Liberty Law Talk

Federalism and administrative state maestro Michael Greve, a regular contributor to Law and Liberty, returns to discuss with us the crises American constitutional government is facing today.

Robert Reilly, author of the Closing of the Muslim Mind and a veteran information specialist in the Iraq War, talks about the future of Islamic terrorism in the wake of ISIS’s territorial demise.

Who is the human person and has modern philosophy given us a truncated understanding of the person? Those are some of the questions put to philosopher David Walsh as we discuss his latest book, Politics of the Person as the Politics of Being, in this edition of Liberty Law Talk.

This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of America’s entry into World War I: “the war to end all wars.” Richard Gamble, author of The War for Righteousness, joins this edition of Liberty Law Talk to discuss how American intervention into the Great War irrevocably changed the country.

Editor’s note: This interview was originally posted on July 19, 2017. Pope Francis’s political, social, and economic thinking has created great consternation, but he has also roused tremendous interest of Catholics and those outside the Catholic Church in his pontificate. Daniel Mahoney has written widely about Pope Francis and joins this edition of Liberty Law Talk to discuss what he thinks are the keys to understanding the current head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Thomas West, author of the new book, The Political Theory of the American Founding, joins us to talk natural rights and how they shaped our Constitution.

Samuel Gregg, Director of Research at the Acton Institute, returns to Liberty Law Talk to discuss the prospects for globalization in the wake of populist uprisings in many western democracies.

Comes now to Liberty Law Talk, Julius Krein, founding editor of the explosive new journal, American Affairs. We discuss the crack-up in our politics and in the conservative movement through the lens of James Burnham’s classic work, The Managerial Revolution.

This discussion with Jonathan Adler assesses the Roberts Court on “business” law cases. Is it true, as we’ve been told by Jeffrey Rosen, among others, that this Court is uniquely favorable to corporations, big business, and profits and dismissive of plaintiffs and the All-American little guy? Adler is the editor of the impressive new volume Business and the Roberts Court, which provides answers to this question in essays ranging from Environmental, Securities, and Antitrust cases to Citizens United. And it’s our good fortune to hear him discuss the Roberts Court and its record on business and the law.

Kevin Gutzman, historian and author of Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary, discusses Jefferson's account of federalism, conscience rights, education, and race. Topics include Jefferson's belief in human equality and land distribution, his views on religious freedom, his vision for education, his legacy and views on race, colonization's historical context, and the perception of Jefferson among scholars and the public.