University of Minnesota Duluth:

UMD will present two panel presentations in honor of Constitution Day:

Community Watchdogs: How Journalists See the First Amendment will be presented on Wednesday, September 21, from noon -1:30 p.m. in the Fourth Floor Library Rotunda.  Area journalists will sit on the panel and Professor Drew Digby of Journalism and History will serve as moderator.

The U.S. Constitution: Politics and the Rule of Law will be presented on Thursday, September 22, at 4:30 p.m. in Solon Campus Center 25.  Panelists will include constitutional law professor Tom Powers, Federal Magistrate Judge Raymond Erickson, and attorney Susan Ginsburg.  Dr. Linda Krug, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, will serve as moderator.

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Wise Owl Café, Walter Library:

The September Project at the Wise Owl Café in the Walter Library hosts an exhibit commemorating Constitution Day.  The website of the Wise Owl Café also invites visitors to participate in an online survey on constitutional issues.

Law School:

Faculty Works in Progress Meeting
12:15-1:30, Room 385
Thursday, September 15: Vasan Kesavan
The Three Tiers of Federal Law

Faculty Works in Progress Meeting
12:15-1:30, Room 385
Thursday, September 22: Mark Rosen
Was Shelley v. Kraemer Incorrectly Decided? Some New Answers

Monday, September 19:  Professor Melissa Sheridan Embser-Herbert, Ph.D., J.D., Chair of the Department of Sociology at Hamline University, will speak on "Discrimination Required: A Discussion of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and the Solomon Amendment."  This event will take place in room 30 at 12:15 p.m.

In a related event, Professor Kent Greenfield of Boston College Law School will speak on the constitutional challenge to the Solomon Amendment currently pending before the Supreme Court.  This presentation will take place on Monday, October 10, 2005, at a time and place to be announced.