Paul Finkelman is President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy at Albany Law School and Senior Fellow in the Government Law Center at Albany Law School. He is the author or editor of many articles and books, including "Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson", and "A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United States", and coeditor (with Martin J. Hershock) of "The History of Michigan Law".