What new insights can be gained from the Declaration of Independence nearly 250 years after its adoption?

Beginning tomorrow, May 15–16, 2026, the Stanford Constitutional Law Center will convene eight prominent scholars, historians, and jurists on to explore what new perspectives can be ...brought to the Declaration of Independence on the eve of its 250th anniversary.

Through a series of lectures and conversations, participants from across the ideological spectrum will examine the document's history, meaning, and continuing significance for American constitutional thought.

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Stanford Law professors Pamela Karlan and Jonathan Gienapp are co-leading “America at 250,” a new course open to students across Stanford that invites them to think critically about where America has been, what it has inherited, and where it might need to go next.

Launched in honor of

...the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the course brings faculty from multiple disciplines into conversation about democracy, governance, immigration, the economy, and the founding ideals that continue to shape American life. Read more:

'America at 250' explores U.S. history, policy

“America at 250,” a new interdisciplinary course, asks where the country has been and where it might go.

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