Press release from the League of Women Voters of Asheville Buncombe County:
“We the People” Constitutional Study Hosted by League of Women Voters
(October 3, 10, 17, 24; November 7, 14)
The history and contemporary role of the Constitution of the United States will be the focus of a “We the People” fall study program organized by the League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe County, bringing the principles of this country’s founding document forward into 2017.
The six-weeks study will examine such vital contemporary topics as freedom of speech, the right to assemble, executive power, voting rights, and procedural due process. It will also include discussion of judicial interpretation and the continuing impacts of key Supreme Court decisions.
The presentations (with discussion) will be led by Bruce Elmore, Jr., a native of Asheville who’s legal career began by watching his first jury trial when he was 10, and starting work in his father’s Asheville law office (Bruce Elmore Sr.) when he was 14. A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law, Elmore is a former president of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and current vice president of the NC ACLU Legal Foundation.
Organized by the local LWV, the study course is being co-sponsored by additional nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations including AAUW Asheville, YWCA of Asheville, and the Western NC Chapter of the ACLU of NC.
Sessions will be held at the YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave., on Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 on October 3, 10, 17, 24 and November 7, 14. The course is free to the public; to reserve a space, send name and email address (or phone number) to We.people.us@gmail.com, with the word RESERVATION in the subject line.
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