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Constitution Day Commemoration

September 22, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Please join us and UWM POL SCI Alumna Professor Wendy L. Martinek (Binghamton University) for a lecture entitled, “What’s a Constitution For?”  Intriguing, no?

Refreshments will be served and pocket constitutions, distributed!  Welcome back to UWM, Professor Martinek!

(Image: A flyer for the event with the following description: A constitution is a blueprint for government. It establishes the structures and processes of government. A constitution is also the embodiment of a set of principles. It reflects the political values of a nation. But really, what is a constitution for? A constitution is for the people who are governed by it. It should serve their purposes and advance their interests. But constitutions need interpretation, and judges are the key interpreters of constitutions. How do citizens engage with those judges, and how do those judges engage with citizens? Whether through formal means or informal means, citizens and judges communicate in numerous ways.)

Details

Date:
September 22, 2023
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Website:
https://uwm.edu/event-submission/event/constitution-day/

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.