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Patrick J. Deneen is David A. Potenziani Memorial Associate Professor of Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

February 15, 2017|Conservatism, Conserving America, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, It's A Wonderful Life, John Locke, Orestes Brownson, Progressivism

America, What’s Left of It: A Conversation with Patrick Deneen

by Patrick J. Deneen|4 Comments

Patrick Deneen joins this edition of Liberty Law Talk to discuss his latest book, Conserving America? Essays on Present Discontents.

June 27, 2016|Conservatism, James Burnham, Liberalism, Suicide of the West

Adaptation or Abandonment?

by Patrick J. Deneen|2 Comments

Burnham’s remarkable book thus gives us a clear outline of continuity and change in America’s political ideologies over the past 50 years.

Justifying Originalism

A discussion with Lee J. Strang

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

How Sheen, King, & Falwell Changed American Politics

A discussion with James M. Patterson

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

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

A discussion with Andrew McCarthy

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

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

A discussion with Wilfred M. McClay

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

Lessons of a Libertarian

Gerrit Wormhoudt on how we ended up with educational and cultural institutions that have undermined the liberties the Constitution was written to secure.
by Roger Pilon
Why the “Happy Warrior,” Al Smith, Wasn’t Happy About the New Deal

Franklin Roosevelt’s version of Progressivism was more statist than Smith’s.
by Jay Cost
Justifying Originalism

Originalism provides the surest way to access the Constitution's legal meaning and then to implement it over time.
by Lee J. Strang
Originalism’s Expanding Popularity

The normative justification for originalism—honest reading—is compelling and causing cracks in the once solid wall of opposition to originalism.
by James R. Rogers
Elizabeth Warren’s “Accountable” Court

The Senator from Harvard has no conception of the proper judicial role other than that it should favor litigants whose political stances she supports.
by Greg Weiner

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