Jordan Cash is an Assistant Professor in the James Madison College at Michigan State University. In the weeks since the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the question that continues to dominate American politics is “what are the … Continue reading “What do you do about a problem like Joe Biden?”
David Lewis Schaefer is Professor of Political Science at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. He is author of The Political Philosophy of Montaigne (Cornell University Press, 1990; rpt. 2019) and of Illiberal Justice: John Rawls vs. the … Continue reading Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, The Tyranny of the Minority. New York: Crown, 2023
Thomas F. Powers is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at Carthage College. He is the author of American Multiculturalism and the Anti-Discrimination Regime: The Challenge to Liberal Pluralism. Brown v. Board of Education famously restored the … Continue reading Is the ”Ellerth-Faragher Test” as Important as Brown v. Board of Education?
Steven Bilakovics is a Lecturer in Political Science at University of California, Irvine. He received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. When reason loses authority, violence fills the vacuum. James Baldwin For many years, I’ve opened my course … Continue reading Judging Democracy
David Lewis Schaefer, Professor of Political Science, College of the Holy Cross In what was probably the most foolish utterance he made as President, Dwight Eisenhower, in his final address to the nation before he left office, offered a warning, … Continue reading The Return of the “Military-Industrial Complex”
Gary Schmitt is a senior fellow in the Social, Cultural and Constitutional Studies Program at the American Enterprise Institute. When former Vice President Mike Pence talks about his preferred nominees for the federal bench and the Supreme Court, he will … Continue reading Pence: Do the Right Thing
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
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
An event of interest to readers of The Constitutionalist. h/t Jeremy Fortier On March 30th CCNY will host a forum over Zoom to discuss Danielle Allen’s contributions to scholarship and public life. Speakers are Ryan Balot, Susan McWilliams Barndt, Jamelle Bouie, Simone Chambers, Roosevelt Montás, and Deva Woodly. Details and registration information are available at this link, in the event that it’s of interest: As the list of speakers hopefully indicates, the objective of the forum could be expressed by The Constitutionalist’s stated aim of “Using expertise in political philosophy, American political development, public law, and political culture and literature… to foster conversation … Continue reading Upcoming Event
