Youngstown State University students, alumni celebrate Constitution Day with moot court
Youngstown State University’s moot court team observed Constitution Day with a Moot Court event at noon yesterday in the Board of Trustees meeting room in Tod Hall on campus.
The YSU Moot Court team presented oral arguments, simulated a case before the U.S. Supreme Court and addressed two constitutional issues.
The Constitution Day event was free and open to the public to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787.
The first Constitutional issue they addressed was whether forcing someone to decrypt a cell phone using facial recognition violates the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
The second issue was whether convicting someone of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging another person to commit suicide infringes on the First Amendment right to free speech.
Several YSU alumni who were former moot court participants attended the event to act as justices. The alumni “judges” offered valuable insight, as each attended prestigious law schools and have acquired distinguished roles after graduating from YSU.
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