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Challenging the Growing Scholarly Orthodoxy on the American Founding  Not too long ago, recognizing the achievement of the American Founding and the U.S. Constitution was a bipartisan undertaking. But many politicians and scholars now attack the Constitution-or they simply disregard it.  Not all scholars, though. This book brings together a dozen leading thinkers who challenge this growing orthodoxy.  Here you will find fascinating essays by such respected scholars as Pepperdine University's Gordon Lloyd, Catholic University's Claes Ryn, the University of Louisville's Gary L. Gregg II, and the late Peter Augustine Lawler.  Defending the Republic honors the work of one of the nation's foremost constitutional scholars, Georgetown University's George W. Carey (1933-2013). Carey repeatedly warned about the importance of defending the Constitution and the political order it established-warnings that, now more than ever, we must heed.

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Like George Carey himself, this volume of essays in his honor gives hope but extinguishes optimism. The hope is found in the richness, complexity, and heterodoxy of these essays-essays that universally challenge scholarly orthodoxy without succumbing to ideology. . . . A subtle and often penetrating engagement with America's living traditions. - Ted V. McAllister, professor of public policy at Pepperdine University, coauthor of Coming Home: Reclaiming America's Conservative Soul

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Bruce P. Frohnen is Ella and Ernest Fisher Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law. He is the author or editor of several books, including Coming Home: Reclaiming America's Conservative Soul and American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia.  Kenneth L. Grasso is professor of political science at Texas State University. He has edited or coedited several books, including Theology and Public Philosophy and Rethinking Rights: Historical, Political, and Philosophical Perspectives. Dr. Grasso has received the Society of Catholic Social Scientists’ Pius XI Award for his scholarly contributions.

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