Thursday, August 31 - Sunday, September 3, 2006

For over twenty years, the Claremont Institute and its friends have sponsored panels at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting.

Addressing politics, history, and political philosophy, our panels bring together some of America's leading professors and public intellectuals.

Panel Schedule:

1: Darwin, Religion, and the American Regime

Chair:

William Voegeli
The Claremont Institute

Papers:

• "Darwinian Conservatism"
  Larry Arnhart
  Northern Illinois University

   

• "The Right Darwin?"
  Carson Holloway
  University of Nebraska at Omaha

   

• "Darwin's Public Policy"
  John West
  Seattle Pacific University

2: Roundtable on Presidential Power, the Constitution, and the War on Terror

Chair:

Brian Kennedy
The Claremont Institute

Panelists:

• David G. Adler
  Idaho State University

   

• Gary Schmitt
  American Enterprise Institute

   

• Michael A. Genovese
  Loyola Marymount University

   

• Joseph Bessette
  Claremont McKenna College

3: Aquinas, Strauss, and Natural Law

Chair:

Richard J. Dougherty
University of Dallas

Papers:

• "Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law: A Critique of the 'Straussian' Critique."
  Thomas G. West
  University of Dallas

   

• "Leo Strauss's Criticism of Thomas Aquinas's Understanding of Conscience."
  Douglas Kries
  Gonzaga University

Discussants:

• Mark Blitz
  Claremont McKenna College

   

• Harry V. Jaffa
  The Claremont Institute

4: Roundtable on Birthright Citizenship & Immigration Policy

Chair:

Ralph Rossum
Claremont McKenna College

Panelists:

• John C. Eastman
  Chapman University School of Law

   

• Peter J. Spiro
  University of Georgia School of Law

   

• Tamar Jacoby
  Manhattan Institute

   

• Matthew Spalding
  The Heritage Foundation

5: Machiavelli and the Politics of Conquest

Chair:

Brian Janiskee
California State University — San Bernardino
Department of Political Science

Papers:

• "Modes, Orders, and Ways in Machiavelli"
  Thomas Karako
  The Claremont Institute

   

• "Machiavelli on the Once and Future Empire of the Tuscans"
  Christopher Lynch
  Carthage College

   

• "Of Conquest: An Interpretation of Chapters 3-5 of The Prince"
  Michael Anton
  News Corporation

Discussant:

Harvey C. Mansfield
Harvard University

6: Roundtable on Thomas Pangle's Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham

Chair:

David Alvis
University of West Florida

Panelists:

• Peter Lawler
  Berry College

   

• Michael Zuckert
  University of Notre Dame

   

• Bradley C. S. Watson
  Saint Vincent College

   

• Thomas L. Pangle
  University of Texas at Austin

7: Roundtable on the 2006 Election and the State of the Parties

Chair:

Gerard Alexander
University of Virginia

Panelists:

• James W. Ceaser
  University of Virginia

   

• John J. Pitney, Jr.
  Claremont McKenna College

   

• Charles R. Kesler
  Claremont McKenna College

   

• William Kristol
  The Weekly Standard

8: Roundtable on Originalism and Conservatism

Chair:

Matthew Spalding
The Heritage Foundation

Panelists:

• Randy Barnett
  Boston University School of Law

   

• David Forte
  Cleveland-Marshall School of Law

   

• John Eastman
  Chapman University School of Law

   

• James R. Stoner, Jr.
  Louisiana State University

Please join the Claremont Institute for drinks and hors d'oeuvres
at our annual APSA reception.

Friday, September 1, 2006, 7:00 p.m.

Loews Hotel Philadelphia, Commonwealth Ballroom B

9: Roundtable on the Founders' Constitution and the Administrative State

Chair:

Thomas L. Krannawitter
Hillsdale College

Panelists:

• Ronald J. Pestritto
  Hillsdale College

   

• David Schaefer
  College of the Holy Cross

   

• John A. Marini
  University of Nevada — Reno

   

• Donald Brand
  College of the Holy Cross

10: Roundtable on American Foreign Policy & the Promotion of Democracy

Chair:

Thomas Karako
The Claremont Institute

Panelists:

• Charles R. Kesler
  Claremont McKenna College

   

• Adam Wolfson
  Commentary Magazine

   

• Jeremy Rabkin
  Cornell University

11: Are Welfare Rights in the Constitution?

Chair:

Joseph Tartakovsky
The Claremont Institute

Papers:

• "Negative Rights, Positive Rights, and the Constitution"
  Michael Zuckert
  University of Notre Dame

   

• "Fallacies of Negative Constitutionalism"
  Sotirios Barber
  University of Notre Dame

   

• "The Natural Rights Constitution and its Limits."
  Stanley Brubaker
  Colgate University

Discussant:

Hadley Arkes
Amherst College

12: Benjamin Franklin at 300

Chair:

Timothy Caspar
Hillsdale College

Papers:

• "The Unity of Franklin's Moral, Religious, and Political Thought"
  Jerry Weinberger
  Michigan State University

   

• "The Political Theory of Benjamin Franklin"
  Kevin Slack
  University of Dallas

   

• "Franklin and the Economic Foundations of Civic Virtue"
  Lorraine Pangle
  University of Texas — Austin

Discussant:

Steven Forde
University of North Texas