Lawyers take time to share important law lessons with school children.
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EVANSTON — Several local attorneys took time out of their day on Friday, March 17, to teach Uinta County fifth graders about the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. and Wyoming governmental systems.
County and prosecuting attorney Loretta Howieson, who visited Aspen Elementary, said she has participated for six or seven years and enjoys the opportunity to work with the kids on Liberty Day.
“It’s always interesting to find out what they know and understand and the things they’re interested in,” she said.
Liberty Day Institute, in partnership with the Equal Justice Wyoming Foundation, sends schools resources about the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. The booklet given to each student includes the full Constitution of the United States, the Amendments, the Declaration of Independence, a list of some important dates from 1787-1791 and several questions and answers about the Founding documents and governing officials.
This year’s questions focused on the qualifications to be a governing official (such as a congressman, senator or president) and the rights guaranteed by the Amendments. Several classes figured out — or learned — how many senators and representatives Wyoming has in Congress and in the Senate, since the two Houses of the legislature were designed to give different types of power to the differently populated states. Since Wyoming is the smallest state, it has only one Congressional representative (this term’s representative is Liz Cheney) while it has two senators (Mike Enzi and John Barasso) because every state has two senators.