Dear John xxxxxx,
 
When you give to the Claremont Institute, you are supporting America’s future. We find the brightest young men and women and educate them to understand, articulate, and defend America’s Founding principles. That is a long-term project, a generational project. For example, twenty-three years ago, Tom Cotton completed our Publius fellowship. Today he is a U.S. Senator and one of America’s most forceful defenders.
 
Phil Muñoz was a Publius Fellow in 1995. Today he is a professor of political science and law at the University of Notre Dame. He comes back to Claremont to teach in our summer fellowship programs. And he, like many of our former fellows in academia, is an ardent defender of America’s founding principles.
 
Phil’s specialty is the Founders’ political philosophy of religious freedom. Last month, both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas cited Phil’s scholarship in Espinoza v. Montana, the Supreme Court decision that found discrimination against religious schools in matters of state funding unconstitutional. (In this same case, Justice Alito also cited the brief filed by Claremont's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.)

A year after Phil did his Publius fellowship, we launched the Lincoln fellowship for mid-career professionals. A member of that first class was Mark Levin, who has had a distinguished career in conservative talk radio and can be seen weekly on FoxNews interviewing thinkers, statesmen, and scholars on the most important issues facing America. (In fact, he regularly has Claremont scholars and fellowship faculty like Charles Kesler and John Marini on his show to discuss the causes of, and solutions to, American decline.)

But it doesn’t always take a decade or more for our fellows to have a major impact; the recent Executive Order from President Trump placing American workers ahead of foreign guest workers in light of the COVID-19 pandemic was worked on closely by no fewer than four Claremont Institute fellowship alumni from the last seven years.

(Check out the bios of our impressive 2020 Publius, Lincoln, and John Marshall Fellows.)

We are proud of Tom, Phil, Mark, and all of our alumni defending what makes America great—and we're especially thankful to you for making our programs possible. Without your continued support, we can’t educate those who shape America’s future and fight for our country. I hope you’ll consider renewing your support today. To do so, visit claremont.org/donate and select "Fellowships" under the "Designate Your Gift" field. Thank you!


Best,
Ryan Williams
President

The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life.