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Martin Dyckman, former chief editorial writer for the St. Petersburg Times<\/em>,\u00a0talked to Tampa Bay area\u00a0high school students on Sept. 16\u00a0at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport to celebrate Constitution Day.<\/p>\n

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Martin Dyckman spoke to Tampa Bay high school students about the Constitution at Stetson Law.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Students who don’t understand history become uninformed voters,” Dyckman told the group.\u00a0He\u00a0urged the students\u00a0to register to vote and to thoroughly\u00a0research issues. “Use your minds. Think. Let’s keep the republic if we can,” Dyckman told the young students.<\/p>\n

The students were visiting Stetson Law as part of the first James Otis Lecture, sponsored by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.<\/p>\n

Stetson constitutional law professor Louis Virelli, Stetson Law students, and ABOTA leadership also\u00a0talked with\u00a0the group of students from Pasco, Largo, Jefferson and Gibbs high schools. Professor Virelli\u00a0discussed\u00a0the impact of constitutional powers\u00a0on real life.<\/p>\n

The program about the U.S. Constitution was created to help Florida schools provide educational programs around the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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