Fems for Change Presents
Wednesday December 4, 2019 | 6:30 to 8pm
GERRY KULICK COMMUNITY CENTER,
1201 LIVERNOIS STREET, FERNDALE
Admission $15. Limited seating.
Student price $5 at the door with student ID, subject to availability.
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PROFESSOR SEDLER HAS DEEP AND BROAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRIOR US IMPEACHMENT EFFORTS AND HOW THEY DIFFER FROM OUR CURRENT POLITCAL CLIMATE. HE WEAVES THE TOPICS TOGETHER SEAMLESSLY WHEN EXAMINING THEIR RELEVANCE TODAY.
HE WILL DISCUSS THE HISTORY, RULES AND CURRENT CONTEXT OF IMPEACHMENT OF A SITTING US PRESIDENT INCLUDING:
The constitutional structure of our government with a focus on the rapidly-changing politcal situation in the divided congress
The distinction between investigation and inquiry
Rules & History of an American Impeachment
Articles of impeachment & impeachable offenses
Responsilbity of the Senate
Chief Justice's role in an impeachment trial
Q and A following the presentation
Robert A. Sedler, Distinguished Professor of Law, Wayne State University
In April 2019, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel appointed Professor Sedler a special assistant attorney general. He advises on matters related to constitutional law and civil rights law. He has litigated a large number of civil rights and civil liberties cases in Michigan, Kentucky and elsewhere, often as a volunteer lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. Cases he has litigated in Michigan include the Dearborn Parks case, and the racial discrimination in adoption and foster care case.
He is a frequent commentator in local and national media and has authored more than 100 pieces for various law journals and legal publications, including the Yale Law Journal, New York University Law Review, Columbia Law Review and the UCLA Law Review. Sedler has written dozens of essays on First Amendment and civil rights jurisprudence and authored the textbook, Constitutional Law in the United States, and a book on conflict of laws, Across State Lines.
Prior to his work in Michigan, he worked with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and served as the Kentucky ACLU's first general counsel. While with the ACLU, Sedler opposed racial segregation and challenges to the First Amendment.