DATE: 4 p.m. Sept. 17, 2009.

EVENT: The University of Michigan will celebrate the 222nd anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution Thursday, as six U-M law professors review recent developments concerning the Constitution.

A federal law requires all schools receiving federal funding to recognize the Constitution on Sept. 17, the Constitution’s “birthday” or during the week before or after if the day falls on a weekend.

The constitutional issues and professors are:

• The Osborne case: Do the wrongly convicted have a right to prove their innocence? David Moran.

• The Pleasant Grove case: Does a religious sect have a right to erect a monument in a public park? Christina Brooks Whitman.

• Hillary: The Movie. Douglas Laycock.

• The power of constitutional expectations: How to think about the DC Voting Rights Act of 2009. Richard Primus.

• Detaining terrorism suspects without criminal process: Answered and unanswered questions. Monica Hakimi.

• The Melendez-Diaz case: Can a prosecutor show the stuff was cocaine by presenting a lab certificate? Richard Friedman.

The program will be moderated by law professor Richard Friedman.

PLACE: Room 250, Hutchins Hall, 625 South State Street. Central Campus map >

SPONSOR: U-M Office of the Provost.