Integral Constitutional Interpretation - with Mark Fischler

Mark Fischler agreed to give this exclusive preview of his Featured Presentation at the Future Human Conference (WeAreICON.org) in May, 2024 for San Diego Integral**.**

Description
Mark will preview his ICON presentation and talk about the current shortcomings of our approaches to Constitutional Interpretation. The need for Integral insights to coalesce unity in what now are divergent constitutional interpretive pathways will become apparent.

Bio:
Mark Fischler is a Professor of Criminal justice at Plymouth State University. Prior to joining the faculty, he practiced law, representing indigent criminal defendants for the New Hampshire Public Defender’s Office. Mark has worked extensively with alternative theoretical models in law, constitutional law, and higher education, and has published on integral applications to teaching, the practice of law, and has applied it to legal theory. His focus in the classroom is ethics and criminal procedure, and is well respected for a teaching philosophy that emphasizes recognizing the humanity and dignity of each student. Professor Fischler was awarded the outstanding teaching award at Plymouth State in 2014. He currently offers a weekly Spiritual Inquiry experience for students, faculty, and staff at the University. He is also the co-host of the Integral Justice Warrior show on the Integral Life website with Corey deVos.

About San Diego Integral
Welcome to San Diego Integral. We are a community of integralists who share the excitement of contributing to the emerging collective consciousness. We are experimenting with whether or not a community can open space into a We-consciousness by using intuition and other subtle energies for expansive exploration and heightening presence. We are looking for intuitive bursts of insight and revelations. We are asking what the potential of this collective consciousness is and what the foundation upon which it stands is. The holding container we have developed is a Focused Integral Group Discussion (FIGD). This is a meta-structuring format where we deliberately switch into an agreed-upon process to optimally utilize the We-Space. The objective of FIGD is to collectively feel deeper into any topic and promote a causal state experience where we briefly switch from a collective I to a collective we. A Focused Integral Group process is "running in the background" until a salient moment arises that we want to explore. These moments may come from a presentation, a poignant comment by a member, a poem...whatever has resonance and can be horizontally expanded by the collective. This moment is identified by the "moderator," who helps maintain focus. FIGD has three parts. It begins with a formal focus, followed by commentary on the process and then a discussion. Each segment lasts for 3-8 minutes. We have committed to a minimal of three FIGD per meeting. We have found that the intensity of these collective focused moments have increased with experience and skill and seem to delightfully persist throughout the three phases. This is very much an experimental process we have been improving upon after each meeting. Please join us if you are hungry to participate in this collective experience.