5:00 pm – Lecture
6:30 pm – Reception

Constitution Day Lecture with Professors Rebecca Brown and J. Joel Alicea.

Selecting an approach to constitutional interpretation requires a first-order theory of why and how the Constitution continues to bind Americans. Must we abide by the original meaning of the Constitution, even when it clashes with present-day notions of justice? Should the Constitution constrain or facilitate democratic self-government? Is originalism consistent with popular sovereignty? In this Constitution Day lecture, Professors Rebecca Brown and J. Joel Alicea will interrogate these questions and more, making the case for their respective approaches to constitutionalism while at once highlighting values common among originalists and non-originalists alike.