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Bill of Rights Institute Hosts Prominent Legal Scholar and Recognizes Outstanding Kansas Students and Teachers in Wichita
April 25, 2008
Wichita, KS Noted legal scholar Jonathan Adler gave a lecture in Wichita on Thursday, April 24 at the Hyatt Regency, hosted by the Bill of Rights Institute and the Fred C. and Mary R. Koch Foundation.
“The role of the Court is to protect the individual and our job is to make the tough choices on policy and past legislation – not to ask the Court to do it for us,” said Adler during his presentation, “From Marshall to Scalia: The Role of the Courts in American History.” The presentation, attended by over 150 people, examined the evolving role of the Supreme Court throughout American history, and focused especially on debate concerning access to justice and the increasing politicization of the judiciary.
Adler, a professor of law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, has appeared on a variety of radio and television programs, including the “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” and “The O’Reilly Factor.” His articles have appeared in publications such as the Harvard Environmental Review and The Wall Street Journal.
“We are delighted to have Professor Adler join us at our community lecture in Wichita,” said Victoria Hughes, President of the Bill of Rights Institute. “His legal expertise will shed light on an important and timely topic—the Supreme Court’s impact on America’s past and present.”
Judge Timothy Henderson with Kansas Teachers Honored at the Luncheon
Professor Adler was also the featured scholar at the Institute’s Constitutional Seminar, “The Federal Courts in History,” the following day. Over thirty Kansas social studies teachers participated in the seminar with Professor Adler and Bill of Rights Institute Master Teacher, Brett Helm, analyzing the majority and dissenting opinions of landmark Supreme Court cases and learning how to address the topics in the classroom.
Seminar participants and Professor Adler were among the crowd at the Kansas Student & Teacher Appreciation Luncheon sponsored by the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation and the K.T. Wiedemann Foundaton. Recognized during the luncheon were five Being an American essay contest award winning Kansas high school students and sixty-two of Kansas’ best civic educators. Sedgwick County District Court Judge Timothy Henderson delivered the luncheon’s key note address and Bill of Rights Institute President, Victoria Hughes gave congratulatory remarks.