The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: A Jurist’s Perspective

Kevin Walsh:Welcome, good afternoon. My name is Kevin Walsh. I’m Knights of Columbus professor of law in the Catholic tradition here at the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, director of the Project on Judicial Virtues at our Law School Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual tradition or CIT, where I […]

A Conversation with Justice Clarence Thomas Transcript

Stephen Payne:It’s wonderful to welcome you to this great event. My first order of business is to introduce our Chaplain of the university, Father Aquinas Guilbeau, who will open up some prayer. Father Aquinas Guilbeau:Thank you, Dean Payne, and welcome Justice Thomas. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the […]

Unwritten Administrative Law Transcript

Adam White: All set. Great. Well welcome everybody, and thank you so much for joining us today. My name is Adam White. I’m a senior fellow here at AEI. And when I’m not here at AEI, I’m across the river at the Scalia Law School leading the Center for the Study of the Administrative State. […]

Constitutional Theory at a Catholic University Transcript

Professor Joel Alicea: Welcome to Ordain and Establish, a podcast of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Catholic University. To learn more, visit our website at cit.catholic.edu. Steve Payne: I’m Steve Payne, I’m the dean of the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America, and it’s my […]

Erie and the Nature of Law transcript

William M. M. Kamin:Jesus in the Gospel of Mark said to be the most central and important of all prayers. Hear, O Israel. The Lord is our God. The Lord is one. Blessed is God’s glorious kingdom forever and ever. You shall love the Lord your God with all your mind, with all your soul, […]

Law’s Quandary 20 Years Later: A Book Event Transcript

J. Joel Alicea: Okay, well welcome to the American Enterprise Institute and to our event Law’s Quandary 20 Years Later: A Book Event. I’m Joel Alicea. I am a nonresident fellow here at the American Enterprise Institute. I’m also a Law Professor at the Catholic University of America and the Director of the Center for […]

American Covenant: A Conversation with Dr. Yuval Levin Transcript

Mitch Boersma: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us here tonight. My name is Mitch Boersma. I’m the director of operations here at the CIC and I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming all of you here tonight and then exiting promptly. Say less, we’ll go over to Joel to run the […]

IHE Third Annual Lecture on Catholic Political Thought Transcript

Russ Hittinger: Thank all of you for coming this evening. I’m Russ Hittinger, the executive director of the Institute for Human Ecology. Yeah, our brand is pretty much under understanding what it means for human beings to flourish from an interdisciplinary standpoint. I need to thank at the beginning the Center for the Constitution and […]

A Conversation with Brett Kavanaugh Transcript

Steve Payne: Welcome to the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America. I’m Steve Payne, Dean of the Law School, and it’s wonderful to be with all of you for the inaugural event, for the Center on the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, or CIT. I had to look at my […]

Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition: A Jurist’s Perspective

October 13th, 2022 Joel Alicea (00:00:00): Thank you for coming. My name is Joel Alicea. I’m an assistant professor of law here at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law and the co-director of The Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. We’ll begin this event as we will begin all […]

Rethinking the Great Writ Transcript

J. Joel Alicea (00:00:01): Okay, well, welcome to the American Enterprise Institute and to our event, Rethinking the Great Writ. I’m Joel Alicea. I’m a nonresident fellow here at the American Enterprise Institute. I’m also a law professor at Catholic University. And more relevantly to this event, I’m the co-director of the Project on Constitutional […]

Thomistic Juridical Realism: An Introduction Transcript

Kevin Walsh (00:00:00):Good evening. Let’s open with a prayer. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Lead us Lord in your path and we will enter into your truth. Let our hearts be gladdened that we may fear your name. Let us take joy in your law, […]

The History of Natural Law in American Law Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our program, the History of Natural Law in American Law. Please welcome Paul Ray, director of Heritage’s Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies. Paul Ray (00:30):Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. In 1960, John Courtney Murray reported the news that, “The tradition of natural […]

Interpretation and the Administrative State

J. Joel Alicea (00:00:01): Good afternoon. Welcome to the American Enterprise Institute. I’m Joel Alicea. I’m a non-resident fellow here at AEI, and also an associate professor of law at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, where I serve as the co-director of the project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual […]

The Disintegrating Conscience And The Decline Of Modernity Transcript

Kevin Walsh (00:00:03):Welcome everyone. I’m Kevin Walsh, the Knights of Columbus Professor of Law in the Catholic tradition at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law. I’m pleased to host a discussion today with Professor Steven Smith, the Warren Distinguished Professor of Law and co-executive director of the Institute for Law and Philosophy […]

Reading The Bible With The Founding Fathers Transcript

Kevin Walsh (00:00:02):Welcome. Let’s open with a prayer in the Father, son, Holy Spirit. Lead us Lord in your path and we will enter into your truth. Let our hearts be gladed that we may fear your name. Let us take joy in your law, meditating on it day and night that we may be […]

Religious Freedom and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

Joel Alicea (00:03):Welcome. Thanks for coming to this event on religious freedom and the Catholic intellectual tradition. I’m a law professor here at Catholic University, Joel Alicea, and co-director of the project on constitutional originalism and the Catholic intellectual tradition. We’re going to begin with a prayer, as always. In the name of the Father […]

The Administrative Virtues

Mitch Boersma (00:00:00):[Thank you] for being here this evening with us. My name is Mitch Boersma. I’m the director of operations here at the Catholic Information Center and I’m honored to welcome you here to our co-sponsored program tonight with the Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition of the Catholic University of […]

Natural Law and Original Meaning

Joel Alicea (00:00:02):Okay, let’s get started. I’m Joel Alicea, I’m a non-resident fellow here at the American Enterprise Institute. I’m also an assistant professor of law at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law and the co-director of the project on constitutional originalism and the Catholic Intellectual tradition, which is one of the […]

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