NYU Washington, DC Observes Constitution Day with an event reviewing the Watergate Constitutional Crisis

Nixon flagSeptember 17 is Constitution Day. To mark the occasion, NYU Washington, DC is hosting a panel discussion tonight to examine how the Constitutional process laid out by the founders successfully tackled a crisis at the heart of American democracy, and lessons for today’s dysfunctional Washington; with former Congresswoman Liz Holtzman, who served on the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate; former Nixon Presidential Library Director and Head of the Tamiment Library Tim Naftali; and historian Marilyn Young of NYU. Introduction and welcome by Dean Gabrielle Starr, College of Arts and Science of NYU. The event is entitled Watergate 40 Years Later: How Congress Confronted a Constitutional Crisis and the Lessons for Today. The video will be available after the event.

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