MSU College of Law

"U.S. Constitution: Current Debates and Novel Ideas"
Time and Location: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the Castle Boardroom (Room 343) of the Law College

Professor Susan Bitensky - "The Abolitionists' Dream Come True: Invoking the Thirteenth Amendment to Make Corporal Punishment of Children Unconstitutional"

Professor Bitensky will discuss how corporal punishment reduces children to a condition akin to slavery, thereby making the practice a violation of the Amendment's Section 1. She will also discuss how Congress is empowered to legislate, under the Amendment's Section 2, a ban on such punishment as a badge and incident of slavery.

Professor Kevin Saunders - "Constitutional Theory Issues Raised in the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings"

Comments by a number of Senators seemed to make assumptions about the Constitution or about constitutional adjudication that are actually open issues. A number of those issues will be explored.

"The Degradation of Constitutional Discourse in America"
Time and Location: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. in the Castle Boardroom (Room 343) of the Law College

Moderator: Professor Mae Kuykendall
Faculty: Professor Paul Arshagouni, Professor Frank Ravitch, James Madison faculty (TBD)

A panel of Law College and James Madison faculty discuss the state of constitutional discourse on current topics facing the nation including national health care, race and the first and second amendments.

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