Liberty Law Talk

This discussion with Professor Ralph Rossum of Claremont McKenna College explores the jurisprudence of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.  Rossum posits that Justice Thomas practices an “original general meaning” approach that seeks concord among the three major strands of originalist theory. Justice Thomas incorporates both the framers’ original intent and that of the states’ constitutional […]

This edition of Liberty Law Talk is a conversation with Ronald Pestritto on Progressivism's transformation of the Constitution. Pestritto, a noted author on Progressivism and its intellectual origins, discusses the philosophical, political, and religious composition of the Progressive movement and how it has shaped our "Living Constitution."

In this conversation with Walter Olson, we discuss the progressive philosophy informing much of legal pedagogy in American law schools and how it has manifested itself in a range of attempts to use law as a political weapon.

Historian George Nash joins us for a discussion of a book that is decades old but, only recently, was published for the first time, Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War.

Craig Lerner discusses the political, philosophical, and moral implications of the death penalty.

Is it true what they say about planning and centralized government power?

Stephen Knott discusses the immense revolution in power that has remade the American presidency over the past century.

Greg Weiner discusses the difference between the political constitution and the judicial constitution.

A discussion with Eric Kaufmann about white majorities and the future of politics in western democracies.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks up as he meets with fundraisers for the Royal British Legion outside 10 Downing street on October 28, 2019. (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)Helen Dale discusses Brexit, the English Constitution, and the future of British politics.

Originalism provides the surest way to access the Constitution's legal meaning and then to implement it over time.

James Patterson talks about three legendary clergymen in America and how they shaped our public discourse.

Andrew McCarthy discusses the investigations of the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with the Russian government.

Bill McClay talks with Richard Reinsch about his new book, Land of Hope.

Sam Gregg explores how the West is built on the union of the God of the Philosophers and the God of the Bible.