"Conversations on the Constitution: Article I and Congress, " Sep. 24 (W) at 3:30pm

[Daniel Lake]

*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.*

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.

For the first of the "conversations on the Constitution" hosted at the
Institute this year we will be discussing Article I
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-1/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw3cB0_TsRcATfIztPtMdJDD>.
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 *Federalist
51
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed51.asp&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw1L0d-8tc1uy815Pe381Tcc>,
<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>Federalist
52
<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>,
*Federalist
55
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed55.asp&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw1tgYaTiG7TFDr_ejLsdfoL>,
and *Federalist 62*
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed62.asp&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758553946254861&usg=AOvVaw0rmJSHJs_00Zh0gq6i83uH>.
Note that there are other Federalist Papers that are relevant. Those are a
sample of particularly important ones.

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).

Topic: Conversations on the Constitution: Article I and Congress
Time: Sep 24, 2025 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/84273642701
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/84273642701&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758554606365870&usg=AOvVaw0tI3_eKEK1d4t8TiuWhsiB>



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*Daniel Lake*

(pronouns: he/him/his)

Professor of Political Science

Director, Institute for Ethics in Public Life

Hawkins 149A

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*plattsburgh.edu <http://plattsburgh.edu/>*
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