Students Converse with Supreme Court Justices
- Location:
- Washington, DC
- Event Dates:
- November 5-6, 2007
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| Photo Credit: John Vettese |
On November 5 and 6, 87 students and 40 teachers from 34 states, plus Puerto Rico, gathered in Washington to meet with justices of the United States Supreme Court, a project of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
Over the course of two days, the students had the opportunity to question and engage in conversations with Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Stephen G. Breyer, Antonin Scalia and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The conversations were videotaped and will be made available next year for use in classrooms across America.
The latest videos will join four others that are part of Sunnylands Seminars on the judicial branch. The goal of the Sunnylands project is to help students better understand the U.S. Constitution and the role an independent judiciary plays in this nation's democracy.
The Sunnylands Seminars is a project if The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands administered with the assistance of The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
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