Walter's great contribution is in seeing the Constitution whole--as much more than a set of legal doctrines or parade of court decisions--and in showing that it can illuminate the most vexing contemporary problems and controversies. There is no better way to observe Constitution Day than to read Walter Berns.

In mid-September 2011, as part of AEI’s Program on American Citizenship, we celebrated Constitution Day. In conjunction with that remembrance, we thought it appropriate to honor our longtime colleague and friend Walter Berns with a panel dedicated to discussing his scholarship on the Constitution and the American regime it supports.

At this event, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will give opening remarks, and Leon R. Kass (Madden-Jewett Chair, AEI), Jeremy A. Rabkin (Professor, George Mason University School of Law), and Christopher Demuth (D.C. Searle Senior Fellow, AEI) will provide further insight into the work of Walter Berns.

Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

At this Bradley Lecture, Walter Russell Mead will discuss why the core institutions, ideas and expectations that shaped American life for the 60 years after the New Deal don’t work anymore.

"We say that a man can be known by the company he keeps. So I say that a nation, a people, can be known and be judged by its heroes, by whom it honors above all others."

A tribute to former AEI resident scholar emeritus Robert A. Goldwin.