CT Supreme Court postcard, 1910
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Save the Date - Annual Meeting May 2, 2013

Habeas Corpus, Martial Law, and the Partisan Mud of Emergency Powers

Dr. Matthew WarshauerDr. Matthew Warshauer is a Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University. The author of three books, he is a specialist on 19th century political and constitutional history. He has written extensively on Andrew Jackson and the Early Republic. His first book, Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law (2006), attracted widespread attention, receiving a lengthy review in the New Yorker magazine as well as a televised lecture on C-SPANS Book TV.

Most recently, Dr. Warshauer has been studying and lecturing on Connecticut’s role in the American Civil War. He currently serves as co-chair of the Connecticut Civil War Commemoration Commission, and is helping to coordinate activities across Connecticut to focus on the importance and lasting legacies of the American Civil War and Connecticut’s involvement in it.

Scheduled for May 2, 2013, at the New Haven Lawn Club. Program and Reservation Form - PDF
RSVP by April 24, 2013