Cameron University’s Constitution Day observance asks “Have We Outgrown the U.S. Constitution?”

"Have We Outgrown the U.S. Constitution?", a panel presentation and discussion, will be the focus of Cameron University's annual Constitution Day observance on Tuesday, September 17. CU will join American colleges and universities for the national observance with a session scheduled for 2 p.m. in the McCasland Ballroom of the McMahon Centennial Complex. The event is open to the public at no charge. Refreshments will be served.

Department of Social Sciences faculty members Travis Childs, Dr. Jefferey Metzger and Dr. Sarah Janda will consider a wide array of issues from the realms of politics, culture and technology that some scholars have suggested are straining the Constitution to the point that it requires significant revision. Is it time for our nation to consider additional amendments or another Constitutional Convention? Or is the Constitution and our system of checks and balances resilient enough to weather these controversies and endure?

Cameron's observance of Constitution Day is sponsored by the CU School of Graduate and Professional Studies, the Department of Social Sciences and the Lawton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

In September 1782, America's founding fathers signed the most influential document in the nation's history: the U.S. Constitution. Educational institutions commemorate the 1788 ratification of the Constitution annually on Constitution Day, a federal observance that encourages all Americans to consider the enduring legacy of the Constitution in their everyday life. The annual observance recognizes the success of a nation of free people whose rights and liberties are protected by a written Constitution.

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