The US Constitution and the Public Interest

The Wilton LWV and Wilton Historical Society, along with Wilton's State Senator Ceci Maher (District 26), invite you to join us as State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, leads a conversation about how our Constitution has balanced power and promoted the public interest since its founding. What conversations should we be having right now about our most fundamental constitutional principles? How will the current interpretations of this founding document impact how our government functions well into the future? What aspects of the founders’ vision of government have been strained over time, especially in recent years, and how can we respond to protect our constitutional republic and to help ensure a meaningful democracy?

Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox is a senator for Senate District 22 in the Connecticut General Assembly, representing Bridgeport, Trumbull, and Monroe. Sujata is also a Professor of Legal Studies at Quinnipiac University, where she teaches constitutional law, comparative law, and human rights law, among other subjects. She is the Executive Director of the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights and a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar.

Free and open to the public; refreshments will be served.