9/17: Constitution Day Activities on Campus

Cleveland State University is celebrating Constitution Day on September 17. 2014. Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.

The Michael Schwartz Library (at the CSU tower) is offering 3 gift cards for their Constitution Day contest. Contestants will be required to answer some questions, and the drawing will be held at noon on the 17^th on the 1^st floor of the Schwartz Library. Also note: you can get some free cupcakes and view the Schwartz Library’s “We the People” display.

Also, Cleveland-Marshall is hosting a Constitution Day lecture at 5pm by Roger Newman entitled “One Nation Under Surveillance”. Attorneys can also get 1 free CLE credit.

Newman is the author of “Hugo Black: A Biography,” a work that won the Scribes Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography. He also co-authored “Banned Films: Movies, Censors and the First Amendment,” and was editor-in-chief of “The Constitution and Its Amendments.” Newman taught for seven years as an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is currently working on a book on the Supreme Court against the backdrop of the conservative movement over the past forty years. Newman’s writings have appeared in The Washington Post, The Nation and The American Lawyer as well as many other academic and legal publications and newspapers. He has lectured extensively with over 200 appearances and university’s throughout the county, and has appeared on NPR, PBS, C-Span and Entertainment Tonight.

You may also want to check out our Constitutional Law Research Guide.