On The Front Lines
Rutherford Institute Launches Summer Speaker Series (June 4-July 26), Welcomes Broad Array of Civil Rights Activists, Journalists & Others
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Rutherford Institute is pleased to welcome a broad array of speakers to its 2012 Summer Speaker Series, which will begin on Monday, June 4, 2012.
Among the speakers scheduled to appear this summer are:
- Bruce Fein, the former associate deputy attorney general under President Ronald Reagan, who will speak on “The American Empire, Before the Fall”
- Nat Hentoff, a nationally syndicated columnist, on “Can America Be Saved From Itself?”
- Nationally syndicated columnist Cal Thomas on “An Insider’s Take on Politics and the News”
- Attorney Anand Agneshwar on “Florida v. Harris: Hinging the Fourth Amendment on a Drug-Sniffing Dog”
- Constitutional attorney Rita Dunaway on “Zero Tolerance, Zero Sense: The Criminalization of America’s Schoolchildren”
- Josh Wheeler, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, on “Hateful Speech and The First Amendment: Snyder v. Phelps”
- and local radio host and historian Coy Barefoot on “Thomas Jefferson on Leadership”
Click here for a complete list of speakers, as well as times and topics.
The Summer Speaker Series is open to the public. However, seating is LIMITED, so space must be reserved early by calling (434) 978-3888.
The Institute’s Summer Speaker Series engages leaders from a cross-section of cultural, philosophical and legal backgrounds in stimulating discussions with law students, lawyers, civil liberties activists and community members. This year’s lineup of speakers will address issues ranging from civil liberties post-9/11 and criminal justice reform to the dissolution of the print media, religious freedom in America, TSA scanners and threats to the Fourth Amendment, and what Americans can do to guard against attacks on the Constitution.
