Conservatives Should Absolutely Fight For A Supreme Court That Would Overturn Roe
Law – especially constitutional law – shouldn’t be made on the basis of policy preferences. Abortion is no exception.
You Can’t Celebrate America’s Independence While Vilifying The Founders
The Founders were deeply flawed, but democracy and liberty are not. Let’s focus less on their failings, and more on their ideals. The Founders are for everyone, and we need them.
Podcast: Jay Cost Talks Hamilton, Madison, And America’s Wealthy Origin Story
Ben Domenech and Jay Cost discuss the Madison and Hamilton’s complicated relationship, close 2018 elections, and excitement from the Democratic base.
How Scrapping The Second Amendment Would Jeopardize The Entire Bill Of Rights
The protection of liberty that we have in the Second Amendment is still timely, and it will be as long as human nature retains its propensity for evil.
Interview: Joseph Tartakovsky On The 10 Lives Who Shaped Our Constitution
Joseph Tartakovsky’s new book, ‘The Lives of the Constitution,’ chronicles the lives and works of 10 Americans who altered or contributed to our supreme law.
Here’s Your Quick Guide To The American Founders’ Mentors
The Scottish Enlightenment was an explosion of creative intellectual energy. It arrived just in time to have a decisive influence on the American Founders.
Why Progressives Declared The Founding Fathers Irrelevant
Progressive thinkers rejected many of the ideas upon which the U.S. Constitution was based. They declared the Founding Fathers irrelevant and natural law dead.
How The Constitution Brought Slavery To An End
The Founding Fathers’ understanding of equality and the way they structured our government enabled abolitionists to abolish slavery and hold the union together.
How The Second Amendment Prevents Tyranny
The Second Amendment was supposed to protect us from government by dispersing its coercive power among the people. We still adhere to that system today.
One Question In A Poll Of College Students Crystallizes The Debate Over Free Speech
Students were asked to choose between the value of free speech and the value of diversity and inclusion.
Why It’s Absolutely Vital We Understand America’s Founding Principles
In the second lecture of Hillsdale College’s free online Constitution 101 course, Professor West analyzes America’s founding principles as spelled out in the Declaration of Independence.
Ignoring The Courts May Be Tempting, But It’s Unconstitutional And Dangerous
It would be more than a little ironic for conservatives to seek to defend the Constitution while ignoring it when convenient.
Was America’s Founding Revolutionary Or Conservative?
Dr. Larry Arnn poses the question in the first lecture of Hillsdale College’s free online Constitution 101 course.
No, Steven Pinker, The Enlightenment Doesn’t Pit Reason Against Faith
Steven Pinker oversimplifies the Enlightenment by claiming it pits reason against faith. In fact, the Enlightenment sprung from Christian ideas of nature.
If It Weren’t For The Constitution, America Would Be A ‘Sh-thole’ Country, Too
President Trump was right that some countries are ‘sh-tholes,’ but we should remember that America is different because it was fortunate enough to be born free.
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik On Religion, Jewish Ideas, And The American Founders
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss religion in modern America, as well as the influence of Jewish ideas on our founding fathers.
Chicago Vandals Burn Century-Old Bust Of Abraham Lincoln
Vandals burned a century-old bust of Abraham Lincoln, revealing that the violent campaign to scrub America of its Confederate past isn’t about the Confederacy at all.
Meet The Only Woman With Her Name On An Official Declaration Of Independence
Mary Katharine Goddard, patriot and publisher, printed the first Declaration of Independence with signatures, and put her name in history.
5 Reasons Thomas Jefferson Was The Best Founding Father
What better time to celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s greatness than on the Fourth of July? He’s the chief author of the United States’ Declaration of Independence.