Observe Constitution Day with “Bush v. Gore at 20”
September 17, 2020The UNC-Chapel Hill community is invited to celebrate Constitution Day on Friday, Sept. 25, at a noon webinar about the 20th anniversary of the Bush v. Gore (2000) election law case.
Speakers include:
- William P. Marshall, William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, UNC School of Law
- Walter Kerrel Murray, Post Doc Fellow, UNC School of Law
- Teresa Wynn Roseborough ’86, Executive Vice President – General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Home Depot
- Moderator: Mary-Rose Papandrea, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Roseborough served as a lead litigator in the Bush v. Gore case, which settled a vote recount dispute in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. She earned her juris doctor with high honors from Carolina Law in 1986. Roseborough’s more than 30 years of legal experience also includes government service as deputy assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice; law clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge James Dickson Phillips ’48 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration via Zoom is required.
About Constitution Day
For several years, UNC School of Law has served as the host of the campus-wide UNC-Chapel Hill Constitution Day celebration. Each year on September 17, pursuant to a 2004 federal statute, U.S. schools and colleges take time to celebrate and commemorate the day on which the Constitution of the United States was signed. Constitution Day presents an opportunity to reflect upon the deeper meanings of the Constitution and the hopes it embodies for the future of the country and the world.