April 09, 2026

Expired!

Endowed by Their Creator: Catholicism, the Declaration of Independence, and the American Experiment at 250

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Hourly Schedule

Conference Schedule

10:30am - 12:00pm
Panel I: The Declaration and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Panelists: V. Bradley Lewis, V. Phillip Munoz, D.C. Schindler | Moderator: Michael Promisel

12:15pm - 1:15pm
Lunch Keynote/Fireside Chat
Robert P. George, Brandon F. McGinley

1:45pm - 3:15pm
Panel II: The Declaration and Constitutional Interpretation
Panelists: Kevin C. Walsh, Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, Charles Capps | Moderator: J. Joel Alicea

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Panel III: Catholic Social Thought and the American Experiment
Panelists: Russell Hittinger, Ken Grasso, Ryan T. Anderson | Moderator: Sarah Gustafson

Speakers

Brandon F. McGinley

Editorial Page Editor, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Brett M. Kavanaugh

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

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Charles Capps

Associate Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

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D.C. Schindler

Professor of Metaphysics and Philosophical Anthropology, The John Paul II Institute

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Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle

District Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

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Ken Grasso

Professor of Political Science, Texas State University

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Kevin C. Walsh

Knights of Columbus Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

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Robert P. George

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University

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Russell Hittinger

Research Professor, School of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America

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Ryan T. Anderson

President, Ethics and Public Policy Center

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V. Bradley Lewis

Dean and Associate Professor of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America

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V. Phillip Muñoz

Tocqueville Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame

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Moderators

J. Joel Alicea

St. Robert Bellarmine Professor of Law and Director, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, and Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

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Michael Promisel

Assistant Professor of Politics, The Catholic University of America

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Sarah Gustafson

Assistant Professor of Politics, The Catholic University of America

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Location

Columbus School of Law, Room 204
3600 John McCormack Rd NE
Washington, DC 20064