With once-in-a-generation decisions on presidential immunity and the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment, as well as the usual array of other controversial cases including freedom of expression in cyberspace, abortion and gun rights, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023–24 term has been one for the record books. What are the implications of these and other decisions? Where is the Court as an institution headed? Is the U.S. Supreme Court still, as Alexander Hamilton predicted in 1788, “the least dangerous branch” of the national government?
Jilda Aliotta is a popular professor in the University of Hartford’s Politics, Economics, and International Studies Department, and is well known among Presidents’ College participants for her thought-provoking commentaries on the U.S. Supreme Court, in what has become one of our longest-running courses. She teaches classes in law, American politics, and women in politics.
Mondays: Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28 | 4:30 p.m.–6 p.m. | New Location: Greenberg Center | $80
Brought to you by the Presidents' College, where we connect the curious through lifelong learning.
For more stimulating Presidents' College offerings, see our catalogue.
Faculty and staff are eligible to take one Presidents' College lecture for free every semester, or to receive a one-session discount ($20) for a longer course. Contact Laurie Fasciano at fasciano@hartford.edu or 860.768.4495.