LAW DAY MAY 1%2c 2018I
Law Day May 1, 2018
"Separation of Powers: Framework for Freedom"
WHEREAS Law Day is an occasion of public acknowledgement of our Nation's and the County of
Pittsylvania's heritage ofjustice, liberty, and equality under the law; and
WHEREAS the United States Congress has statutorily designated May I as the annual day for
commemoration of Law Day; and
WHEREAS the American Bar Association has designated the 2018 Law Day theme to be "Separation of
Powers: Framework for Freedom" in recognition of how The U.S. Constitution sets out a system of
government with distinct and independent branches—Congress, the Presidency, and a Supreme Court;
and
WHEREAS it also defines legislative, executive, and judicial powers and outlines how they interact; and
WHEREAS these three separate branches share power, and each branch serves as a check on the power
of the others; and
WHEREAS "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition, "James Madison explained in Federalist 51
because Madison believed that the Constitution's principles of separation of powers and checks and
balances preserve political liberty and provide a framework for freedom; and
WHEREAS we the people must continually act to ensure that our constitutional democracy endures,
preserving our liberties and advancing our rights and enables us to reflect on the separation of powers as
fundamental to our constitutional purpose and to consider how our governmental system is working for
ourselves and our posterity; and
WHEREAS promoting public understanding of the roots of our freedom are an important component in
the civic education of the citizens of the United States and of County of Pittsylvania, Virginia; and
NOW THEREFORE, WE, The Board of Supervisors, declare May 1, 2018, to be Law Day in the County
ofPittsylvania, Virginia this 17mday of April in the year 2018.
Given under my hand this day 17t4 day of April, 201
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Obert W. "Bob" Warren, Chair
Pvani oun Bo Supervisors
id . erman, County Administrator
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors