The 2022 James R. Soles Lecture on the Constitution and Citizenship
will be presented by Linda Greenhouse, a senior research scholar at Yale
Law School and previously an award-winning correspondent for The New York Times.
In her lecture, “Who Owns the Constitution?” Greenhouse will speak
about recent Supreme Court decisions and the court’s new term that
begins Oct. 3. The event will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19,
at Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts at the
University of Delaware.
The Supreme Court term that concluded in June featured some of the
most significant court decisions in recent memory. From June 23 to June
30, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and struck down the
nationwide right to abortion, and separately, declared that law-abiding
Americans have a right to carry handguns outside the home for
self-defense. Cases on immigration, school prayer and the Environmental
Protection Agency’s powers also were decided during this eight-day
period. (The court typically saves its biggest cases for the end of
term.)
The upcoming term also could prove to be momentous, with the court
agreeing to hear such high-stakes cases as a pair of cases challenging
race as a factor in college admissions and a case that could potentially
give state legislatures more power over federal elections.
Greenhouse is widely recognized as an expert on the nation’s highest
court. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism in 1998 “for her
consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court.”
Before starting her second career at Yale in 2009, Greenhouse was on
the staff of The New York Times for nearly 30 years. She continues to write regularly for The Times and other publications.
In her extracurricular life, Greenhouse has served since 2017 as
president of the American Philosophical Society, the nation’s oldest
learned society. She is its first female president since the society’s
founding by Benjamin Franklin in 1743. She is a graduate of Radcliffe
College (Harvard) and earned a master of studies in law degree from Yale
Law School. She has published six books, most recently, Justice on
the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney
Barrett, and Twelve Months that Transformed the Supreme Court.
The James R. Soles lecture is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Register to attend
by Sept. 10. A reception will follow the lecture. The Gore Recital Hall
in the Roselle Center for the Arts is located at 110 Orchard Rd,
Newark, Delaware, 19716. Parking and directions can be found on this website. For more information, contact poscir-info@udel.edu.