Presidential appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court will be the focus of David Adler’s fourth annual lecture in Coeur d’Alene.

“The Supreme Court: Presidential Powers and Political Pressure” will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 12, in the library Community Room, 702 E. Front Ave. The doors will open for this program at 6 p.m.

The free lecture is sponsored by The Coeur d’Alene Press and the Idaho Humanities Council with additional support provided by the Friends of the Library.

Adler, president of Alturas Institute, a nonprofit organization created to promote civic education and civil dialogue, has previously lectured at the library on “The Second Amendment: Fundamentals and Myths,” in 2015; “The Constitution and Religion: Origins, Challenges and Accommodations,” in 2014; “The State of the Presidency: Constitutional and Political Challenges,” in 2013; and “Holding Government Accountable,” in 2012.

Adler has taught courses on the Constitution and the Supreme Court at all three universities in Idaho. He has held the Andrus Professorship at Boise State University and the McClure Professorship at the University of Idaho, where he held a joint appointment in the College of Law and the Department of Political Science.

Previously, he was professor of political science and director of the Center for Constitutional Studies at Idaho State University. He remains an adjunct professor of law at the University of Idaho College of Law. A recipient of teaching, civic and writing awards, Adler has published in the leading journals of his field, and has lectured nationally and internationally on the Constitution, presidential power and the Bill of Rights. He has delivered more than 500 public lectures throughout Idaho and writes frequent op-ed pieces for newspapers across the state.