<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/talk-examines-electoral-law-constitution.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>09/08/2016</pubDate><title>Talk Examines Electoral Law, Constitution</title><excerpt>Derek Muller, associate professor of law at Pepperdine University, examines the historical and legal perspective of electoral law in a Constitution Day lecture Monday, Sept. 19, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. “From Adams v. Jefferson to Trump v. Clinton: Elections and the Framers’ Constitution,” funded by the John Templeton Foundation through a grant from the Institute for Humane Studies, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact organizer Jesse Covington, Westmont associate professor of political science, at (805) 565-6784. Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by 39 men on Sept. 17, 1787, recognizing all naturalized or native-born citizens of the U.S.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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