Institute of American Civics To Host Yale Law Professor Keith Whittington for Constitution Day Lecture
Knoxville, Tennessee – The Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee’s Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs will host Keith E. Whittington, the David Boies Professor of Law at Yale Law School, on September 17, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. This is the first of the Baker School’s fall lecture series framed around the November 5 presidential election, exploring important topics that will be impacted by the election results.
The Roberts Court has given new prominence to theories of original meaning as guides for interpreting the Constitution. Several justices have said that originalism is important to their judicial philosophy, and arguments about original meaning have been highlighted in some of the Court’s most controversial opinions in recent years. This lecture, Originalism, the Roberts Court, and the Future of Constitutional Interpretation, will answer the questions: What is constitutional originalism? How are judges using it? And what does it mean for the future of American democracy? To register for the event, click here.
Whittington’s teaching and scholarship span American constitutional theory, American political and constitutional history, judicial politics, the presidency, and free speech and the law. He spent most of his career at Princeton University, where he served as the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics. He has held visiting appointments at Georgetown University Law Center, Harvard Law School, and the University of Texas School of Law.