On June 19, 2014, renowned legal scholar and former Bush Administration official John Yoo addressed supporters of the Claremont Institute at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. He discussed the Constitution's vision of presidential powers and illustrated how the Obama Administration has turned the framers' design on its head.
Checks and Balances? State Sovereignty and the 17th Amendment
Dr. John C. Eastman is joined by Jay Feinberg and Trent England to discuss the 17th Amendment.
Dr. John C. Eastman is Founding Director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, and currently serves as the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute.
Jay Feinberg is the Director and Officer of the Equal Justice Coalition.
Trent England is part of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.
The American Mind presents a range of perspectives. Views are writers’ own and do not necessarily represent those of The Claremont Institute.
The American Mind is a publication of the Claremont Institute, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, dedicated to restoring the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. Interested in supporting our work? Gifts to the Claremont Institute are tax-deductible.
Suggested reading
Dr. Eastman is joined by Professor Anthony Caso and Karen R. Harned to discuss two cases recently argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that address the power and authority of the federal bureaucracy. At the core of each of these cases we debate what power is granted by the people to the entities involved and the limits of that power.
The American Mind Podcast, Episode I
Claremont Institute Senior Fellow William Voegeli joins The Dennis Prager Show to discuss his PragerU video on modern liberalism's insatiable appetite for big government.
Dr. Eastman, Roger Clegg, and Gene C. Schaerr discuss how will the Court address allegations of housing discrimination and violations of free speech?
