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The Ethical Presidency - Ramsey Clark
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ramsey Clark is former Attorney General of the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson and supervised the drafting and passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. His books include Crime in America and The Role of the Supreme Court. Part of the National Affairs Series.

The Role of the Civil Justice System in a Democratic Society - Roxanne Conlin
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series.

The State Constitution vs. The Federal Constitution - W. Ward Reynoldson
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - W. Ward Reynoldson is the Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Individual Rights and the Constitution: Issues and Trends - David Baldus and Gene Guerrero
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - David Baldus, Joseph B. Tye Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law, will discuss the death penalty and the United States Constitution. Mr. Baldus conducted a longitudinal study of 1,050 Georgia homicide cases from indictment in the forthcoming book The Impact of Procedural Reform in Capital Sentencing: Some Evidence from Georgia. Gene Guerrero is the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia. He is an expert on work place drug testing and has spoken against the program being implemented by the federal government. He will discuss other privacy issues, including the recent Supreme Court ruling on sodomy. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Women and the Constitution - Willie Stevenson Glanton
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Willie Stevenson Glanton is an attorney for the Small Business Administration and president of the Iowa Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. She was an original member of the steering committee for Women and the Law, a national organization bringing together women lawyers and law students for support and evaluation. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Pornography and the Law: Civil Rights or Censorship? - Patricia Hirl and Jeanne Barkey
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Patricia Hirl is the Associate General Counsel for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and Adjunct Professor of Communications Law at William mitchell College of Law in Minneapolis. She is co-author of Media Law in the Midwest and founder of a citizens committee to promote freedom of expression. Jeanne Barkey is co-founder and Director of the Pornography Resource Center and worked on the Minneapolis anti-pornography ordinance. She has been involved in community organization against sexual assault and pornography. Her undergraduate degree is in women studies and political science from Stanford. Discussion during the debate will center on the civil rights anti-pornography ordinance which was enacted in response to the victimization of women in pornography. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Religion and Politics: Where Do We Draw the Line? - Anthony Podesta and Robert Grant
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Anthony Podesta is President of the People for the American Way, a national nonpartisan citizens organization working to protect Constitutional liberties. Mr. Podesta was a U.S. Justice Department criminal prosecutor and Assistnat U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. He also served as Deputy Director for the Voting Rights Project and as Research Director at the Citizen's Research Foundation. He received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. Robert Grant is the Chairman of Christian Voice, a political action group that was the first of the new "Christian Rights" organizations. This group is best known for the "Congressional Report Card" that rates candidate's voting records and positions. He is also the President of American Christian Cause and co-founder of the California Graduate School of Theology. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Thomas Jefferson and Slavery: Theory and Practice in the American Founding
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Charles Griswold is a Professor of Philosophy at Howard University. His works in progress include Adam Smith on the 'Subject' of Political Economy and Remarks on Thomas Jefferson and Slavery: Theory and Practice in the American Founding. His book Self-knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus was just released. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Civil Initiatives and the Constitution - John Fife
12:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - John Fife is the pastor of the South Side Presbyterian Church in Tucson and is currently appealing his conviction for conspiracy to violate federal law for his work with the sanctuary movement. He received his undergraduate degree from Washington and Jefferson College and his Masters of Divinity degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Thomas Jefferson and Slavery - Charles Griswold
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - From the University Lectures Program archive.