Princeton University should need little encouragement to honor the Constitution. James Madison, a Princeton grad, had a major hand in crafting the document. He’s known as “the Father of the Constitution.” Madison and another Princeton alum of some distinction, Alexander Hamilton, helped secure ratification of the Constitution by writing most of the Federalist Papers.

At one time, Princeton did honor the Constitution in an event hosted its James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institution. Prominent conservative public intellectual Robert George runs that program. …

Had Professor George been on hand, he could have corrected false, absurd claims like those of Parreñas. And therein lies the main problem with Princeton’s event.

It’s okay to present a leftist critique of the Constitution on Constitution Day. But it’s a major disservice to exclude a dissenting mainstream perspective. By excluding Robert George’s group, the Effron Center turned Constitution Day at Princeton into a leftist, anti-American indoctrination session.

Why would the Effron Center host such a session? Probably because it holds America’s Constitution in low regard. And Princeton, having handed sole control over Constitution Day to Effron, likely holds a similar view.