Panel on Student Protest and Freedom of Expression

Pyle Center, Room 325/326
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join expert faculty from UW-Madison and beyond to explore the UW’s new rules on campus speech and their implications for dissent on campus.

Why Is My University So Bad at Free Speech?

Casey Mattox
Law School, Room 5246
@ 12:00 pm

Join CSLD and the Federalist Society for a free lunch lecture by Casey Mattox, Vice President for Legal Strategy at Stand Together and Senior Advisor at Americans for Prosperity, to discuss the state of free …

Constitution Day 2024

Professor Derek Webb
University of Wisconsin Law School, Room 7200 (975 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI)
@ 12:00 pm

"The Spirit of Amity: The Constitution's Forgotten Cover Letter and the Original Meaning of Civility." Drawing on his forthcoming book about George Washington’s letter transmitting the U.S. Constitution to Congress, Professor Derek Webb will discuss what Washington meant by "the spirit of amity"--a disposition Washington asserted was indispensable to the creation of the Constitution. Professor Webb will explore what that concept meant to the founding generation; how it played out at a few key moments during the debates over the creation and ratification of the Constitution; and how it differs in some ways from contemporary understandings of civility.

Conservatism and Love of Home

4850 Grainger
@ 2:25 pm

Conservative Political Thought Lecture Series Featuring Mark Mitchell from Patrick Henry College