Pedro's Video Finds: Reviving the Constitution

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Reviving the Constitution - Session V

The Administrative State and the Duties of Citizens

Constitutional Town Hall - "Reviving the Constitution"
Session V: The Administrative State and the Duties of Citizens

Dr. Larry P. Arnn, President, Hillsdale College

The administrative state—more than just "big government"—advances a theory of human nature and the rule of experts. How should citizens think about the Constitution in an age that largely ignores it? And how can they act upon the constitutional principles on which the country was founded?

Larry P. Arnn is the twelfth president of Hillsdale College. He received his B.A. from Arkansas State University, graduat¬ing with the highest distinction. He received an M.A. in Government and a Ph.D. in Government from the Claremont Graduate School. He also studied in England from 1977 to 1980, first as a research student in International History at the London School of Economics, and then in Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford University. While in England, he also served as director of research for Martin Gilbert, now Sir Martin, of Merton College, Oxford, and the official biographer of Winston Churchill.

He returned to the United States in 1980 to become an editor for Public Research, Syndicated, and from 1985-2000 he served as president of the Claremont Institute, an education and research institution based in Southern California. While at Claremont, he was the founding chairman of the California Civil Rights Initiative, which was passed by California voters in 1996 and prohibited racial preferences in state hiring, contracting and admissions.

Dr. Arnn is on the board of directors of the Heritage Foundation, the Army War College, the Henry Salvatori Center of Claremont McKenna College and the Claremont Institute. Published widely in national newspapers, magazines and periodicals on issues of public policy, history and political theory, he is the author of Liberty and Learning: The Evolution of American Education, published by Hillsdale College Press in 2004.

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