
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