How did the American Founders understand religious liberty? Why should students study the Founding? What is the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution? Dr. Vincent Phillip Muñoz, the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, joins Madison’s Notes to discuss these questions and more!

On July 4, 2000, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions was founded at Princeton University. Robert P. George, Director of the James Madison Program, returns to Madison’s Notes to discuss how and why the Madison Program came to be. After the conversation with Professor George you’ll hear Allen C. Guelzo, Director of the Madison Program’s Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship, read Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address—a fitting and proper way to celebrate the 4th of July.

Bill McClay is the G. T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. He joins the show to discuss Land of Hope, the state of the history profession, nationalism, the New York Times’ 1619 Project, and more.

Land of Hope: https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/land-of-hope/

What is the Administrative State? Where did it come from? Is it a cause for concern or celebration? Adam J. White, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and Director of the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, answers these questions and more.

“A Republic, If We Can Keep It” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/a-republic-if-we-can-keep-it/605887/

Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. In this inaugural episode of Madison’s Notes, he speaks about his childhood, his decision to enter academia, the purpose of the university, academic freedom, and more.