The Brennan Center for Justice and the National Constitution Center present a symposium exploring how the Articles of Confederation shaped the U.S. Constitution. Historians, legal scholars, and journalists—including Aditya Bamzai, Jay Cost, Jonathan Gienapp, Johann Neem, Farah Peterson, Jack Rakove, Kermit Roosevelt, Amanda Shanor, Ilya Somin, and Alan Trammell—will examine the legacy of the Articles of Confederation, the founding debates over federal power, and the lasting influence of these debates on constitutional interpretation today.
Moderators and special guest speakers include NCC President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen, Brennan Center Vice President of Program Initiatives John Kowal, Brennan Center Judiciary Program Director Alicia Bannon, Brennan Center Fellow Wilfred Codrington III, Brennan Center Steven M. Polan Fellow in Constitutional Law and History Maureen Edobor, and Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland.
This program is presented in partnership with the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law.
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| Introductory Remarks | Panel 1: The Articles of Confederation |
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| Panel 2: Debating the Constitution |
Panel 3: The War Over the Constitution’s Meaning |
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Participants
Introductory Remarks
Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO, National Constitution Center
John Kowal, vice president of Program Initiatives, Brennan Center
Panel 1: The Articles of Confederation
Aditya Bamzai, Martha Lubin Karsh and Bruce A. Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Johann Neem, professor of history, Western Washington University
Farah Peterson, professor of law, University of Chicago Law School
Jack Rakove, Coe Professor of History and American Studies, professor of political science emeritus, Stanford University
Moderator: Alicia Bannon, director of the Brennan Center Judiciary Program
Panel 2: Debating the Constitution
Jay Cost, Gerald R. Ford Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Jonathan Gienapp, associate professor of history, associate professor of law, Stanford University
Kermit Roosevelt, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Moderator: Maureen Edobor, Brennan Center Steven M. Polan Fellow in Constitutional Law and History
Panel 3: The War Over the Constitution's Meaning
Amanda Shanor, assistant professor of legal studies and business ethics, University of Pennsylvania
Ilya Somin, professor of law, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University
Alan Trammell, associate professor of law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
Moderator: Wilfred Codrington III, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; fellow, Brennan Center
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