DATE: 4 p.m. Sept. 17, 2008.

EVENT: The University of Michigan will celebrate the 221st anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution Wednesday, as six U-M law professors review U.S. Supreme Court cases from the 2007-08 term.

A federal law requires all schools receiving federal funding to recognize the Constitution on Sept. 17, the Constitution’s “birthday” (or during the week before or after if the day falls on a weekend).

The court cases and professors are:

• District of Columbia v. Heller. Does the District of Columbia’s ban on handgun possession violate the Second Amendment? Law professor Richard Primus.

• Kennedy v. Louisiana. Is it constitutional to impose the death penalty for rape of a child? Samuel Gross.

• Medell