University of Michigan consitutional law professor to speak at CMU
University of Michigan Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor of Law Richard Primus will deliver a presentation titled, "A Republic--If We Can Keep It" at Central Michigan University at 7 p.m. March 18 in Pearce Hall Room 127.
His talk is based off of information discussed in his paper, "The Republic in Long-term Perspective."
Primus teaches the law, theory and history of the U.S. Constitution and writes for numerous publications including the New York Times and The Atlantic. He was educated at Harvard, Oxford and Yale and clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The presentation is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences' "The End of the World: Crisis, Turning Points, Renewals" Critical Engagement initiative.
"Richard Primus' particular way of thinking about the end of the world is thinking about the downfall of a republic, a democracy," said Guy Newland, philosophy and religion chairperson. "That's a world, a world meaning a certain political world created and doesn't last forever, it comes to an end."
The event is free and open to the public.
Newland said students should attend the event to understand the current situation our country is in today.
