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Adler to discuss fake news, press freedom Thursday

| May 8, 2018 1:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — The seventh annual Coeur d’Alene Public Library lecture by David Adler will examine the freedom of the press as provided by the First Amendment in the age of social media and the deliberate planting of disinformation.

“Fake News and the Freedom of the Press” will be presented Thursday, May 10, at 7 p.m., in the library Community Room, 702 E. Front Ave. The doors will open for this program at 6 p.m.

The free lecture is sponsored by the Coeur d’Alene Press, the Idaho Humanities Council, the Friends of the Library, and CDA-TV.

Adler, president of Alturas Institute, a nonprofit created to promote civic education and civil dialogue, has taught courses on the Constitution and the Supreme Court at all three universities in Idaho. He has held the Andrus Professorship at Boise State University and the McClure Professorship at the University of Idaho, where he held a joint appointment in the College of Law and the Department of Political Science.

Previously, he was professor of political science and director of the Center for Constitutional Studies at Idaho State University. He remains a lecturer at the University of Idaho College of Law. A recipient of teaching, civic and writing awards, Adler has published in the leading journals of his field, and has lectured nationally and internationally on the Constitution, presidential power and the Bill of Rights. He has delivered more than 600 public lectures throughout Idaho and writes frequent Op-Ed pieces for newspapers across the state.

The author of more than 100 scholarly articles, essays and book chapters, Adler has published widely on the Constitution and presidential power. His books include: the two-volume work “American Constitutional Law;” “The Constitution and the Conduct of American Foreign Policy;” “The Presidency and the Law: The Clinton Legacy;” “The Constitution and the Termination of Treaties;” and “The War Power in an Age of Terrorism,” which was published in 2016.

His writings have been quoted and cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts, political scientists, historians and legal scholars, and invoked by both Republicans and Democrats in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. He has consulted with members of Congress from both parties on a variety of constitutional issues, including impeachment, the war power and treaty termination.

A frequent commentator on state and national events, Adler’s lectures have aired on C-Span, and he has done interviews with reporters from The New York Times, Washington Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, National Review, The Nation Magazine, Mother Jones, Fox News, NPR, NBC, CNN and the BBC. Adler has served as a member of the Board of Directors of various academic, corporate and civic organizations.

He earned a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and a doctorate from the University of Utah.

This program is made possible by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council, the state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.