Constitution Day Lecture
Monday, September 17
 “Must
Judges Respect the Constitution?”
by
Jeffrey Brand-Ballard, J.D., Ph.D. George Washington University
Scovel Hall, Room 205 - 7:30 p.m.
What is Constitution Day?
The birthday of our Constitution, September 17,
the date in 1787 on which delegates to the Philadelphia Convention completed
and signed the U.S.
Constitution.
The ideas on which America was founded--commitments to
the rule of law, limited government and the ideals of liberty, equality
and justice--are
embodied in the Constitution, the oldest written constitution of any
nation.
Constitution Day is intended to celebrate not only the birthday of
our government, but the ideas that make us Americans.
The United States
Government has designated September 17 as Constitution Day to commemorate
the September 17, 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution.
Preamble to The Constitution of the United States of America
We the people of the United States, in order to form a
more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.
Sponsored by the Pre-Law Advising Program
For more information, call Patrice Reeder at Ext. 2380 or
e-mail preeder@wooster.edu
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