The Constitution and American History
Hillsdale Dialogues
Hillsdale College
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🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Dr. Wilfred McClay, Victor Davis Hanson chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues to discuss how the history of the Constitution is inseparable from the rest of American history.
Release date: 21 February 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Every week, Hillsdale College President Larry Arne joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss great books, |
| 0:11.1 | great men, and great ideas. This is Hillsdale Dialogues, part of the Hillsdale College |
| 0:18.1 | Podcast Network. More episodes at podcast. |
| 0:21.5 | gelsdale.edu or wherever you find your audio. |
| 0:28.2 | Good morning, |
| 0:29.0 | or an evening, |
| 0:29.5 | Grace, America. |
| 0:30.5 | It's Friday. |
| 0:31.3 | That means the Hillsdale dialogue is here. |
| 0:33.2 | Dr. Arne is not. |
| 0:35.2 | But we are lucky to have Dr. Wilfred McLeigh. Dr. McLean is the author of this |
| 0:40.6 | magnificent American history text, Land of Hope, which I am using in my con law class for the |
| 0:46.3 | first time in 27 years of teaching constitutional law. Hello, Dr. McLean, how are you? |
| 0:51.0 | Hello, I'm just fine, and I'm delighted to hear about your using my book in your classes. |
| 0:55.9 | That's wonderful. |
| 0:56.8 | You know, the reason I am, I'm going to come back around this, is because the Supreme Court |
| 1:01.7 | in recent decisions, including the Dobbs case, the gun case, Bruin, including the Kennedy case, |
| 1:10.4 | they've all fallen back on American history and tradition. |
| 1:14.5 | And I don't find that a lot of law students know much American history and tradition. |
| 1:19.0 | Are you surprised by that? |
| 1:20.9 | No, I mean, it's a matter of the way in which professional education tends to perceive |
| 1:27.4 | in all sorts of fields in this |
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