2007 Colorado We the People Summer Institute

The Fourteenth Amendment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

June 12 – 15, 2007
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University of Denver

Cited in more litigation than any other amendment to our Constitution, the Fourteenth Amendment greatly expanded protections of civil rights to all Americans. Debates over the meaning of “equal protection” and “due process of law” in the Fourteenth Amendment have caused controversy since the amendment was ratified in 1868. Interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment and its significance to current issues were examined in depth by 30 secondary teachers from throughout Colorado – participants in the 2007 We the People Summer Institute.


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Scholar Presentations

WTP Institute Hearing Questions 		 
• Sample Demonstration Lessons
Landmark Decisons: Dred Scott   Brown at 50
Education and the 14th Amendment   Gault at 40
Facing History: Little Rock Nine   Romer v. Evans

Snapshots from the Colorado WTP Summer Institute taken by Karen Green, Aspen High School.

Shown below: teachers participating in culminating WTP hearings on the 14th Amendment; WTP hearing judges Laurie Bennett, University of Denver, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs, and Judge Dan Taubman, Colorado Court of Appeals. Also shown below, Carlotta LaNier, Little Rock Nine, closing luncheon speaker.