WHO:American Constitution Society Center for American Progress Brown Bag Lunch Series

WHERE:Wednesday, August 17, 2005, Noon-1:30pm 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

ACS and CAP will hold a brown bag lunch to discuss current constitutional interpretation of the First Amendment’s religion clauses and the ways in which that interpretation could change as a result of Justice O’Connor’s retirement from the U. S. Supreme Court. The event also will include a discussion of Article VI’s “religious test” clause and its application to the Senate’s consideration of judicial nominees.

Their featured speaker will be Erwin Chemerinsky, the Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Professor Chemerinsky has argued a number of cases before the Supreme Court. Most recently, he appeared before the Court on behalf of Thomas Van Orden in the Texas Ten Commandments case, Van Orden v. Perry, which was decided this past term. Chemerinsky is the author of four books, including a constitutional law casebook and treatise, and more than 100 law review articles. He writes a regular column on the Supreme Court for California Lawyer, Los Angeles Daily Journal and Trial Magazine.

For more information, please contact Nick Rathod at the Center for American Progress at nrathod@americanprogress.org.

Posted by Jennifer Lowe, 12:08:49 PM

Wednesday, August 03, 2005