by jpitney | Jun 26, 2024 | Civility, Constitution, Uncategorized
C-SPAN Washington Journal: The American Enterprise Institute’s Yuval Levin talked about how the framers of the Constitution dealt with political division and how the document they created can be used to restore civility among those who disagree..
by jpitney | Jan 6, 2024 | Constitution, Deliberation
Nathan Gardels at Noema: “Constitutions need general acceptance so we can turn to their rules to manage our differences,” the former left-of-center Chilean President Ricardo Lagos told me in September 2022 after the first attempt to ratify a proposed new constitution...
by jpitney | Jan 1, 2024 | Congress, Constitution
Liz Cheney, Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning (New York: Little, Brown, 2023), 49. In Article VI of our Constitution, the founders required that every member of Congress, all state legislators, and “all executive and judicial officers” of the federal and state...
by jpitney | Sep 17, 2023 | Civic Education, Constitution
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center: Many Americans do not know what rights are protected under the First Amendment and a substantial number cannot name all three branches of government, according to the 2023 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey. The Annenberg...
by jpitney | Jul 1, 2022 | Congress, Constitution, Dreier
Supporting NAFTA in 1993, Rep. David Dreier cited Burke’s speech to the electors of Bristol: Last night, Liz Cheney articulated the same idea: Here’s Liz Cheney’s closing statement in last night’s debate among the Republican candidates for representative from...
by jpitney | Jan 17, 2022 | civic virtue, Civil Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Patriotism, Religion
The “I Have a Dream” speech contains many references and allusions to key ideas, sites, and documents of American civic culture. The text below contains relevant links in red. Many passages in the speech refer or allude to Bible verses, spiritual songs,...
