“All men, by nature, desire to know.” So did Aristotle introduce his mighty “Metaphysics.” Knowledge is a natural human good, desirable for its own sake. And human beings fulfill or achieve the natural good of knowledge through a variety of enduring institutions. Institutions are a society’s knowledge […]
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A follow-up Sub Deo podcast to our last concerning the Bruen case, in this episode Kevin and I reflect on the methodology of United Stated v. Rahimi and think about judicial prudence in light of a wonderful old classic of constitutional theory from the 1980s, The Rise of Modern Judicial Review, by Christopher Wolfe. Listen […]
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In our newest episode, Kevin and I interview our friend and colleague, Joel Alicea, about his very fine new article, Bruen Was Right. Along the way we cover several broad and specific matters of constitutional interpretation. It was a pleasure to do this with two originalist friends of mine. Listen in!
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“And first, it is manifest that law in general is not counsel, but command; nor a command of any man to any man, but only of him whose command us addressed to one formerly obliged to obey him. And as for civil law, it addeth only the name of the person commanding, which is persona […]
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The Elections Clause of the Constitution states: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.” In this episode, Kevin […]
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