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Past Events: Constitutional History & Philosophy

Lecture by Harvey Mansfield: "How to Read Tocqueville's Democracy in America"

Time: Wed, Apr 26 at 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Discussion with Patrick Deneen and Vincent Phillip Muñoz: "Has Liberalism Failed?"

Time: Thu, Mar 2 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Lecture by Jim Stoner: “Catholicism and Constitutionalism: An American Perspective”

Time: Thu, Feb 16 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

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Lecture by Michael Zuckert: "Thinkin' About Lincoln"

Time: Mon, Dec 5 at 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Lecture by Thomas Pink: "The Church, the State, and the Authority to Coerce"

Time: Mon, Oct 31 at 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

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Lecture by Congresswoman Liz Cheney: "Saving Democracy by Revering the Constitution"

Time: Fri, Oct 14 at 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

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Panel: "Is Common Good Constitutionalism...Good?"

Time: Fri, Sep 9 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Panel: "The Leak, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Abortion in America"

Time: Tue, May 3 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Lecture by Gary Jacobsohn: "American Constitutional Principles and Original Sin: A Comparative Perspective"

Time: Thu, Mar 17 at 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Panel: "Redistricting for the 2020s"

Time: Thu, Jan 27 at 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Lecture by Prof. Laura Edwards: "The Reconstruction Amendments: America's Rights Revolution"

Time: Thu, Oct 28 at 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Lecture by Prof. Michael McConnell: "The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power Under the Constitution"

Time: Tue, Oct 26 at 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
2021 Tocqueville Lecture: Justice Clarence Thomas

Time: Thu, Sep 16 at 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

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Panel: "Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics"

Time: Fri, Aug 27 at 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

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Discussion with Anthony Kronman: "Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life"

Time: Mon, Apr 19 at 9:35 am - 10:50 am
Lecture by Nicholas Buccola: “The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America”

Time: Tue, Sep 29 at 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm

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Debate with Sai Prakash, John Yoo and Dean Reuter: “Presidential Power in the Age of Trump: What are Its True Extent and Limits?“

Time: Wed, Sep 23 at 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Panel: "The Trump Impeachment"

Time: Tue, Feb 11 at 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm

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Lecture by Forrest Nabors: "Reconstructing America: Republicanism, Oligarchy, and the American Constitutional Order"

Time: Thu, Oct 17 at 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

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Lecture by James Ceaser: "James Madison: The Founder of Modern Founding"

Time: Thu, Oct 3 at 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

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