Sep 2 2021 Topics Administrative Law & Regulation • Regulatory Transparency Project • Telecommunications & Electronic Media Blog Post News Can Social Media Companies Censor Lawmakers’ Accounts? Brent Skorup Two trends in social media law and policy are headed for conflict: Aggressive takedowns of...
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 17 2021 Topics Intellectual Property Blog Post News Considering Copyright on Constitution Day Randolph J. May, Seth L. Cooper Constitution Day is September 17—the 234th anniversary of the Constitution's signing in 1787 by 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...
Oct 26 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: The Nullification Crisis [Session 10] John S. Baker The Nullification Crisis Session 10 Readings:Our Republican Constitution by Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Ch. 4Excerpts from Webster and Calhoun,...
Topics
Can Social Media Companies Censor Lawmakers’ Accounts?
Two trends in social media law and policy are headed for conflict: Aggressive takedowns of...
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...
Topics
Considering Copyright on Constitution Day
Constitution Day is September 17—the 234th anniversary of the Constitution's signing in 1787 by 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...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: The Nullification Crisis [Session 10]
John S. Baker
The Nullification Crisis
Session 10 Readings:Our Republican Constitution by Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Ch. 4Excerpts from Webster and Calhoun,...