6th Annual Conference on America’s Founding Principles and History
“FDR’s Legacy: Executive Power and the Constitution in War and Peace”
February 27-28, 2013
Unless otherwise noted, events to be held in the David Student Union Ballroom
Christopher Newport University
Day 1: February 27 (Wednesday)
4:00 pm Student Panel in the Blechman Room of Trible Library
• Comments by David M. Kennedy, Stanford University
7:30 pm BB&T Colloquium Series on Capitalism
• Robert Higgs, The Independent Institute
“FDR: Architect of His Own House of Power”
Day 2: February 28 (Thursday)
9:30-10:45 am Session 1: FDR’s Epic Battle with the Supreme Court
• Charles W. McCurdy, University of Virginia
“Ideological Origins of the Court-Packing Plan”
• James F. Simon, New York Law School
“FDR and Chief Justice Hughes: The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle over the New Deal”
11-12:05 pm Session 2: BB&T Session: The Economic Legacies of FDR
• Eric Daniels, Clemson University
“Meeting the Master: FDR’s Economic Policy”
• Carlos Ramirez, George Mason University
“Banking Crises and Monetary Policy Under FDR: Lessons from U.S. History”
12:15-1:15 pm Luncheon, Boardroom (By Invitation Only)
Luncheon Keynote: Sidney Milkis, University of Virginia
“Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal Refounding”
1:30-2:45 pm Session 3: Espionage, Japanese-American Internment, and Civil Liberties
• Harvey Klehr, Emory University
“American Communists and Atomic Espionage: What Did the FBI Know and When Did It Know It?”
• Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School
“Korematsu after September 11”
3 pm Keynote Address
David M. Kennedy, Stanford University
“Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shape of the Twentieth Century”
Please contact Dr. Jonathan White with any questions at jonathan.white@cnu.edu
