August
31, 2005
Oakton Hosts Free 'Constitution Day' Program
Celebrate Constitution Day 2005 at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines.
On Friday, Sept. 16, 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., in the TenHoeve Center (Room 1606), Oakton will host a satellite broadcast featuring Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer, plus a special video edition of National Public Radio's "Justice Talking" program. Admission and parking (Lot D is recommended) are free.
In the first 90-minute program, starting at 11 a.m., O'Connor and Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students at the Supreme Court. Topics include why we have and need a Constitution; the concept of federalism; definitions of implicit and explicit rights; and how separation of powers monitors the influence of each branch of government.
At 12:30 p.m., NPR's Margot Adler hosts an hour-long debate, "Free Speech in the Digital Age," with Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Stanford University; First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams; and Jack Valenti, former president and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America. Topics include censorship of libraries, textbooks, and the Internet.
The program with Justices O'Connor and Breyer will be repeated at 2 p.m.
The broadcast is sponsored by NPR's "Justice Talking," in cooperation with the National Archives and Records Administration, the New York Times Knowledge Network, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, and other partners, including support from the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and the Foundation for the National Archives.
For more information about Constitution Day at Oakton, call 847-635-1806.
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