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Greg Weiner is a contributing editor of Law and Liberty, associate professor of political science at Assumption College, and most recently the author of American Burke: The Uncommon Liberalism of Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He tweets at @GregWeiner1.

April 25, 2018|Academic Freedom, Free Speech, John Henry Newman, Liberal Arts, Tenure

Academic Freedom Won’t Survive Carnival Act Universities

by Greg Weiner|6 Comments

Public institutions of supposedly liberal learning, which are increasingly alienating mainstream Americans, have no entitlement to public support.

April 17, 2018|District of Columbia, Donald Trump, Emoulments Clause, Federalist 39, Federalist 46, Maryland, Peter J. Messitte

The Emoluments Folly

by Greg Weiner|5 Comments

Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC. Oct. 6, 2016 (W. Scott McGill / Shutterstock.com)
Using the Emoluments Clause to sue the President reinforces congressional weakness, and there is a better way.

March 26, 2018|Brutus, James Madison, John Pickering, Judicial Impeachment, prudence, Publius, Samuel Chase, William Blackstone

Restoring Judicial Impeachment

by Greg Weiner|59 Comments

Warehouse of Images / Shutterstock.com
Reviving the old meaning of "high crimes and misdemeanors" would allow judicial impeachment on prudential rather than narrowly criminal grounds.

March 9, 2018|Alexis de Tocqueville, baseball, childhood, Robert Nisbet, The Sandlot

The Spontaneous Association of The Sandlot

by Greg Weiner|4 Comments

Still from The Sandlot (Twentieth Century Fox)
Lacking a sense of community, parents don't trust their neighbors enough to let their kids play alone, The Sandlot reminds us of another way to live.

January 24, 2018|Conservatism, Donald Trump, Edmund Burke

Greg Weiner Responds to His Critics

by Greg Weiner|7 Comments

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the South Lawn of the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Nothing about Trump's lying or vulgarity has contributed to his policy successes.

In response to: The Price of Trump: Year One Reflections on an Unconventional Presidency

More Responses

He’s Good and Bad on Foreign Affairs, Good and Bad on the Economy

by David R. Henderson

Trump’s biggest triumphs for liberty are in the area of regulation and taxes.

Trump, the Great De-Mythologizer

by Daniel McCarthy

If there were a Cult of Trump, his supporters wouldn't criticize him. They do--oftener and in more serious ways than George W. Bush's fans criticized him.

Making Politics Possible Again

by Julie Ponzi

Those who fear that the good ideas Trump champions will be tainted by his unsavory character are not thinking politically.

January 15, 2018|DACA, Donald Trump, Dream Act, Executive Power, Judge William Alsup, Marbury v. Madison, Ninth Circuit, Obama administration, Rule of Law

The Constitutionalism of Caprice

by Greg Weiner|2 Comments

Presidents come and go but so, as defenders of DACA ought also to know, do judges.

January 2, 2018|Administrative State, Donald Trump, Edmund Burke, Executive Power, Federal Judiciary, Separation of Powers

The Price of Trump: Year One Reflections on an Unconventional Presidency

by Greg Weiner|14 Comments

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the South Lawn of the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Reflections on a Year of President Trump

Responses

He’s Good and Bad on Foreign Affairs, Good and Bad on the Economy

by David R. Henderson

Trump’s biggest triumphs for liberty are in the area of regulation and taxes.

Trump, the Great De-Mythologizer

by Daniel McCarthy

If there were a Cult of Trump, his supporters wouldn't criticize him. They do--oftener and in more serious ways than George W. Bush's fans criticized him.

Making Politics Possible Again

by Julie Ponzi

Those who fear that the good ideas Trump champions will be tainted by his unsavory character are not thinking politically.

Greg Weiner Responds to His Critics

by Greg Weiner

Nothing about Trump's lying or vulgarity has contributed to his policy successes.

November 30, 2017|Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Humphrey's Executor v. United States, Separation of Powers

The Art of the Constitutional Body Check

by Greg Weiner|3 Comments

President Trump, whose reflex for pugnacity has its uses, threw a vicious and entirely fair constitutional body check when he named OMB Director Mick Mulvaney acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It is exactly how constitutional conflicts are supposed to be resolved: power checking power.

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November 14, 2017|accident and force, Alexander Hamilton, David Hume, Federalist 6, Philadelphia Convention, reflection and choice, The Federalist

Publius’ Conservative Values

by Greg Weiner|35 Comments

Late last month, constitutionalists marked the publication 230 years ago of Federalist 1 with reveries about Publius’ call for Americans to rise to the occasion and show the world that governments could be founded on “reflection and choice” rather than “accident and force.”

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October 18, 2017|Buckley v. Valeo, Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. FEC, First Amendment, Justice William Brennan, New York Times v. Sullivan

Campaign Reform and the Purpose of the First Amendment

by Greg Weiner|6 Comments

A commemoration of the Constitution calls for impertinent arguments. Mine is this: Our campaign-finance regime ought to be as unregulated as possible, but not for the reasons commonly supposed.

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Book Reviews

The Ford Restoration

by Kirk Emmert

Occupying the White House in unfavorable circumstances can make a President fall back on his best friend: the U.S. Constitution.

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John C. Calhoun, Madisonian Manqué

by Thomas W. Merrill

His institutional innovations were geared toward preserving slavery.

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Podcasts

The Solid Ground of Mere Civility: A Conversation with Teresa Bejan

A discussion with Teresa M. Bejan

Teresa Bejan discusses with us how early modern debates over religious toleration are an example of how we can disagree well.

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Leading a Worthy Life in a Scattered Time: A Conversation with Leon Kass

A discussion with Leon Kass

Leon Kass discusses Leading a Worthy Life.

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Eric Voegelin Studies: A Conversation with Charles Embry

A discussion with Charles Embry

What did "Don't immanentize the eschaton!" really mean? An intro podcast on the formidable mind of Eric Voegelin.

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Republican Virtue, Interrupted: A Conversation with Frank Buckley

A discussion with F.H. Buckley

The real conflict in our politics centers on reforming massive levels of public corruption.

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Recent Posts

  • Academic Freedom Won’t Survive Carnival Act Universities

    Public institutions of supposedly liberal learning, which are increasingly alienating mainstream Americans, have no entitlement to public support.
    by Greg Weiner

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    Tocqueville gives us good reasons to think that constitutional amendment is the best path to avoiding judicial supremacy.
    by James R. Rogers

  • Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Strategy

    Defending the entire free world requires a robust nuclear posture.
    by Matthew Kroenig

  • Pope Francis’s Mess

    Pope Francis has succeeded in making a mess for his Church.
    by Paul Seaton

  • Trump’s Travel Ban and the Constitution

    If the Supreme Court were to accept the plaintiffs' logic in Trump v. Hawaii, the judicial branch will gain new powers over defense policy.
    by Thomas Ascik

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