Two Vanderbilt University political scientists will mark federal Constitution Day with a discussion about how the role of the American president has changed since the beginning of the United States.
The program, from 3 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, in the Flynn Auditorium of Vanderbilt University Law School, is free and open to the public. The program marks the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787.
John Geer, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, and David Lewis, professor of political science, will speak on the topic "If They Could See it Now: The Evolution of the American Presidency From the Founding Fathers to Present Day." Geer and Lewis will look at the executive branch of the American government as envisioned by the founding fathers and contrast it to the role the president plays today.
This will be Vanderbilt’s fourth observance of Constitution Day.
Media contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu