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CONSTITUTION DAY ACTIVITIES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2005

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

About Constitution Day

Constitution of the United States

All Truman community members are encouraged to attend events celebrating Constitution Day on Wednesday, September 21, 2005.

1:00-3:00pm "Speak Out: Soapbox for Democracy"
Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to step up to the microphone and speak their minds (limited to three minutes) about the U.S. Constitution; current events surrounding the Constitution; and executive, legislative, and judicial issues related to the Constitution.
Location: Quadrangle. (Rain Site: SUB Alumni Room)
3:00pm "The Constitution and the Power of the President After 9/11: Has Everything Changed?"
An open presentation given by Dan Mandell, Associate Professor of History, and Paul Parker, Professor of Political Science.
Location: SUB Alumni Room

References for the Presentation:

Historical Letters & Articles:
 Articles of Confederation
"Cato" Letter V from The New-York Journal, November 27, 1787
Federalist Paper no.69 "The Real Character of the Executive" by Alexander Hamilton writing as Plubius

Current Letters & Articles:
 "2001 Memo Reveals a Push for Broader Presidential Powers" by Michael Isikoff.  Newsweek. December 18, 2004.
Cato Institute Paper “Executive Orders and National Emergencies: How Presidents Have Come to Run the Country by Usurping Legislative Power” by William J. Olson and Alan Woll
 "Guide to Memos on Torture" New York Times. 2004. (Can only be accessed online by people who have accounts to the Times.)
"A Guide to the Patriot Act" by Dahlia Lithwick and Julia Turner. Slate. September 8, 2003.
All day The Center for Student Involvement (CSI) will have a booth set up in the Student Union distributing free copies of the U.S. Constitution, fun facts, and more.