From the 2009 News Archive

Panel Discusses the Census and the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17

The School of Law honored the birthday of the U.S. government with a special Constitution Day panel discussion, “The Census and the U.S. Constitution,” on Thursday, Sept. 17 from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Ceremonial Courtroom.

Watch the discussion.

Panelists included:

Jenigh Garrett
Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Before becoming assistant counsel, Ms. Garrett was a Fried Frank/NAACP Defense and Educational Fund Fellow and an associate at the Fried Frank law firm in New York for a combined four years. Before pursuing a career in law, she was a teacher and highly active in public interest work. She received her law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Christa Jones
Special Assistant to the Associate Director of Decennial Census

David Super
Professor, University of Maryland School of Law
Professor Super teaches courses on administrative law, civil procedure, evidence, legal profession, legislation, local government law, property, public welfare law, regulatory theory and torts. He joined the School of Law in 2004 as an associate professor and became Professor in 2006. Previously, he served as a visiting professor at Harvard, Washington and Lee University and Yale Law Schools.

The event was co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Maryland, League of Women Voters Education Fund, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the University of Maryland School of Law.

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