The Constitution Belongs to All of Us — Let’s Talk About It
Join us for a Constitutional Town Hall featuring some of Kansas’ foremost legal minds.
Hear from KU Law’s Professor Richard Levy and Professor Rekha Sharma-Crawford, Washburn Law Dean Jeffrey Jackson, and ACLU of Kansas Executive Director Micah Kubic as they break down what’s at stake — and what Kansans can do to protect our constitutional rights.
At a time when democratic norms are being tested, this powerful event brought together constitutional law experts, civic leaders, and engaged Kansans to examine how the rule of law, checks and balances, civil rights, and institutional integrity are holding up under pressure. Constitution at a Crossroads was a call to action — reminding us that democracy is not a state, but an act. Watch the full panel and arm yourself with the knowledge to defend our founding principles.
Stand up for your rights — join us for this vital conversation.
Meet the Panel
Rekha Sharma-Crawford
Rekha Sharma-Crawford is a co-founding partner of Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law. Rekha currently serves as Treasurer of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and has been active with AILA for the past 24 years in a variety of capacities, including speaker, author, editor, and mentor. In 2021, Rekha was recognized by being awarded the Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award, for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law. Also in 2021, the Johnson County Bar Association honored Rekha with Advocate Attorney Award. This award recognizes significant contributions to the public interest by an advocate. In 2018, the Kansas Bar Association honored Rekha with the Courageous Attorney Award, an award presented to attorneys who have displayed exceptional courage in the face of adversity, thus bringing credit to the legal profession. Along with authoring and publishing many legal articles, she is also the author of three children’s books.
Richard Levy
Richard Levy is a nationally and internationally known teacher and scholar in the field of American public law, including constitutional law, administrative law and legislation. He joined the KU Law faculty in 1985, having received his law degree with honors from the University of Chicago Law School. Before joining the faculty, he served as a clerk for Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. As a teacher, Levy emphasizes active learning and strives to integrate the development of analytical and problem-solving skills into the coverage of substantive material using a variety of innovative teaching methods. Levy is a prolific scholar with an extensive publication record in leading journals on a wide array of topics, including pioneering work applying collective action theory to federalism and leading articles on judicial review of administrative agencies. He was named the inaugural J.B. Smith Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law in 2007.
Jeffrey Jackson
Jeffrey D. Jackson is the James M. Concannon Dean and Professor of Law at Washburn University School of Law. He has been a Professor at the school for 20 years. Prior to coming to Washburn, he was staff attorney for Death Penalty and Constitutional issues for the Kansas Supreme Court. He has also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Mary Beck Briscoe in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, law clerk to The Honorable Justice Robert E. Davis at the Kansas Supreme Court, an associate at Bennett & Dillon L.L.P., in Topeka and staff attorney for the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Jackson received his B.B.A. in economics from Washburn University in 1989, his J.D. from Washburn Law in 1992 and his LL.M. in Constitutional Law at Georgetown University Law Center in 2003. He teaches Constitutional Law I & II as well as Constitutional History.
Dr. Micah Kubic
Dr. Micah W. Kubic has served as the Executive Director of the ACLU of Kansas since January 2022. With twenty-six years of experience in civil rights and racial justice work, Micah leads the largest advocacy organizations in Kansas, defending and strengthening the rights that belong to everyone under the Constitution. Micah previously served as the ACLU of Kansas’s executive director from 2015 to 2018, leaving to lead the ACLU of Florida, one of the largest ACLU affiliates, for three years between 2019 and 2022.
Prior to joining the staff of the ACLU, Micah was the Director of Planning, Development, and Evaluation at the Full Employment Council, a Kansas City area workforce development agency; Senior Program Officer at Greater Kansas City Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a community development organization; and legislative director for a Kansas City councilman. Micah holds bachelors’ degrees from the George Washington University, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in Black Politics from Howard University. His first book, Freedom, Inc. and Black Political Empowerment, was published by the University of Missouri Press in 2016.