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 […]

How to Inherit a Kingdom

Bradley Lewis (00:06):Good afternoon. I’m Bradley Lewis. And on behalf of the Institute for Human Ecology’s Program in Catholic Political Thought, it’s my pleasure to welcome you this afternoon to this inaugural Catholic Political Thought lecture. We hope the first of many. The Institute for Human Ecology is a center here at Catholic University dedicated […]

Towards Nondelegation Doctrines

Randy Barnett (00:03):Okay, welcome. Thanks for coming. (00:09):I am not going to be doing all the introductions. My job here as the faculty director for the Georgetown Center for the Constitution is to welcome to Georgetown, those who are part of the project on originalism at the… Oh God, I knew I was going to […]

Is the Administrative State Morally Legitimate?

Adam J. White (00:00:00):Good afternoon everybody. Welcome. Welcome to all of you who are here and all of you who are watching online. I’m Adam White from the American Enterprise Institute and it’s my pleasure to welcome you all to this conversation on the question of whether the administrative state is morally legitimate. It’s a […]

The Judicial Virtues

Joel Alicea (00:01):Welcome. We’ll begin as we always do. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for […]

The Influence Of The Catholic Intellectual Tradition On The Common Law

Will Kamin (00:00:02):Thank you all for coming. My name is Will Kamin and I will be joining the faculty here at Catholic University this coming spring. As an assistant professor of law and a fellow in The Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. And so, we will start this event as we […]

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