Christendom’s Tocqueville Forum welcomed Dr. Lynn Uzzell of the University of Virginia and Washington & Lee University to campus for a lecture on March 24 titled “James Madison’s Antislavery Constitution.” Uzzell dispelled the myths surrounding the modern understanding of James Madison’s stance on abolition. She discussed the competing interpretations of the slavery clause in the Constitution. From its very inception, various partisan sides were seeking to twist the Constitution to achieve different political purposes.

Christendom’s Tocqueville Forum hosted a talk by Professor James Stoner titled “Can Religion be Legislated?” in November of 2021. He discussed the role of religion and its legislators in civilizations throughout history.

Christendom’s Tocqueville Forum hosted a talk by Notre Dame Professor Phillip Muñoz titled “Natural Rights, Natural Law, and the American Founding” on September 29. Muñoz addressed the question of whether traditional religious beliefs are compatible with a political order based on natural rights principles. He defended natural rights as part of the natural law, and that Catholics can be faithful and patriotic citizens.

On Monday, March 22 in Killian’s Cafe, Christendom College welcomed Richard Reinsch to give a lecture on Catholic political thinker Orestes Brownson, titled “Orestes Brownson's Unwritten Constitution.” Reinsch applied Brownson's major philosophical ideas to contemporary challenges upon American Constitutionalism.