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<span><span><span><span><b>The Institute for Ethics
 in Public Life invites you to join us for "Conversations on the 
Constitution: Article I and Congress" on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3:30pm 
in-person or on Zoom.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><span><span><span><span><b><br></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default">The
 Constitution is the founding document of US democracy, yet most of us 
have probably not read it or thought much about what it says or why. 
Understanding how our government was supposed to function, and why the 
founders set it up that way is particularly important in our current era
 due to the battles over government powers playing out in the courts and
 society.<br><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><span><span>For the first of the "conversations on the Constitution" hosted at the Institute this year we will be discussing <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-1/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw3cB0_TsRcATfIztPtMdJDD" target="_blank">Article I</a>.
 Article I prescribes how Congress shall be organized and the powers and
 authority it possesses.  We will also discuss how the founders 
understood the role of Congress, drawing upon contemporary documents 
such as <i><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed51.asp&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw1L0d-8tc1uy815Pe381Tcc" target="_blank">Federalist 51</a>,<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed52.asp&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw3o_bzLH0TjGNp-CdCb5zLM" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed52.asp&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw3o_bzLH0TjGNp-CdCb5zLM" target="_blank">Federalist 52</a>, </i><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed55.asp&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw1tgYaTiG7TFDr_ejLsdfoL" target="_blank">Federalist 55</a>, and <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed62.asp&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw0rmJSHJs_00Zh0gq6i83uH" target="_blank"><i>Federalist 62</i></a>. Note that there are other Federalist Papers that are relevant. Those are a sample of particularly important ones.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><span><span><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><span><span>Please join us in-person in the Thomas Moran Seminar Room at
 the Institute for Ethics in Public Life (Hawkins 233) or on Zoom (see 
below).</span></span><br><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><span><span>Topic: Conversations on the Constitution: Article I and Congress<br>Time: Sep 24, 2025 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<br>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/84273642701&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758554606365870&usg=AOvVaw0tI3_eKEK1d4t8TiuWhsiB" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/84273642701</a></span></span>

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