The United States Capitol Historical Society announces it Spring 2015 annual symposium, Aftermath: The Consequences of the Civil War for Congress and the Federal Government. It takes place Thursday and Friday of this week. “Eight scholars will address various topics including the long range consequences for the Constitution, the economy, the federal bureaucracy, and the war's impact on Native Americans.” On Thursday night, William Nelson, NYU Law, delivers a keynote, “The Fourteenth Amendment and the End of Popular Constitutionalism." Among the speakers Friday is Paul Finkleman, Senior Fellow, Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism, University of Pennsylvania, and Scholar-in-Residence, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Schedule after the jump. H/t: NHC
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