<p>Constitution Day Events at Delaware Law School started on September 13th with Professor <a href="ipl://20//WyI4MCJd////">Alan Garfield</a> <a href="https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/09/13/divisive-times-constitution-binds-us-together-americans/1280204002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kicking off a thirteen-year tradition of collaboration with the <em>Delaware News Journal</em></a> to present a series of essays to honor Constitution Day, September 17, 2018.</p>
<p>According to Professor Garfield, the series will include essays by &ldquo;former Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey Sutton, two the nation&rsquo;s preeminent experts on state constitutional law. The third essay is written by the dean of Widener University Delaware Law School, <a href="ipl://263//W10=////">Rodney Smolla</a>, one of the nation&rsquo;s preeminent scholars and litigators in the areas of First Amendment and defamation law.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Events continue with a Constitution Day Address by Professor David Schoenbrod of New York Law School, on &ldquo;Restoring Article 1&rdquo; sponsored by The Federalist Society for Law &amp; Public Policy of Delaware Law School on September 17<sup>th</sup> at 6:30 pm in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on the Delaware Law Campus.</p>
<h3>Constitution Day Essays In the News Journal:</h3>
<p><strong>Justice Randy J. Holland:</strong> <a href="https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/09/16/delaware-right-jury-trial-different-than-federal-bill-rights/1280977002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why Delaware's right to a jury trial is different than in the federal Bill of Rights</a></p>
<p><strong>Dean Rodney Smolla:</strong> <a href="https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/09/13/equal-rights-amendment-powerful-declaration-delawares-values/1288738002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Equal Rights Amendment will be a powerful declaration of Delaware's values</a></p>
<p><strong>Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton:</strong> <a href="https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/09/15/we-focus-supreme-court-and-ignore-state-courts-our-peril/1289048002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We focus on the Supreme Court and ignore state courts at our peril</a></p>