Constitution Day TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (kamu) - In honor of the 221st anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787, Texas A&M University is joining thousands of citizens, teachers and students nationwide in celebrating Constitution Day. Join the celebration by participating in the activities planned for the Texas A&M campus and the Bryan-College Station community.

The following is a list of activities planned for Constitution Day, Wednesday, September 17.

4:00 p.m. Texas A&M University's Albritton Tower Carillon will play the patriotic music as part of Bells Across America.

7:00 p.m.: Rudder Theatre The MSC Wiley Lecture Series presents Congressional Budget War: a debate on Congressional spending in times of war. Former Congressman Ernest Istook, of the Heritage Foundation with 14 years experience on the House Appropriations Committee, will face off with Dr. Richard Riley, professor of political science at Baylor University and co-author of Constitutional Government: The American Experience. Dr. Dan Wood, professor of political science at Texas A&M, will moderate. Pocket-sized copies of the US Constitution will be available for students.

KAMU-TV & KAMU-DT Constitution Day programming -

4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

A Conversation on the Constitution with Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Anthony M. Kennedy: Judicial Independence Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor join high school students from California and Pennsylvania to discuss why we need an independent judiciary. Taped in May, 2006, the justices take questions from the students and discuss the ways that the Constitution safeguards the role of judges so that they, in turn, can safeguard the rights of minorities and those with unpopular views.

4:35 p.m. & 7:35 p.m.

A Conversation on the Constitution with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Fourteenth Amendment Incorporating three integral constitutional tenets-due process, equal protection, and privileges and immunities-the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was originally intended to secure rights for former slaves, but over the years it has been expanded to protect all persons. In December 2006, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and a group of students gathered at the Supreme Court to discuss the importance of the Fourteenth Amendment and how it came to embody and protect the principle of "We the People."

Throughout Constitution Week, exhibits on the United States Constitution will be located in the Sterling C. Evans Library, the West Campus Library, the Medical Sciences Library, and the Policy Sciences and Economics Library.

For further information about any of these activities, call Nancy Sawtelle at 845-4016.






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