The Drake Constitutional Law Center is hosting its annual Constitutional Law Symposium on Saturday, April 9, 8 a.m.–noon, in Cartwright Hall, Room 213. This year’s topic is “War Powers and the Constitution: 15 Years After 9/11.”

The tragic events of 9/11 led the United States to fight two wars in the names of counter-terrorism and democracy—one in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. Now the United States and others are fighting ISIS, in addition to supporting certain rebel forces in Syria. The 2016 Constitutional Law Symposium will address the complicated constitutional role played by the United States in fighting and assisting in these wars, as well as the broader constitutional issues of war powers after 9/11.

The event will feature the following presentations:

• “Security vs. Liberty or Democracy and Security? The Constitutional Politics of the 9/11 War”
• “Obama’s Wars: The Case of Libya and Syria”
• “War Powers in a Global Order”
• “Courts at War: The Inconsistent (and Incoherent) Judicial Role After September 11”

Register online by April 5 to attend.

—Kayla Choate, Law School Alumni Affairs and Communications Coordinator