Randal Hendrickson is the host of PODOPTICON, a politics, history, & philosophy podcast. The Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank in southern California, came to prominence during the Trump years. Founded in 1979, the organization aims to deliver high-sounding lessons … Continue reading It’s Manly Man Summer at the Claremont Institute
Bernard J. Dobski, Jr. is a Professor of Political Science at Assumption University in Worcester, MA where he teaches classes on political philosophy, American foreign policy, and international relations. He has published on classical political philosophy, Shakespeare and is currently … Continue reading Can Demagoguery be Good Sometimes? A Republican Defense of Trump
Jeffrey Tyler Syck is a PhD candidate in the University of Virginia Department of Politics. There is nothing more American than freedom. The United States is the “land of the free” and her president is the “leader of the free … Continue reading Education As the Root of Freedom
Benjamin A. Kleinerman is the R.W. Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University. He is the Editor of The Constitutionalist. Since my children were little, I have insisted on us reading and discussing the Declaration of Independence every 4th of July. … Continue reading The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence
Anthony L. Ives is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. In his draft opinion from a pending Supreme Court decision, Justice Alito claims that Roe v. Wade is “egregiously wrong.” The draft … Continue reading Roe v. Wade is Good Law
Kyle N. Shen is a graduate student in the department of government at The University of Texas at Austin. (1) From the non-legal scholar’s perspective, the focus of the leaked draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization are … Continue reading Statesmanship and the Court
Mark A. Graber is Regent Professor at the University of Maryland. James Buchanan’s inaugural address urged fellow Americans to allow the Supreme Court to resolve controversies over the status of slavery in American territories. Anticipating the claim made one hundred … Continue reading Judicial Leaking Nineteenth Century Style
Ben Peterson is an assistant professor of political science at Abilene Christian University. The United States is in a state of emergency—several in fact. As of this writing, the country is in a state of emergency with respect to 41 … Continue reading Normalizing the Abnormal: American Constitutionalism and the Routinization of Emergency
Charles U. Zug is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. Joe Biden began his presidency determined to replace the chaos, corruption, and ineptitude of the Trump Administration with deliberateness, transparency, and competence. He was especially … Continue reading President Biden Needs a Covid Plan
Benjamin A. Kleinerman is the R.W. Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University. He is the Editor of The Constitutionalist. “Energy in the executive is the leading character in the definition of good government.”—Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #70 It is not partisan … Continue reading “Sleepy Joe” and the Need for Executive Energy
