The American Bar Association (ABA) has recently launched a video series “Strengthening Democracy: A Civics Education Series for Military Members.” Two topics feature the College of Law’s Hon. James E. Baker, Director of the Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy and Law, and Professor Emeritus William C. Banks.
The “Military Law and the Constitution” series of videos highlights the role of the military in a constitutional democracy. Judge Baker, a former Judge and Chief Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, is interviewed.
The “Domestic Use of the Military” series of videos covers the history and law around the use of the military in domestic pursuits featuring discussions with Banks, the author of a book on the topic, Soldiers on the Homefront.
This video series aims to improve the civic knowledge of active service members of the military. The videos and resources were developed by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security in collaboration with the ABA Division for Public Education. It was funded by the Leonore Annenberg Civic Mission of the Nation Initiative, which is sponsored by the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics (LAIC). LAIC is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.