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Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind

Thursday, September 6

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Justin Driver, constitutional law scholar and author of The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind, provides a provocative account of the role the U.S. Supreme Court has played in defining the rights of students in America’s public schools, from race and drugs to religion and free speech. Lana Ulrich, senior director of content at the National Constitution Center, moderates the discussion.


Participants

  • Justin Driver is Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in the area of constitutional law and is the author of The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind.

  • Lana Ulrich is the senior director of content, constitutional fellow, and senior counsel at the National Constitution Center, where she manages the Center's constitutional content and programming, including podcasts, America's Town Hall programs, exhibits, the online Interactive Constitution, and the Constitution Daily blog. She also assists with any legal matters relating to the Center's operations and directs the Continuing Legal Education program.

 

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