Creating the Constitution (Session II)
Date & Time: October 24th, 2025 @ 1:00 PM
Location: Student Services Building · Rooms 208/218
Speakers: Jordan Cash, Brigid Staab, Dennis C. Rasmussen, Melanie Miller
Step inside the drama of Creating the Constitution—a lively panel examining how one of the most understudied Founding Fathers influenced the Constitution, and how the Supreme Court gave shape to its meaning. Scholars Melanie Miller, Brigid Staab, and Jordan Cash will discuss Gouvernor Morris’s role in crafting the Constitution, and then Chief Justice Marshall and Justice Joseph Story’s roles in interpreting it.