THE CONSTITUTION TODAY

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This fall The Cooper Union Department of Public Programs offers a free, public ten-session course on the Constitution taught by Prof. Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School on Monday evenings, beginning Sept. 12 and ending Nov. 28. (There will be no class on Oct. 3 or Nov. 7.) Registration is requested.
The course will be based on Prof. Amar's forthcoming book, The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era (Basic Books). In it Prof. Amar, a constitutional scholar, considers the biggest and most bitterly contested debates of the last two decades and provides a passionate handbook for thinking constitutionally about today’s headlines. Class subjects are as follows: 
9/12 -- The Presidency: A Return to Dynasty? 9/19 -- The Vice Presidency: Nothing but Maybe Everything 9/26 -- The Congress: How to Fix a Broken Branch 10/3 -- No class 10/10 -- The Judiciary: Who Judges the Judges? 10/17 -- Criminal Procedure: From O.J. to DNA 10/24 -- Citizens Dis-united: Race, Guns, Gays, and More 10/31 -- Constitutional Anniversaries: Remembering to Remember 11/7 -- No class 11/14 -- Bill Clinton's Drama: His Partisan Impeachment 11/21 -- George W. Bush's Drama: His Un-popular Election 11/28 -- Barack Obama's Drama: His Signature Statute
In each class Prof. Amar goes through the particular constitutional questions at stake while outlining his abiding views regarding the Constitution’s letter, its spirit, and the direction constitutional law must go. Prof. Amar offers an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand America’s Constitution and its relevance today.
Akhil Reed Amar is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. The author of several books, including America’s Unwritten Constitution, and the winner of awards from both the American Bar Association and the Federalist Society,

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