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Law Day 2019 Luncheon
The 2019 Law Day theme-Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society-focuses on these cornerstones of representative government and calls on us to understand and protect these rights to ensure, as the U.S. Constitution proposes, "the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity." "In the United States and around the world, freedom of speech and the press are among the most important foundations for a free society. Free speech and free press are prominent topics in public discourse and litigation. It is impossible to imagine a free society without these individual liberties, yet historical and current debates surrounding them continually challenge us to consider their boundaries and resilience. Changes in technology have reshaped how free speech and free press work in the everyday world.
Law Day 2019 offers the opportunity to explore this pair of freedoms by probing their history and considering their future. Should all speech be "free?" What is the role of government in regulating or protecting the press? Should speech or the press be constrained through laws or norms? Can a free society exist without free speech and free press?"
As part of our Law Day celebration we are very fortunate that the Montana Supreme Court will once again hear oral arguments in Bozeman on Wednesday, May 1st, 2019, at the MSU SUB, Ballroom A. Dean Paul Kirgis from the Alexander Blewett HI School of Law at the University of Montana will introduce of the case beginning at 09:30 AM with oral arguments proceeding at 10:00 A.M. The Supreme Court has designated cause DA 16-0473, State of Montana v. Brian David Laird for oral argument. The briefs can be found on the Montana Supreme Court website at http://searchcourts.mt.gov/index.html.
Following the oral argument on May 1st at 11 :45 A.M. in the MSU SUB, Ballroom 0 , the Gallatin County Bar Association will host the 21st annual Law Day Luncheon with the Justices of the Supreme Court. US Attorney for Montana Kurt Alme is the key note speaker, and the winner of the Bar Association's scholarship competition for high school seniors will present the winning essay on the Law Day theme.
In conjunction with Law Day, students from our rural elementary schools participate in written or oral declamation contests as part of the 681h Annual Patriotic Declamatory Contest for Rural Schools held on Thursday, April 111h, 2019 beginning at 3:30 PM in the Gallatin County Courthouse, Community Room.
This year's contest asks students to address, "Ellis Island, Border Walls, and Sanctuary Cities: American immigration policies past, present, and future." The three winners in each category will present their winning entries on Friday, May 3rd, 2019 at 09:00 A.M. in District Court 3. The program lasts less than an hour. WE ENCOURAGE YOUR ATTENDANCE.
I encourage you to promote these events and to provide the opportunity for the appropriate students to attend the oral arguments and to observe first-hand the role of our Supreme Court in interpreting the law as it relates the rights and privileges of our citizens.
If you have questions or require additional information, please contact the District Court Administrator at 406-582-2091 .
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LocationMSU SUB, Ballroom D - Strand Union (View)
211 Strand Union Building
Bozeman, MT 59715
United States
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