Bluffton University Alumni Judges to Speak at Constitution Day Forum

BLUFFTON, Ohio—Sean E. Leuthold ’88, Common Pleas Court Judge of Crawford County, and Shane M. Leuthold ’92, Municipal Court Judge of Crawford County, will present the Forum “The Policy of Stop-and-Frisk and its Impact on American Civil Liberties and the Right to Privacy.”

(Judge Sean Leuthold)

(Judge Shane Leuthold)

The event will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 in Yoder Recital Hall. Forum is free and open to the public.

The judges will evaluate the background, expansion and future implications of the stop-and-frisk policy, particularly how it can lead to unconstitutional racial and ethnic profiling.

This presentation also serves as Bluffton’s Constitution Day Forum.

All educational institutions that receive federal funds are required to offer an instructional program each year on or near Sept. 17, the day the U.S. Constitution was signed in 1787.