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** JMC News and Events
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** See our latest news on advancing education in America's founding principles and history
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** The JMC Law School Initiative
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** Originalism and History: An Interdisciplinary Discussion
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On October 4, 2019, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law ([link removed]) hosted the first conference of JMC's Law School Initiative. Organized by Northwestern law professors John O. McGinnis ([link removed]) and James E. Pfander ([link removed]) , the interdisciplinary conference focused on the relationship between originalism, law, and history.
The event brought historians and law scholars together for a greater understanding of originalism and its impact on the courts. Selected readings included pieces by Robert Gordon ([link removed]) , Jonathan Gienapp ([link removed]) , and Randy Barnett ([link removed]) . Attendees also studied law briefs from Supreme Court cases.
In a Law & Liberty article reflecting on the discussions ([link removed]) , participant James Rogers ([link removed]) noted that the conference "provided a fascinating glimpse into the dispute over originalism today."
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Made possible by a generous grant from the Thomas W. Smith Foundation, JMC's Law School Initiative aims to promote the study and teaching of the ideas that informed the American Founding in our nation’s law schools, ensuring those who will play a privileged role in deciding constitutional legal questions have an understanding of our Constitution’s design and purpose.
** A JMC Interview with Board Member Wilfred McClay
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Daniel Cullen ([link removed]) , JMC Senior Fellow of Constitutional Studies, recently sat down with JMC Board Member Wilfred McClay ([link removed]) to discuss McClay's new book, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story ([link removed]) .
Click here ([link removed]) to learn more and listen to the interview on Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) , Stitcher ([link removed]) , or Soundcloud ([link removed]) >>
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** Events
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President Woodrow Wilson and the End of the Great War
On October 10, the Union League of Anchorage ([link removed]) at the University of Alaska-Anchorage hosted John Maurer ([link removed]) for a Chartwell Lecture on the Treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson's role in ending World War I ([link removed]) .
The Development of American Electoral Democracy, 1789-1824
On October 11, the Kinder Institute ([link removed]) at the University of Missouri, a JMC partner program ([link removed]) , hosted JMC fellow Jay Dow ([link removed]) for a lecture on the development of American electoral democracy during the Early American Republic, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic ([link removed]) .
Reconstructing America: Republicanism, Oligarchy, and the American Constitutional Order
On October 17, the Constitutional Studies Program ([link removed]) at the University of Notre Dame will be hosting Forrest Nabors ([link removed]) for a lecture on post-Civil War reconstruction ([link removed]) .
Is it in America's Interest to be a Member of the United Nations?
On October 24, the John Dickinson Forum ([link removed]) at George Fox University, a JMC partner program ([link removed]) , will be hosting Ambassador David Rawson ([link removed]) and Kelsey Zorzi ([link removed]) to discuss the United States' role and interest in the United Nations ([link removed]) .
Augustine and Winston Churchill on Friendship
On October 28 and 29, John von Heyking ([link removed]) will appear at the Matthew J. Ryan Center ([link removed]) at Villanova University for two public lectures on friendship. The first lecture, on October 28, "Augustine on Friendship," will serve as the Augustine and Culture Seminar Program's annual Augustine Lecture. The other, on October 29, "Winston Churchill on Friendship," will examine a more recent view of friendship from Sir Winston Churchill ([link removed]) .
** Readings of Interest
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** Between Demagoguery and Populism
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JMC fellow Charles Zug ([link removed]) has recently written an article for Law & Liberty discussing demagoguery and populism. The article explores the differences between demagoguery and populism, two separate concepts often used interchangeably ([link removed]) .
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** National Affairs, Fall 2019
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The most current issue of National Affairs features pieces by JMC fellows Daniel E. Burns ([link removed]) , Heather Pangle ([link removed]) , and Greg Weiner ([link removed]) .
* Daniel Burns's essay ([link removed]) examines liberal practice versus liberal theory, and the practice of selectively using one to explain the other.
* Heather Pangle's piece ([link removed]) reflects on Yoram Hazony’s The Virtue of Nationalism and Robert Kagan’s The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World.
* In his essay ([link removed]) , Greg Weiner seeks to distinguish the “moralistic politics” of Woodrow Wilson from the morally informed statesmanship of Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Reagan.
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About the Jack Miller Center
The Jack Miller Center is a 501(c)(3) public charity with the mission to reinvigorate education in America's founding principles and history. We work to advance the teaching and study of America's history, its political and economic institutions, and the central principles, ideas and issues arising from the American and Western traditions—all of which continue to animate our national life.
We support professors and educators through programs, resources, fellowships and more to help them teach our nation's students.
www.jackmillercenter.org
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