Prof. Trucios-Haynes to discuss constitutionality of banning Muslims

Professor Enid Trucios-Haynes will speak about whether it's constitutional to ban Muslims at a Constitution Day event this month. 

Hosted by Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro, the presentation is entitled “Is it constitutional to ban Muslims under the U.S. Constitution?” It will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 in Rogers Hall at the Winchester Center at the college.

Trucios-Haynes is a nationally recognized scholar in immigration law and teaches constitutional law, immigration law, international law and race and the law.

She is director of the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace & Justice, chair of the Faculty Senate, trustee of the University of Louisville and co-director of the Brandeis Human Rights Advocacy Project. She served as president of the board of the ACLU of Kentucky from 2013-2016 and is secretary of the board of the Hispanic-Latino Coalition of Louisville. She serves in a leadership capacity with numerous University of Louisville committees.

The Stanley Reed Pre-Law and Politics Society at Wesleyan is hosting the event, which is free and open to the public. Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) was a noted attorney who served as United States Solicitor General from 1935-1938 and as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1938-1957. He was a native of Mason County, Ky.