Interview with Peter Berkowitz
An Interview with Peter Berkowitz
The US Constitution is one of the greatest governing documents in history. No other charter has so deliberately advanced the belief that the government\u2019s main purpose is to protect the individual rights of its citizens. The founders, recognizing the natural rights of mankind, created a seminal document that protects an individual\u2019s unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.\xa0\xa0
Despite the exceptionalism of the Constitution and its battle-tested endurance, there are grave threats that could severely undermine and weaken it.\xa0
As we continue our 20th anniversary celebration of Bradley Prize winners, our guest on this episode of Voices of Freedom is Peter Berkowitz, one of the country\u2019s leading political thinkers and Constitutional scholars. Berkowitz warns that a decades long movement to distort the meaning of rights, the weaponization of the legal system, and a general lack of understanding of our rights, pose serious challenges to the preservation of the Constitution.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0
Topics Discussed on this Episode:\xa0
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What drew Berkowitz to the study of the Constitution and America\u2019s founding principles\xa0
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Current threats to the Constitution\xa0
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Politicization of the Supreme Court\xa0
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Expansion of the administrative state\xa0
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Differences on the right about the role of government and foreign policy\xa0
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 America\u2019s role in the world\xa0
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Pro-Palestinian protests and anti-American sentiment\xa0
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Opportunity for higher education reform\xa0
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Will the Constitution endure?\xa0
Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the\u202fHoover Institution. He previously served as the Director of the State Department\u2019s Policy Planning Staff, executive secretary of the department's Commission on Unalienable Rights, and senior adviser to the Secretary of State. Berkowitz is a columnist for RealClear Politics and is a 2017 Bradley Prize winner.\xa0
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