Mr. Steinbach was a partner at a law firm in Washington D.C before leaving the legal profession for teaching. He is now the chair of the History department at Sidwell Friends, and is the author of With Liberty and Justice for All?: The Constitution in the Classroom.

Mr. Steinbach describes his talk: "Is the Constitution of the United States a 'great book' in the St. John’s tradition? How might the document be read, taught, and understood intelligently, whether in the nation’s classrooms or our wider civic discourse? The lecture will explore the Constitution’s continuing relevance by focusing in part on two critical 'constitutional moments' from the past: the Alien and Sedition Acts controversy and the Dred Scott case."