The Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Ordain and Establish
Ordain and Establish is a podcast of The Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (CIT). CIT promotes scholarship that explores the relationship between the Catholic intellectual tradition and American constitutionalism. That tradition is deep and rich, including philosophical and theological accounts of law and politics by such figures as St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. CIT’s primary focus is on theories of constitutional law, such as originalism, although it covers the relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition for constitutional history, doctrine, and...
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May 18, 2026
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"Aquinas on the Virtues" Session 2 08.08.2025 1:17:56
The theme of CIT's Spring 2025 Intellectual Retreat for Catholic Law Faculty and Fellow Travelers was "Aquinas on the Virtues." The lead presenters were Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies), and Dr. David Elliot (Grace P. Hobelman Chair in Catholic Moral Theology, CUA, School of Theology and Religious Studies). This recording is the second session, presented by Dr. Elliot.
"Aquinas on the Virtues" Session 1 07.08.2025 1:02:47
The theme of CIT's Spring 2025 Intellectual Retreat for Catholic Law Faculty and Fellow Travelers was "Aquinas on the Virtues." The lead presenters were Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies), and Dr. David Elliot (Grace P. Hobelman Chair in Catholic Moral Theology, CUA, School of Theology and Religious Studies). This recording is the first session, presented by Fr. Cuddy.
Unwritten Administrative Law 27.03.2025 1:19:32
Featuring: - Chad Squitieri, Managing Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and Assistant Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law - John Duffy, Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law - Jud Campbell, Professor of Law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, Stanford Law Moderator: Adam Wh...
Chair Lecture: Constitutional Theory at a Catholic University 19.03.2025 57:25
Featuring: - J. Joel Alicea, Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and Associate Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Erie and the Nature of Law 20.02.2025 1:01:31
Featuring: - Stephen Sachs, Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, Harvard Law School - William M. M. Kamin, Managing Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and Assistant Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
Law's Quandary 20 Years Later: A Book Event 21.11.2024 1:27:54
Featuring: - J. Joel Alicea, Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and Associate Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law - Jeff Pojanowski, Biolchini Family Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law - Margaret Martin, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Western University - Stephen D. Smith, Warren Distinguished Profe...
The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: A Jurist’s Perspective 31.10.2024 1:02:15
Featuring: - Joseph Bianco, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit - Martha Pacold, Judge, Northern District of Illinois - Kyle Duncan, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
American Covenant: A Conversation with Dr. Yuval Levin 25.10.2024 1:03:26
Featuring: - Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, American Enterprise Institute - Jack Landman Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard Law - William Kelley, Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law
Hope and Salvation: From Christian Eschatology to Political Ethics 11.10.2024 1:08:13
Featuring: - Émilie Tardivel-Schick, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Religious Anthropology at the Catholic Theology Faculty, The University of Strasbourg
A Conversation with Justice Brett Kavanaugh 27.09.2024 1:08:24
Featuring: – Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court – J. Joel Alicea, Associate Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Rethinking the Great Writ 19.04.2024 1:35:17
Featuring: – William M. M. Kamin, Assistant Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law – Andrew Oldham, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit – Marah Stith McLeod, Associate Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School – J. Joel Alicea, Co-Director of the Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic I...
The History of Natural Law in American Law 06.04.2024 58:04
Featuring: – Jud Campbell, Professor of Law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, Stanford Law School – R. H. Helmholz, Ruth Wyatt Rosenon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law, The University of Chicago Law School – J. Joel Alicea, Co-Director of the Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and Associate Professor of Law, The Catholic...
Thomistic Juridical Realism: An Introduction 26.03.2024 1:03:34
Featuring: – Petar Popović, Faculty of Canon Law, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce – Kevin C. Walsh, Professor, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Interpretation and the Administrative State 02.03.2024 1:26:51
Featuring: – Jeffrey Pojanowski, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School – Kevin M. Stack, Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School – J. Joel Alicea, Co-Director of the Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and Associate Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School...
The Disintegrating Conscience And The Decline Of Modernity 26.02.2024 1:02:08
Featuring: – Steven D. Smith, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law – Kevin Walsh, Professor, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers 19.02.2024 1:01:24
Featuring: – Daniel Dreisbach, Professor, American University Department of Justice, Law and Criminology – Gerard Bradley, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School – Kevin Walsh, Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Thomism Goes To War 30.01.2024 1:41:10
Featuring: – Gregory Reichberg, Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo
The Administrative Virtues 20.01.2024 1:09:04
Featuring: – Emily Bremer, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School – Eugene Scalia, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher – Chad Squitieri, Assistant Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law – Gregory Katsas, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Religious Freedom and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition 14.01.2024 59:59
Featuring: – Robert T. Miller, F. Arnold Daum Chair in Corporate Finance and Law, The University of Iowa College of Law – Michael Moreland, University Professor of Law and Religion and Director of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion, and Public Policy, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law – Thomas Hardiman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the T...
Making Men Moral and Constitutional Interpretation 17.12.2023 1:30:02
Featuring: – J. Joel Alicea, Nonresident Fellow, AEI – Marc O. DeGirolami, Cary Fields Professor of Law, St. John’s University School of Law – Steven D. Smith, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego – Thomas B. Griffith, Former Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Civil Liberties or Public Morality? 17.12.2023 1:29:38
Featuring: – Sherif Girgis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame – Daniel Mark, Assistant Professor, Villanova University – Melissa Moschella, Associate Professor, Catholic University of America – Elizabeth Kirk, Director, Center for Law & the Human Person
What is the Law For?: Making Men Moral Lunchtime Conversation 17.12.2023 1:10:27
Featuring: – Hadley Arkes, Director, James Wilson Institute – O. Carter Snead, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame – Andrew T. Walker, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary – Ryan T. Anderson, President, Ethics & Public Policy Center
“Liberalism”: Is There a Baby in the Bathwater? 17.12.2023 1:35:42
Featuring: – Samuel Gregg, Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy, American Institute for Economic Research – V. Bradley Lewis, Associate Professor, Catholic University of America – Christopher O. Tollefsen, Professor, University of South Carolina – Christopher Wolfe, Distinguished Research Scholar, University of Dallas
Civil Society and Subsidiarity: Challenges to Making Men Moral 17.12.2023 1:30:40
Featuring: – Timothy P. Carney, Senior Fellow, AEI – Eugene F. Rivers III, Founding Director, Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies – Ryan Streeter, Executive Director for Research, Civitas Institute – Alexandra DeSanctis, Fellow, Ethics & Public Policy Center
Social Science and Public Morality 16.12.2023 1:27:15
Featuring: – Mark Regnerus, Professor, University of Texas at Austin – Ian Rowe, Senior Fellow, AEI – W. Bradford Wilcox, Nonresident Senior Fellow, AEI – Byron Johnson, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences, Baylor University
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