Challenges Facing our  

Constitutional Democracy 

Thursday, October 30th

6:30 - 7:00pm: Reception

7:00 - 8:15 pm: Forum followed by Q&A

First Parish Church in Weston Social Hall

349 Boston Post Road, Weston

(Parking on site, along the Town Green and at the Josiah Smith Tavern down the street.)

Space is limited for this in-person only event.

RSVP is recommended.

The presentation will not be recorded.

Two distinguished law professors and scholars will examine the constitutional and legal challenges raised by the current administration. From attacks on free and fair elections, to the erosion of the separation of powers, to the deployment of military troops in American cities, there are many issues that pose profound concerns for our democracy.

VINCENT D. ROUGEAU, President of The College of the Holy Cross, previously served as Dean of the Boston College Law School and the Director of the Boston College Forum on Racial Justice in America. Prior to his role at Boston College, Rougeau was a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he served as editor of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. He and his family live in Weston.

KENT GREENFIELD is the Dr. Thomas F. Carney Distinguished Scholar at Boston College Law School and an internationally recognized scholar of constitutional law. Having lectured at nearly 140 institutions in 45 different states and 11 countries, Greenfield has received four teaching awards at Boston College. A graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, he clerked for Justice David H. Souter of the United States Supreme Court and practiced at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC.