The Constitution in a Time of Terror

Paul Finkelman is the Constitution Day Lecture. He is the Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law University of Tulsa College of Law, and a specialist in American legal history, race and the law, and first amendment issues. He is the author or editor of numerous articles and books, including A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United States, Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson, Baseball and the American Legal Mind, and American Legal History: Cases and Materials. He gave expert testimony in the original case involving the monument to the Ten Commandments, and was part of the amicus brief before the Supreme Court. Prior to joining the College of Law faculty in 1999, he was the John F. Seiberling Professor of Law at the University of Akron Law School. He was also a Fellow in Law and the Humanities at Harvard Law School and received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Chicago.