The Center for Constitutional Studies promotes research, teaching, and publication on the history and theory of constitutionalism, with special emphasis on the Constitution of the United States of America.

The Center explores in scholarly depth the fundamental principles of the American Constitution and examines their relevance to current cultural and political circumstances. A primary goal is to investigate and make known to the public ways of returning the United States to its historic roots as a limited, constitutional, and federal Republic.

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Programs

The CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES's programs include:

• Lectures, conferences, and research on American constitutionalism. Topics of continuing scholarly interest include: What is Constitutionalism?; The Moral and Intellectual Foundations of the American Republic; Checks, Balances, and the Human Condition; The Significance of Federalism; The Responsibility of Judges; The Role of Mediatiing Structures; Religion in the Constitutional Republic; Education and Constitutionalism; and Property in a Free Society.
• A multiyear project to develop a constitutional history curriculum entitled: Who We Are: The Story of America's Constitution. When completed, the curriculum will consist of main lessons in a multimedia format, together with books of suggested readings and important documents that should be known and appreciated by every educated American.

Personnel

Michael P. Federici, Director. An assistant professor of political science at Mercyhurst College, Federici is the author of The Challenge of Populism: The Rise of Right-Wing Democratism in Postwar America. He is a frequent contributor to scholarly journals.

Gregory S. Ahern, Fellow in Constitutional Theory, holds a doctorate in political theory from the Catholic University of America. Ahern, who has done extensive research on the founding period, is completing a book on John Dickinson and American constitutionalism.

Richard M. Gamble, Fellow in Twentieth-Century History. Gamble is an assistant professor of history at Palm Beach Atlantic College. His areas of specialization include the Progressive Era, Modern U.S. History, American Intellectual History, and Religion and War. He is the author of The War for Righteousness: The Progressive Clergy and the Great War (forthcoming).

C. H. Hoebeke, Fellow in Constitutional History. Hoebeke, a faculty member at the University of Virginia, is the author of The Road to Mass Democracy: Original Intent and the Seventeenth Amendment.

Sponsorship and Support

CCS is sponsored by the NATIONAL HUMANITIES INSTITUTE, a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization operating under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Like other NHI activities THE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES depends for its existence on voluntary donations and grants from individuals, businesses, and foundations. Donations to NHI and CCS are tax deductible.

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