Theodore Roosevelt and the Law

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KERMIT ROOSEVELT III

Title: “Theodore Roosevelt and the U.S. Constitution”

Biography:  Kermit Roosevelt attended Harvard University, where he studied philosophy, and Yale Law School. After law school, he clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams on the D.C. Circuit and Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. He practiced appellate litigation in Chicago for two years before joining the faculty of Penn Law School, where he teaches constitutional law, conflict of laws, and creative writing. He is the author of The Myth of Judicial Activism, a book of constitutional theory, and In the Shadow of the Law, a novel, in addition to numerous law review articles. His most recent novel, Allegiance, set at the Supreme Court during World War II, is scheduled for publication by Regan Arts in August.

JULIA ERNST
Title: “Roosevelt, the U.S. Constitution, and the Modern Presidency”

Biography:  Julia L. Ernst is an Associate Professor at the University of North Dakota School of Law, teaching Constitutional Law, Legislation, Gender and the Law, and International Human Rights. She earned her LL.M. and International Human Rights Certificate at Georgetown, J.D. and M.A. at Michigan, and B.A. at Yale. She taught at Georgetown Law and Georgetown University, and served as executive director of the Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program, as legislative counsel for a Member of Congress, as legislative counsel for a public interest organization in Washington, DC, and as a lawyer with a Detroit firm. She is a member of Sharon Lutheran Church and lives in Grand Forks with her husband and daughter.

DOUG ELLISON

Title: “Roosevelt and Frontier Justice”

Biography:  Doug Ellison is an independent historian living at Medora, North Dakota. Doug has written, edited, or co-written six books and many articles of historical non-fiction on personalities and events of the American West. He has been a featured speaker on the History Channel episodes “Outlaws: Ten Most Wanted” and “Custer’s Last Man.”

Doug is a native North Dakotan and a former employee of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, serving as Site Supervisor at the Fort Buford and Chateau de Mores Historic Sites. Since 2008 he has served as mayor of Medora, where he and his wife Mary own and operate Western Edge Books and Amble Inn.

EDWARD KOHN
Title: “Roosevelt as New York City Police Commissioner”

Biography:  Edward P. Kohn is assistant professor of history and chair of the department of American Culture and Literature at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. from McGill University, Montreal. A political historian, Kohn has published numerous works on Theodore Roosevelt’s political career in New York. Professor Kohn’s books include Hot Time in the Old Town and Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt.  His most recent project, The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, was published by SUNY Press in April. Kohn has appeared on NPR’s “Fresh Air” and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

HARRY LEMBECK

Title: “Roosevelt and Racial Justice: The Brownsville Incident”

Biography: Harry Lembeck is an independent historian who is “recovering” from the practice of law with his passion for history. His recent book, Taking on Theodore Roosevelt: How One Senator Defied the President on Brownsville and Shook American Politics, examines the shooting, the investigations, and the efforts made to get the men back into the army, in particular the heroic work of Ohio Senator Joseph B. Foraker.

Lembeck was a participating historian for the production of the PBS documentary Slavery by Another Name, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book of the same name. He has served on the boards of directors of the Marietta Museum of History; Theatre in the Square, the second largest theater in Georgia; and Bulloch Hall, the historic home in which Theodore Roosevelt’s mother grew up.

Kermit Roosevelt delivers his keynote address, “Theodore Roosevelt and the U.S. Constitution,” on September 17, 2015.

Julia Ernst gives her lecture, “Theodore Roosevelt and the Problem of the Constitution” at the 2015 Theodore Roosevelt Symposium.

Doug Ellison gives his lecture, “Roosevelt and Frontier Justice” at the 2015 Theodore Roosevelt Symposium.

Edward Kohn gives his lecture, “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: TR’s Saloon-Closing Crusade” at the 2015 Theodore Roosevelt Symposium.

Harry Lembeck gives his lecture, “Roosevelt and Racial Justice: The Brownsville Incident” at the 2015 Theodore Roosevelt Symposium.