Dr. Charles Kesler reviews the response to coronavirus and the implications for liberty, the Constitution, federalism, and more.
federalism
Leviathan is hazardous to our health.
Dr. John C. Eastman speaks for The Federalist Society in Washington, D.C., discussing horizontal federalism and conflicting state policy judgments. Remarks begin at the 38:18 mark.
Plebiscitary democracy will almost certainly bring much sharper ideological, geographical, racial, and religious divisions.
In 2010, Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Angelo Codevilla reintroduced the notion of "the ruling class" back into American popular discourse. In 2017, he described contemporary American politics as a "cold civil war." Now he applies the "logic of revolution" to our current political scene.
Judge Alice Batchelder accepts the Claremont Institute's 2016 Jurisprudence Award.
In this town hall, Dr. John C. Eastman, Founding Director of the Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, takes a look at the oral arguments from Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt.
In Texas v. United States, Texas is joined by 25 other states fighting against the recent executive action to grant deferred deportation status to 4 million illegal immigrants. In Frank v. Walker, Wisconsin recently won the right to enforce its 2012 law requiring photo ID to vote. Dr. Eastman and his guests discuss the legal and political implications of these states' fights to restore the rule of law.