David D. Cole to address Constitution, War on Terror at Shepherd University on Constitution Day 2009

ISSUED: 23 July 2009
MEDIA CONTACT: Valerie Owens
(David D. Cole to address Constitution, War on Terror at Shepherd University on Constitution Day 2009)

Shepherdstown, WV--Georgetown law professor David D. Cole will present a lecture titled "Restoring the Constitution in the Wake of the 'War on Terror'" on Thursday, September 17 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies. Cole's talk, the fifth annual Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture on the U.S. Constitution, is part of the observance of Constitution Day 2009 at Shepherd University. A discussion and reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Cole is professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School, Cole began his career as a law clerk to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He then joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City where he litigated several major First Amendment cases. Currently he is the legal affairs correspondent for "The Nation" and a commentator on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." Cole is the author of five books, including Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror with Jules Lobel, and Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security.

Constitution Day was established in 2005 through the leadership of Senator Robert C. Byrd. It is celebrated on or near September 17 each year because on that date in 1787 the delegates meeting in Philadelphia in the Federal Convention approved the U.S. Constitution. Events are planned at educational institutions and government facilities across the country.

Held each year at Shepherd University in conjunction with Constitution Day, the Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture on the U.S. Constitution is named for the late Tom E. Moses. Moses was a committed defender of the Bill of Rights who founded the Eastern Panhandle branch of the American Civil Liberties Union and served on the board of the ACLU-WV. The Moses Memorial Lecture brings distinguished speakers to Shepherd to discuss major issues related to the U.S. Constitution and civil liberties. The lecture series was established by his three daughters, Lynn Moses Yellott, Merle Crawford, and Jeri Moses-Eichler.

The Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies is a private, nonpartisan, and nonprofit educational organization administered by the Congressional Education Foundation with facilities on the campus of Shepherd. The mission of the center is to help foster better public understanding of the U.S. Congress, the Constitution, and representative democracy both historically and in a contemporary setting.

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