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Living, creating, and judging history
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On August 2, 1790, the first United States Census began, fulfilling the Constitution’s requirement to count the population
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On August 2, 1790, the first United States Census began, fulfilling the Constitution’s requirement to count the population
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On August 2, 1790, the first United States Census began, fulfilling the Constitution’s requirement to count the population
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All Possess Alike Liberty and Conscience and Immunities of Citizenship
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Clemson: Beyond Gridlock: Constructive Majorities and the Separation of Powers
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Dennis C. Rasmussen: The Constitution’s Penman – Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America’s Basic Charter
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Apply Now: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University
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James Wilson Institute: Unlocking Constitutional Meaning – James Wilson as the Key
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University of Nebraska-Omaha: Liberty, Union, and the Constitution – Lessons from the Nineteenth Century
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Charles Zug: Demagogues in American Politics
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University of Nebraska-Omaha: Freedom from Religion or Freedom for Religion: Rethinking the First Amendment’s Protection for Religious Liberty
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Andrew Porwancher: The Prophet of Harvard Law – James Bradley Thayer and His Legal Legacy
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Starting Points Journal: Andrew Porwancher on Judicial Restraint
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Harvard: Whig Improvement and Constitutional Conservation
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Baylor: Who Counts? The Presidential Elector Dispute, the 12th Amendment, and the 2024 Election
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Vincent Phillip Muñoz: Religious Liberty and the American Founding
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Let us not Wallow in the Valley of Despair
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University of Nebraska-Omaha: The Constitution Viewed From Without – The Security Dilemma and the Constitution of 1787
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Elon Musk and Free Speech
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American Political Thought: Spring 2022 Issue
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UC-Berkeley: The Dying Citizen
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Texas State University: Undoing the American Settlement -The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom
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George Fox University: Liberty at Stake – Vice President Thomas Jefferson, Governor James Monroe, Gabriel’s Rebellion, and the Election of 1800
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Baylor: American Constitutional Principles and Original Sin – A Comparative Perspective
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George Fox University: Slavery and the American Founding
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Christendom: James Madison’s Anti-Slavery Constitutionalism
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On this day in 1751, 4th president and founding father James Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia.
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On this day in 1751, 4th president and founding father James Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia.
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On this day in 1751, 4th president and founding father James Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia.
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On this day in 1751, 4th president and founding father James Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia.
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UC-Berkeley: The Crisis of the Two Constitutions
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Baylor: Corporations and the Constitution of Civil Liberty
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Texas State University: The Crisis of the Two Constitutions
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University of Nebraska-Omaha: The U.S. Constitution as a Politics of Imperfection
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University of Oklahoma: The (Un)Written Constitution
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George Fox University: Civic Education and the Constitution
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George Fox University: Civic Education and the Constitution
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Seattle Pacific University: The Constitution and Civic Education
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Apply Now: Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer at the University of Virginia
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Starting Points Journal: George Thomas on the (Un)Written Constitution
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Starting Points Journal: Kevin Cherry on Madison, The Federalist, and Aristotelian Politics
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Starting Points Journal: Lynn Uzzell on “Madison’s Offering at Clio’s Altar”
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Starting Points Journal: Michael Zuckert on Madison, Slavery, and the Constitution
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Mercer University: The Crisis Presidency and the Constitution
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George Thomas: The (Un)Written Constitution
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Liberty, Natural Rights, and the Virtue of Responsibility
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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Constitutional Studies at the University of Oklahoma
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Dennis C. Rasmussen: Fears of a Setting Sun – The Disillusionment of America’s Founders
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Robert Burton & Zachary German: Constitutional Humility and Judicial Virtue
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American Political Thought: Spring 2021 Issue
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We the People: Bill McClay & Peter Wood on 1620 as America’s Founding
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RealClear Public Affairs: Vincent Phillip Muñoz on Natural Rights, Religious Liberty, and the Founders
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Michael Zuckert: “Madison’s Consistency on the Bill of Rights”
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Notre Dame: Original Meaning or Framers’ Intent?
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University of Alaska-Anchorage: “Two Constitutions: The Coming Crisis in American Politics”
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Clemson University: The Political Chemistry of The Federalist
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Notre Dame: The Electoral College Abolished?
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RealClear Public Affairs: Lynn Uzzell on Madison’s Lessons for Overcoming Polarization
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Kinder Institute: The Prescient Mind of James Madison
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SUNY-Geneseo: The Crisis Presidency
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Notre Dame: Coronavirus and the Constitution
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Clemson University: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
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Kevin Burns: William Howard Taft’s Constitutional Progressivism
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Bellarmine Constitution Symposium 2021: Diverse Originalism
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Kinder Institute: Lincoln, the Founding, and the Challenge of Self-Government
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RealClear Policy: Lee Trepanier on “What the Biden Administration Must Learn about Community”
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Kinder Institute: Thomas Jefferson and the International Slave Trade
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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Ancient Political Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma
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Kinder Institute: Hidden Laws – Understanding the Resilience of the American Constitution
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Arizona State University: Virtual Series on Race, Justice, and Leadership
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Apply Now: Associate/Full Professor and Endowed Chair at the University of Oklahoma
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Apply Now: Tenure-Track, Open Rank Position in Democracy and Judicial Politics at the University of Virginia
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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Democracy, Race, & U.S. Politics at the University of Virginia
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Keith Whittington on Sarah Burns’s The Politics of War Powers
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Apply Now: Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs
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The Constitutionalist
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Clemson University: Crony Capitalism and the American Constitution
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RealClear Public Affairs: Peter Myers on Frederick Douglass’s American Identity Politics
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SUNY-Geneseo: The Civic Constitution
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RealClear Public Affairs: Greg Weiner on Republican Self-Government vs. Judicial Supremacy
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Mount Vernon: 2020 George Washington Symposium
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Apply Now: Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer at the University of Virginia
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Arizona State University: New Virtual Series on Race, Justice, and Leadership
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Justin Dyer: The 1787 Project Podcast
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Colleen Sheehan: “Saving the American Constitution”
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Notre Dame: “Presidential Power in the Age of Trump”
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Notre Dame: How to Think About The Federalist
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Allen Guelzo: “On Abraham Lincoln”
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Vincent Phillip Muñoz: “No ‘Wall of Separation'”
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Karen Taliaferro on Originalism’s Promise
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Apply Now: City College of New York’s Graduate Course for Teachers, “Confronting the Constitution”
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Arizona State University: The Sound of the Third Hand Clapping
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Arizona State University: Virtual Symposium on Race and the American Story
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Arizona State University: New Virtual Series on Pandemics and Civic Crisis
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James Madison, Father of the Constitution
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Notre Dame: The Trump Impeachment, A Panel Discussion
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Frederick Douglass and 19th Century American Political Thought
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Abraham Lincoln and the Preservation of the Union
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George Washington, Father of Our Country
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Apply Now: Predoctoral Fellowship at the University of Virginia
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Apply Now: Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Virginia
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Arizona State University: Spring Conference 2020
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Happy Birthday, Benjamin Franklin!
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Happy Birthday, Alexander Hamilton!
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Apply Now: JMC Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania
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Remembering Bill of Rights Day
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Notre Dame: The Flight 93 Election
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Remembering Veterans Day
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Sarah Burns: The Politics of War Powers
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2019 Summit on Higher Education: Should America’s Colleges Teach Patriotism?
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The Federalist Papers
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Resources on Impeachment
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Notre Dame: LGBTQ Rights and Religious Liberty
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UCLA: James Madison, the Founder of Modern Founding
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Notre Dame: Reconstructing America
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Duke: Free Speech on Campus
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas: The Origins of the Modern Constitution
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Notre Dame: James Madison, the Founder of Modern Founding
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University of Richmond: The Consequences of Electoral College Reform
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Originalism and History: An Interdisciplinary Discussion at Northwestern
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Notre Dame: What is Conservatism in the Age of Trump?
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Kinder Institute: James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris, and the Constitution
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Job Opening: Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship at Coastal Carolina University
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Ohio University: Can Speech Be Compelled?
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Job Opening: Open Rank Faculty Position at Notre Dame
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Job Opening: Tenured/Tenure-Track at University of Missouri
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Job Opening: Tenure-Track at North Carolina State University
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The Adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Greg Weiner: The Case against Judicial Supremacy
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Jeremy Rabkin: Do We Still Support Constitutional Government?
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Clyde Ray: John Marshall’s Constitutionalism
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Sean Beienburg: Prohibition, the Constitution, and States’ Rights
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Job Opening: Tenure-Track at Michigan State University
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University of Virginia: Summer Civics Institute for Teachers
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Michael Faber: An Anti-Federalist Constitution
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Matthew Franck: Countering Challenges to the Constitution
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Jeremy Bailey: The Idea of Presidential Representation
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University of Richmond: James Madison as “Father of the Constitution?”
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Michael Greve: Originalism as Ideology
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John Gilbert McCurdy: Quarters – The Quartering Act of 1765
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Greg Weiner: Our Constitutional Emergency
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Parchment Barriers: Political Polarization and the Constitution
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American Enterprise Institute: McCulloch v. Maryland at 200
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John Dickinson Forum: Civic Virtues and the Constitution
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Kinder Institute: The Constitution and Global Religious Liberty
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Kinder Institute: How the Founders Made the Constitution Their Valentine
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Notre Dame: The Antifederalist Appropriation of the Constitution
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Notre Dame: A Conference Celebrating the Scholarly Work of Michael P. Zuckert
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Kinder Institute: Marbury v. Madison and Constitutional Legitimacy
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Popular Sovereignty and the Constitution
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James Madison on the Courts’ Constitutional Authority
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The Constitution’s Ban on Theocracy
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Podcast: Hamilton and the Clashes over the Constitution
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The Constitution Is a Roadmap for Statesmanship
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Does the Constitution Condone or Condemn Slavery?
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New Scans of Madison’s Notes and Their Significance
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How Should a Majority Actually Rule?
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Constitutional Interpretation According to Madison
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America Needs an Active Congress, Not an Imperial President
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The Search for the Common Good in the Constitution
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Clarence Thomas: Heir of Founding Political Thought
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The Government Shutdown and the Constitution
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Notre Dame lecture on Sex, Morality, and the Constitution
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Online Classes Offered at Hillsdale College
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Tenure-Track Openings at Arizona State University
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Gregory Collins on Frederick Douglass and Originalism
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JMC Fellow Writes The Accessible Federalist Papers
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E Pluribus Unum: What Makes Us Americans?
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JMC Fellows Write on Constitution Day 2015
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Ryan Center Constitution Day Lecture with Paul Rahe
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Spotlight Report: JMC Graduate Student Summer Institute
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JMC Fellow Releases Book on James Madison
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JMC Fellow to Publish New Volume
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“Immigration and the Constitution”: John C. Eastman at Claremont McKenna
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James Ceaser on ‘Conversations With Bill Kristol’
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Gordon Wood on “The Making of the Constitution”
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Watch Gordon Wood’s Constitution Day Lecture at Duke
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Erik Dempsey Writes Houston Chronicle Constitution Day Piece
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Jerry Weinberger on What the Constitution Teaches Us
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Constitution Day at Notre Dame
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Constitution Day at the University of Missouri
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Amity Shlaes at Roosevelt University: September 18th
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Constitution Day at Villanova’s Ryan Center: James Stoner Speaks
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Forum on Constitutional Democracy at Mizzou
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