Herbert Weiss

Tuesdays, February 23 - March 30    3:30 p.m - 5:30 p.m.     6 sessions    
Vincent Club, 71 Brimmer Street

This course won’t get a passing grade for law school. It hopes merely to provide an overview and a familiarity with that extraordinary document that has organized and cemented our country and our society for more than 200 years. It will first examine the history of the Constitution from the Magna Carta to the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Federalist Papers. Subsequent sessions will explore the Separation of Powers and the early Articles, the Bill of Rights and other Amendments. The fourth session will examine major Supreme Court Cases interpreting Constitutional provisions. In the fifth session we will look at recent cases and issues before the Supreme Court. We will summarize in the sixth session with particular emphasis on the Constitution as a “living” document – what’s good, what’s bad, what works, what doesn’t, and a look at future challenges.

Members will be asked to read and have a copy of the Constitution which can be obtained in a booklet that will be available for about $5 at the Suffolk Law School Bookstore on Tremont Street.

Herb Weiss is a practicing lawyer in Boston, a graduate of the Harvard Law School and member of the Massachusetts and Federal Bars. He practices at Burns & Levinson, LLP, in Boston. Mr. Weiss has led several seminars on Great Decisions and has been an active member of the Beacon Hill community for many years.