JMC News and Events
See our latest news on advancing education in America's founding principles and history
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The JMC Law School Initiative
Originalism and History: An Interdisciplinary Discussion
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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, Jonathan Gienapp, and Randy Barnett. Attendees also studied law briefs from Supreme Court cases.
In a Law & Liberty article reflecting on the discussions, participant James Rogers 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.
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A JMC Interview with Board Member Wilfred McClay
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Will you join us in the effort?
Our impact is expanding. As of this fall, one million students have been taught by a JMC fellow. Help us ensure many more young citizens learn about America's history and its founding principles.
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President Woodrow Wilson and the End of the Great War
On October 10, the Union League of Anchorage at the University of Alaska-Anchorage hosted John Maurer for a Chartwell Lecture on the Treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson's role in ending World War I.
The Development of American Electoral Democracy, 1789-1824
On October 11, the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, a JMC partner program, hosted JMC fellow Jay Dow for a lecture on the development of American electoral democracy during the Early American Republic, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic.
Reconstructing America: Republicanism, Oligarchy, and the American Constitutional Order
On October 17, the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame will be hosting Forrest Nabors for a lecture on post-Civil War reconstruction.
Is it in America's Interest to be a Member of the United Nations?
On October 24, the John Dickinson Forum at George Fox University, a JMC partner program, will be hosting Ambassador David Rawson and Kelsey Zorzi to discuss the United States' role and interest in the United Nations.
Augustine and Winston Churchill on Friendship
On October 28 and 29, John von Heyking will appear at the Matthew J. Ryan Center 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.
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Between Demagoguery and Populism
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National Affairs, Fall 2019
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- Daniel Burns's essay examines liberal practice versus liberal theory, and the practice of selectively using one to explain the other.
- Heather Pangle's piece 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, 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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