For those who dont know me, i am neil saul, Student Program ps coordinate here at the Cato Institute and an honor to introduce tonight, tonight is it at the heritage interns go headtohead with acute interns to debate is libertarianism or conservatism the superior political philosophy . With political flossie provides better answers to todays most important political questions . Of course each of us have always had much to agree upon, limited government, free markets and individual liberty are all pillars of the political flossie that we both value and appalled. Which of often led us to the same policy preferences and conclusions. Yet, what each of us invasion in a Free Society Without governmental and regulatory intrusion often does look quite different. Policy preferences surrounding foreign policy, immigration, sex work, emerging technology, marriage and families come just in a few, create cleavages that emerge from differences between our political philosophies. As weve seen in toda
Duty. Author kris krisanne haul in early august, how is President Trump doing. Guest well, he is a president. Host and . Guest well, i teach the constitution as it was intended to be applied. And the president s in america have operated outside the realm of their executive authority, constitutionally speaking, for decades. So, to judge trump, for me, is not to judge him against obama or george w. Bush but to use the constitution as a standard. And sometimes he is good, sometimes not so much. And so that is how we view what goes on in washington, dc, not based on Political Party or personality but based on the standard by which all americans should hold their federal government, the constitution. Host when you use that measuring stick, which president s in your view have adhered to the constitution, which havent . Guest its been a very long time since we had a president that was truly constitutional. You look at article 2 of the constitution, and that host which is. Guest the delegated
Over the like this, years. In other words, as the colonies to along from jamestown 1776, more and more people, as passes, decide that they are able to handle this on their own. Need to be ruled from westminster, and eventually, of course, enough of them decide to declaration of independence. That graph would make the evolution pretty easy to understand. Just like you growing up. The last thing you want is for your parents to dump you out the door an run life. N by the time youre 12 you can see it might look pretty good an the time youre 18, here you are. If this graph is right then the going through st the normal process of maturing and a smart parent, of course, eye on things and as the child gets more competent and more confident, ease up on strings. Separation can come about reasonably nicely. Doesnt see whats happening and doesnt changing e the competence and confidence of the child, then there is likely to eventually maybe some kind of explosion. Graph would make the revolution pr
Thomas west talks about his book, the political theory of the american founding. This is just under two hours. Well, tom, i would like to welcome you to georgetown law and the seminar recent books on the constitution to discuss your wonderful new book. For the benefit of those who are watching outside the room, you e the ball ermnan potter endowed professor at hills dale college in michigan. The name of the book we will be talking about is the the political theory of the american founding, natural rights, public passly and the moral conditions of freedom. Thanks for being here and the recent book seminar. Before we summarize what the book is about, let me ask you what the origin of this the pack was and how it fits within your larger academic agenda . Right. This is a topic, the political theory of the founding that i have been thinking about since about 19 3, so name the date, when i was invited up to a conference to write on a topic of that is correct the relationship between the fou
The name of the book we will be talking about is the the political theory of the american founding, natural rights, public passly and the moral conditions of freedom. Thanks for being here and the recent book seminar. Before we summarize what the book is about, let me ask you what the origin of this the pack was and how it fits within your larger academic agenda . Right. This is a topic, the political theory of the founding that i have been thinking about since about 19 3, so name the date, when i was invited up to a conference to write on a topic of that is correct the relationship between the founders and the classics. A topic about which at the time i knew nothing on either side. I knew something about the classics, but not about the founders. I recognized the thought of the founders is more complicated and more interesting as a student of plato, more so than i expected. It has taken me a while to develop fully my understanding of the founding. I hopefully have presented it in this