September 17-18, Constitution Day: John Witte Jr.
John Witte Jr., the Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University, will present two lectures exploring the origin and meaning of the First Amendment’s religious freedom protections and what recent Supreme Court decisions and mean for religious liberty. Witte is the faculty director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory and a leading specialist in legal history, human rights, religious freedom, marriage and family law, and law and religion.
Back to the Sources? What’s Clear and Not So Clear About the Original Intent of the First Amendment
Wednesday, September 17, 6 p.m. | Karen J. Williams Courtroom, Joseph F. Rice School of Law
A New Great Awakening of Religious Freedom in America?
Thursday, September 18, 12 p.m. | Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Yuval Levin: Can the Constitution Unify Americans?
Join the Center for American Civic Leadership and Public Discourse for a talk by Yuval Levin on whether the Constitution can bring Americans together.