Lucas A. Powe Jr., an expert on the history of the U.S. Supreme Court and a respected First Amendment scholar, will present Union’s second annual lecture on American Constitutionalism on Thursday, Sept. 17.
His talk, entitled “Race, Politics, and the Supreme Court,” will be in the Nott Memorial at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Powe, a professor of government who holds the Anne Green Regents Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, was a principal commentator in a 2007, award-winning PBS series on the Supreme Court. He is the author of three award-winning books, and prior to 1971 when he became a professor, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
Assistant Professor of Political Science Brad Hays is pleased Powe’s coming to campus.
“For people like me, who study the constitution, this is a great chance to bring someone to campus who can present students with a perspective of constitutional law that they may not get otherwise,” he said.