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Presentation on US Constitutional Rights in CNMI tomorrow
Gelpi
The CNMI Bar Association, in partnership with the U.S. District Court for the NMI and the Latte Training Academy, will host a special presentation by Chief Judge Gustavo A. Gelpi on “U.S. Constitutional Rights in the Territories and the CNMI.”
U.S. District Judge Gustavo A Gelpi was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush in 2006.
He is currently the Chief Judge of the United States District Court in Puerto Rico. Previously he served as U.S. Magistrate Judge and Solicitor General for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Both as a judge and attorney, he has authored opinions and argued cases involving matters pertaining to the constitutional relationship of Puerto Rico with the United States.
Gelpi is the author of various articles about the historical and legal status of U.S. territories, and recently published a book about the subject, The Constitutional Evolution of Puerto Rico and Other U.S. Territories 1898-Present.
He has also offered a law school course about the U.S. territories at the University of Puerto Rico, Interamerican University, Pontifical Catholic University and University of Hawai’i. Gelpi was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and is a graduate of Brandeis University and Suffolk University Law School.
The presentation will take place on Friday, July 6, at the American Memorial Park Visitors Center Theater in Garapan from 6pm to 7:30pm. It is free and open to the public and made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities through a grant award from the Northern Marianas Humanities Council.
For more details or if you have any inquiries, contact Eulalia V. Arriola via e-mail at cnmibar@gmail.com. (PR)
