As our nation marks the 250^th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, please join the Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) together with William & Mary (W&M) Law School’s Digital Democracy Lab on March 2, 3:00-4:00pm ET for a virtual conversation on artificial intelligence (AI) and civil rights entitled “AI and Constitutional Democracy at 250.”

This webinar will feature CAC’s Scholar-in-Residence Catherine Powell, Professor at Fordham Law School (currently on sabbatical at Princeton University, Program in Law and Public Policy), and Digital Democracy Lab Director Margaret Hu, Professor at W&M Law School. Having served in prior White House and other government roles, both are deeply invested in bridging theory and practice. CAC Vice President Praveen Fernandes will serve as the moderator. In light of the nation’s 250-year anniversary, and the history of constitutional democracy, the conversation will focus on the Constitution’s progressive ideals, rooted in Reconstruction and other social movements, and how these ideals apply to our contemporary digital society. In wrestling with thorny law and policy issues of the day—from facial recognition to fertility trackers—the conversation will grapple with how digital surveillance creates and replicates inequality.

For background, please see Professor Powell’s article, “How AI Reinforces Caste: Creating and Amplifying Systematic Inequality” in Maryland Law Review (symposium volume for the 2025 annual “Con Law Schmooze” on the theme of caste), available here.

Margaret Hu relies upon a constitutional law lens to anchor her textbook and casebook, AI Law and Policy (Aspen Publishing), available here.