Judicial Temperament

October 4, 2018|Alexis de Tocqueville, Aristotle, Edmund Burke, James Wilson, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Judicial Temperament

Kavanaugh’s Way: A Response to Greg Weiner

by Geoffrey Vaughan|17 Comments

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Lifting the presumption of innocence leaves each of us on a knife’s edge, as it has Judge Kavanaugh.

October 4, 2018|Ford, Judicial Temperament, Kavanaugh, Withrow v. Larkin

Judge Kavanaugh’s Judicial Temperament

by Mike Rappaport|17 Comments

Judge Brett Kavanaugh sworn in during his Senate confirmation hearing, Washington, DC, United States, Sept. 4, 2018. (Credit: Ting Shen/Xinhua/Alamy Stock Images).

Listen to the Supreme Court: Judge Kavanaugh’s behavior before the committee is no reason to vote against his confirmation.

Liberalism as Armed Doctrine: A Conversation with Philip Hamburger

A discussion with Philip Hamburger

Philip Hamburger joins us to discuss his new book Liberal Suppression

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

A discussion with Greg Weiner

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

Borne Back to the American Founding: A Conversation with George Will

A discussion with George F. Will

George Will discusses the meaning of the Conservative Sensibility in American politics.

Dismantling the Leftist Academic Complex: A Conversation with Roger Scruton

A discussion with Sir Roger Scruton

Scruton's crime was to have attempted to take the New Left seriously, finding it severely wanting, if not absurd.

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