Liberty Law Talk

October 28, 2019|Boris Johnson, Brexit, English Constitution, European Union

Brexit Shenanigans and the Old English Constitution

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks up as he meets with fundraisers for the Royal British Legion outside 10 Downing street on October 28, 2019. (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)

Helen Dale discusses Brexit, the English Constitution, and the future of British politics.

October 15, 2019|Aristotle, Brown v. Board of Education, James Madison, Liquidation, Living Constitutionalism, Obergefell v. Hodges, Originalism, Originalism's Promise, Progressivism, Roe v. Wade

Justifying Originalism

by Lee J. Strang|

Originalism provides the surest way to access the Constitution's legal meaning and then to implement it over time.

October 2, 2019|Catholicism, Civil Rights Movement, Fulton Sheen, Jerry Falwell, Martin Luther King Jr., Religion in the Public Square, Religious Freedom, Religious Right

How Sheen, King, & Falwell Changed American Politics

by James M. Patterson|

James Patterson talks about three legendary clergymen in America and how they shaped our public discourse.

September 14, 2019|Andrew McCabe, Carter Page, Donald Trump, James Comey, Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Russia

Dissecting the Trump-Russia Investigations: A Conversation with Andrew McCarthy

by Andrew McCarthy|

Andrew McCarthy discusses the investigations of the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with the Russian government.

September 4, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, America, American history, Bill McClay, Civic Education, Howard Zinn, Land of Hope, Slavery

An Invitation to the Land of Hope: A Conversation with Bill McClay

by Wilfred M. McClay|

Bill McClay talks with Richard Reinsch about his new book, Land of Hope.

August 16, 2019|Aquinas, Aristotle, Christianity, Enlightenment, Judaism, Logos, Natural Law, Postmodernism, Sam Gregg, Western Civilization

The Logos of Western Civilization: A Conversation with Sam Gregg

by Samuel Gregg|

Sam Gregg explores how the West is built on the union of the God of the Philosophers and the God of the Bible.

August 1, 2019|Congress, John Marshall, Judicial Review, Lochner Court, Rehnquist Court, Repugnant Laws, Roberts Court, Warren Court

The Politics of Judicial Review: A Conversation with Keith Whittington

by Keith Whittington|

Keith Whittington discusses his reassessment of judicial review in his new book Repugnant Laws

July 17, 2019|501(c)(3), Free Speech, John Rawls, Know-Nothings, Ku Klux Klan, Liberal Suppression, Liberalism, Philip Hamburger, Progressivism, Religious Freedom

Liberalism as Armed Doctrine: A Conversation with Philip Hamburger

by Philip Hamburger|

Philip Hamburger joins us to discuss his new book Liberal Suppression

July 2, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, Edmund Burke, Executive Power, Old Whigs, Winston Churchill

The Delusions of the Ideologue and the Wisdom of the Statesman: A Conversation with Greg Weiner

by Greg Weiner|

Greg Weiner returns to Liberty Law Talk to discuss what it means to be an Old Whig.

June 14, 2019|Conservatism, Declaration of Independence, George Will, Progressivism, The Conservative Sensibility