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Sheila Kennedy: Civic Literacy ‘Critical’ to a Functioning Democracy
Sheila Suess Kennedy
Sheila Suess Kennedy, Emerita Professor of Law and Public Policy, says that when people don’t understand the most basic premises of our legal system, our public discourse is impoverished and ultimately unproductive. “Unfortunately,” she writes, “that civic knowledge is in very short supply.”
Click here to read Professor Kennedy’s article on why civic literacy is critical to the American Idea.
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June 30, 2022