Jul 26 2021 Publication Federalist Society Review Should the “Hollow Core” of Constitutional Theory Be Filled with the Framers’ Intentions? Stephen B. Presser Federalist Society Review, Volume 22 A Review of The Hollow Core of Constitutional Theory: Why We Need the Framers, by...
Aug 24 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Introduction [Session 1] John S. Baker Do we live in a Democracy, a Republic, or a blended Democratic Republic? Session 1 Readings:Our Republican Constitution, pp. 18-28.Novus Ordo Seclorum, pp. 1-8. REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER...
Aug 31 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: The Declaration of Independence [Session 2] John S. Baker The Declaration of Independence: How much of the Declaration is still largely believed? REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER TO CANCEL CULTURE American Argument Prior to, During, and Following theFederalist-Antifederalist...
Sep 7 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Defending the Republic through Rhetoric [Session 3] John S. Baker Defending the Republic through Rhetoric: Cicero and Justice Scalia Session 3 Readings:The Five parts of Rhetoric, as outlined by Cicero.Our Republican Constitution, CH. 2...
Sep 14 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Colonial Courtroom Rhetoric [Session 4] John S. Baker Colonial Courtroom Rhetoric Session 4 Reading:James Otis and the Writs of Assistance, 1761 John Adams defense of the...
Sep 21 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Declaration-related Rhetoric [Session 5] John S. Baker Declaration-related Rhetoric Session 5 Reading:Thomas Paine, Common Sense (January 1775) (Summary) versusJohn Adams, Thoughts on Government (April 1776);Patrick Henry, “Give...
Sep 28 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Rights, Ratification, and Revolution [Session 6] John S. Baker Rights, Ratification, and Revolution REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER TO CANCEL CULTURE American Argument Prior to, During, and Following theFederalist-Antifederalist...
Oct 5 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Washington’s Presidency [Session 7] John S. Baker Washington’s Presidency Session 7 Readings:Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) versus Thomas Paine, Rights of Man (1791)The Ethics of Rhetoric,...
Oct 12 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Adams versus Jefferson and Madison [Session 8] John S. Baker John Adams and the Alien and Sedition Acts versus Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions (1798). Session 8 Readings:The Alien and Sedition ActsVirginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798)Novus Ordo Seclorum, Ch. 4,...
Oct 19 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: After the War of 1812 to 1850 [Session 9] John S. Baker After the War of 1812 to 1850 Session 9 Reading:Great orators dominate Congress: Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. CalhounNovus Ordo...
Should the “Hollow Core” of Constitutional Theory Be Filled with the Framers’ Intentions?
Stephen B. Presser
Federalist Society Review, Volume 22
A Review of The Hollow Core of Constitutional Theory: Why We Need the Framers, by...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Introduction [Session 1]
John S. Baker
Do we live in a Democracy, a Republic, or a blended Democratic Republic?
Session 1 Readings:Our Republican Constitution, pp. 18-28.Novus Ordo Seclorum, pp. 1-8. REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: The Declaration of Independence [Session 2]
John S. Baker
The Declaration of Independence: How much of the Declaration is still largely believed?
REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER TO CANCEL CULTURE American Argument Prior to, During, and Following theFederalist-Antifederalist...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Defending the Republic through Rhetoric [Session 3]
John S. Baker
Defending the Republic through Rhetoric: Cicero and Justice Scalia
Session 3 Readings:The Five parts of Rhetoric, as outlined by Cicero.Our Republican Constitution, CH. 2...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Colonial Courtroom Rhetoric [Session 4]
John S. Baker
Colonial Courtroom Rhetoric
Session 4 Reading:James Otis and the Writs of Assistance, 1761 John Adams defense of the...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Declaration-related Rhetoric [Session 5]
John S. Baker
Declaration-related Rhetoric
Session 5 Reading:Thomas Paine, Common Sense (January 1775) (Summary) versusJohn Adams, Thoughts on Government (April 1776);Patrick Henry, “Give...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Rights, Ratification, and Revolution [Session 6]
John S. Baker
Rights, Ratification, and Revolution
REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER TO CANCEL CULTURE American Argument Prior to, During, and Following theFederalist-Antifederalist...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Washington’s Presidency [Session 7]
John S. Baker
Washington’s Presidency
Session 7 Readings:Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) versus Thomas Paine, Rights of Man (1791)The Ethics of Rhetoric,...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Adams versus Jefferson and Madison [Session 8]
John S. Baker
John Adams and the Alien and Sedition Acts versus Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions (1798).
Session 8 Readings:The Alien and Sedition ActsVirginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798)Novus Ordo Seclorum, Ch. 4,...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: After the War of 1812 to 1850 [Session 9]
John S. Baker
After the War of 1812 to 1850
Session 9 Reading:Great orators dominate Congress: Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. CalhounNovus Ordo...