The Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, will present the inaugural David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence on Constitution Day, September 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hamilton College Chapel. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Institute, the Government Department and the Publius Society and is free and open to the public.
Judge Sutton will be speaking on the topic of "Originalism or the Living Constitution? Interpreting the Supreme Court." Behind the recent partisan battles over judicial nominations, including the nomination of Judge Sutton, lie significant philosophical differences about the role of the courts and the interpretation of the Constitution. The issue divides the presidential candidates in 2008.
Sutton received a bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1983 and LL. B. from the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University in 1990. He served as a law clerk for Judge Thomas Meskill of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice Lewis Powell and Justice Antonia Scalia of the United States Supreme Court. Nominated for the Sixth Circuit by President George W. Bush, Judge Sutton was confirmed by the Senate in 2003.
The lecture honors David Aldrich Nelson, whom Judge Sutton succeeded on the Sixth Circuit. Judge Nelson was graduated from Hamilton College in 1954, valedictorian of his class. He attended the Harvard Law School and read law as a Fulbright Scholar at Cambridge University, in England. He has served as a trustee of Hamilton College and as a member of the National Council of the Ohio State University College of Law.
Judge Sutton will be speaking on the topic of "Originalism or the Living Constitution? Interpreting the Supreme Court." Behind the recent partisan battles over judicial nominations, including the nomination of Judge Sutton, lie significant philosophical differences about the role of the courts and the interpretation of the Constitution. The issue divides the presidential candidates in 2008.
Sutton received a bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1983 and LL. B. from the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University in 1990. He served as a law clerk for Judge Thomas Meskill of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice Lewis Powell and Justice Antonia Scalia of the United States Supreme Court. Nominated for the Sixth Circuit by President George W. Bush, Judge Sutton was confirmed by the Senate in 2003.
The lecture honors David Aldrich Nelson, whom Judge Sutton succeeded on the Sixth Circuit. Judge Nelson was graduated from Hamilton College in 1954, valedictorian of his class. He attended the Harvard Law School and read law as a Fulbright Scholar at Cambridge University, in England. He has served as a trustee of Hamilton College and as a member of the National Council of the Ohio State University College of Law.
