Constitutional Meaning in the Shadow of the Articles of Confederation
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 of the University of Virginia School of Law; Alicia Bannon of the Brennan Center; Wilfred Codrington of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Brennan Center; Jay Cost of American Enterprise Institute; Jonathan Gienapp of Stanford University; Johann Neem of Western Washington University; Farah Peterson of the University of Chicago School of Law; Jack Rakove of Stanford University; Kermit Roosevelt of University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Ilya Somin of Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University; and Alan Trammell of Washington and Lee University School of Law—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.
This program is presented by the National Constitution Center and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. Event time is 11:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET, 10:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. CT.