America at 250: From “Created Equal” to Birthright Citizenship

Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars. Widely cited by courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, Amar is the author of numerous influential books on constitutional history and interpretation, including America’s Constitution, The Constitution Today, and Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840-1920.

The first 150 in-person attendees will receive copies of Born Equal or The Words that Made Us.

This event is co-sponsored by Labyrinth Books, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, and the Program in Law and Normative Thinking.