Constitution Day

Posted by on Monday, September 19, 2011 in Archives, News.

This year’s Constitution Day program will feature Vanderbilt faculty member Alan E. Wiseman, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI).

Dr Wiseman-€™s presentation, -€œThe Constitution, the Commerce Clause, and Contemporary Alcohol Policy in the United States,-€ takes as its focus the role of the Commerce Clause in the U.S. Constitution in facilitating a strong economic federation in America. It will review, in particular, alcohol policy across the past 200 years, with a focus on recent legal debates across the states during the past 10 years.

The event is Thursday, September 22nd from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. in Flynn Auditorium at the Law School. It is free and open to the public.