Ep. 257 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Tony Williams | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - What Does It Really Mean?

Ep. 257 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Tony Williams | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - What Does It Really Mean?

Thomas Jefferson cemented his legacy as an incredible orator and writer when he wrote the Declaration of Independence, almost 250 years ago. His soaring rhetoric drew inspiration from multiple government and historic traditions: from John Locke to the Magna Carta to the Enlightenment. He used phrases and words that deserve special attention. What did Jefferson mean when he talked about unalienable rights, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, self-evident truths, and the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God? To shed important insight into this world-changing document, we are pleased to welcome back a fan-favorite guest, Tony Williams. Tony is a senior fellow at the Bill of Rights Institute and prolific author of such books as "Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance that Forged America."

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Ep. 321 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Dan Mahoney | Madison vs. Marx: The Slippery Slope of Socialism to Authoritarian Rule

Ep. 321 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Dan Mahoney | Madison vs. Marx: The Slippery Slope of Socialism to Authoritarian Rule

Today, we contrast the political philosophies of two of history's most influential thinkers: James Madison and Karl Marx.  Their core philosophies could not be more different. Madison believed concent...

3 Okt 1h 1min

Ep. 321 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Dan Mahoney | Madison vs. Marx: The Slippery Slope of Socialism to Authoritarian Rule

Ep. 321 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Dan Mahoney | Madison vs. Marx: The Slippery Slope of Socialism to Authoritarian Rule

Today, we contrast the political philosophies of two of history's most influential thinkers: James Madison and Karl Marx.  Their core philosophies could not be more different. Madison believed concent...

3 Okt 1h 1min

Ep. 320 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Denisa Traboini | From Albania to Freedom: A Firsthand Account of Communist Rule with Denisa Traboini

Ep. 320 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Denisa Traboini | From Albania to Freedom: A Firsthand Account of Communist Rule with Denisa Traboini

Sometimes we take for granted the freedom and liberty we are born with. It is good to be reminded that we should not take our country and its history for granted.  One of the best ways we can be remin...

25 Sep 59min

Ep. 319 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Timothy Sandefur | The Constitution vs. Socialism: America's Built-In Safeguards

Ep. 319 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Timothy Sandefur | The Constitution vs. Socialism: America's Built-In Safeguards

Socialism isn't new.  Plato's "The Republic" outlines an ideal state with elements of socialism.  The Founding Fathers were well aware of the concept and purposefully wrote safeguards against it in ou...

19 Sep 53min

Ep. 318 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Shruti Rajagopalan | What Happens When a Country Tries Socialism

Ep. 318 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Shruti Rajagopalan | What Happens When a Country Tries Socialism

Socialism sounds good in theory — but what does it look like in practice? From centralized economic policies to government control over markets and private enterprise, our guest today explores the rea...

12 Sep 57min

Ep. 317 | Constitutional Chats Podcast |  Lawrence W. Reed | What Is Socialism?

Ep. 317 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Lawrence W. Reed | What Is Socialism?

This week we kick off a new Constitutional Chats Podcast series on socialism.  In our first episode this week we address the basic concept of socialism: what defines it, what is it not and how does it...

4 Sep 57min

Ep. 316 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Matthew Skic | The Declaration's Journey: 250 Years of America's Founding Document

Ep. 316 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Matthew Skic | The Declaration's Journey: 250 Years of America's Founding Document

It's no secret, we at Constituting America are big fans of the Declaration of Independence.  What Thomas Jefferson so eloquently wrote quite literally changed the world.  But have you stopped to think...

28 Aug 51min

Ep. 315 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Christopher Burkett | Breathing Life into the Law: How the People Ratified the Constitution

Ep. 315 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Christopher Burkett | Breathing Life into the Law: How the People Ratified the Constitution

"Consent of the governed."  It's such a powerful phrase in our Declaration of Independence and truly speaks to the heart of the American Experiment.  But what does consent mean?  To dive into this not...

21 Aug 57min

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