A Second Letter From Scholars and Writers for America (Trump)

(Sorry about the way the copy and paste came out - Try this link http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/11/01/bill-bennett-f-h-buckley-call-for-gop-unity-and-neverhillary.html) Scholars and Writers for America Statement of Unity We are a group of scholars and writers who support Donald Trump, and who in our previous letter wrote that “given our choices in the presidential election, we believe that Donald Trump is the candidate most likely to restore the promise of America.” We continue to believe this, and today urge opponents of the progressive agenda to put aside any differences and to join with us, as a vote for Donald Trump is the only feasible method of defending the principles of freedom, justice and prosperity we hold in common against the most serious threat we have ever faced, a threat that begins to look like the final defeat of republican government, and the permanent decline of the country we love. Constitutional Governance. Under Obama we have departed from the Founders’ constitution of separation of powers towards one-man rule by the president. With Mrs. Clinton, we’d expect to see an even greater slide towards an all-powerful presidency, and the judges she would appoint could be expected to bless the attendant threat to political liberty. By contrast, Donald Trump has pledged to appoint judges in the mold of Justice Scalia, and his agenda for change is importantly a legislative one. We expect he would work with Congress, as the Founders intended. Corruption in Government. Were Mrs. Clinton elected, “Clinton Cash” would move into the White House. Crony capitalism, the silent killer of the American economy, would increasingly burden entrepreneurs with wasteful regulations that serve to transfer wealth from dispersed lower and middle-class Americans to the rich and well-connected. By contrast, Donald Trump’s proposals for regulatory reform and for ending the revolving door between Congress and K Street lobbyists would serve to promote an honest and just government and to restore economic growth. Economic Stimulus. Donald Trump’s Tax Code and energy proposals would release the engines of economic growth and put America back to work again. With Mrs. Clinton, by contrast, we’d see higher taxes, job-killing regulations and economic malaise. Religious Liberty. We would expect that attacks upon religious institutions, begun under Obama, would increase were Mrs. Clinton elected. By contrast, Donald Trump has pledged to defend our religious institutions. Education. Our K-12 public educational system is a disgrace, and Mrs. Clinton would do nothing to change this. By contrast, Donald Trump’s support for a voucher system for charter and parochial schools would be a most welcome game changer. Oct. 30, 2016 Bruce Abramson, Ph.D., J.D. London Center for Policy Research Stephen J. Allen, Ph.D., J.D. Capital Research Center William Atto University of Dallas, co-editor of “American Progressivism: A Reader” Darren J. Beattie Duke University David J. Benard, Ph.D. Writer David Beiler Writer Bill Bennett former Secretary of Education, author of “America: The Last, Best, Hope” Jay Bergman Central CT State University, author of “Meeting the Demands of Reason: The Life and Thought of Andrei Sakharov” Dennis Binder, S.J.D. Chapman University, author of “Can we Secure the Hallowed Elms of Academe?” Daniel A. Bonevac University of Texas, author of “Deduction: Introductory Symbolic Logic” Andrew Bostom author of “Sharia Versus Freedom” Jan L. Beslow Rockefeller University William M. Briggs Cornell University, author of “Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics” David Bradshaw University of Kentucky Thomas E. Brennan lawyer and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan F.H. Buckley George Mason University, author of “The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of America” Chris Buskirk editor and writer, American Greatness Nicholas Capaldi Loyola University New Orleans, co-author of “Liberty and Equality in Political Economy” Jim Capua, Ph.D. writer Lionel Chetwynd Oscar and Emmy nominated producer, director, screenwriter of “Miracle on Ice” and “Hanoi Hilton” James S. Corum, Ph.D. Salford University, author of “Fighting the War on Terror” Glynn Custred CSU-Haywood Emeritus, author of “A History of Anthropology as Holistic Science” Donn Dears author of “Nothing to Fear” John C. Eastman Chapman University Fowler School of Law and the Claremont Institute, author of “Born in the U.S.A? Reassessing Birthright Citizenship in the Wake of 9/11” Edward Erler CSU San Bernardino, co-author of “The Founders of Citizenship and Immigration: Principles and Challenges in America” Edward Erler CSU San Bernardino, co-author of “The Founders on Citizenship and Immigration: Principles and Challenges in America” Clarice Feldman lawyer and writer Peter J. Ferrara Heartland Institute, author of “Power to the People: The New Road to Freedom and Prosperity for the Poor, Seniors and Those Most In Need of the World’s Best Health Care” Philip R. Fine University of Alabama at Birmingham emeritus Burton W. Folsom, Jr. Hillsdale College, co-author of “The Myth of the Robber Barons” John Fonte, Ph.D. author of “Sovereignty or Submission” William A. Frank University of Dallas, author of “Duns Scotus, Metaphysician” Neal B. Freeman writer, businessman, Peabody Award-winning television producer Bruce Frohnen Ohio Northern University, author of “Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law” (with George W. Carey) George Gilder author of “Wealth and Poverty” Tom Giovanetti writer Esther Goldberg lawyer and writer for The American Spectator Mary Grabar co-author of “The Crisis in American Journalism and the Conservative Response” Lino Graglia University of Texas–Austin, author of “Disaster by Decree” David P. Goldman author of “How Civilizations Die: (And Why Islam Is Dying Too)” Darren Guerra Biola University, author of “Perfecting the Constitution: The Case for the Article V Amendment Process” Leon Hadar, Ph.D. author of “Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East” Susan Hanssen University of Dallas, author of “Shall We Go to Rome?: The Last Days of Henry Adams” Bruce Heiden writer Anne Henderschott Franciscan University of Steubenville, co-author of “Renewal: How a New Generation of Faithful Priests and Bishops is Revitalizing the Catholic Church” Mytheos Holt The Federalist David Horowitz editor and author of “The Left in Power: Clinton to Obama” Deal Hudson, Ph.D. editor and author of “An American Conversion” Carol Iannone editor and writer Christina Jeffrey, Ph.D. author of “The UN/State Department Refugee Program Comes to Spartanburg” Douglas Jeffrey Hillsdale College, editor of Imprimis Marjorie Jeffrey writer Robert C. Jeffrey Wofford College Stephen M. Johnson, Ph.D. church historian Brian T. Kennedy writer, The American Strategy Group Charles Kesler Claremont McKenna College, editor of Claremont Review of Books, author of “I am the Change: Barack Obama and the Future of Liberalism” Roger Kimball editor and author of “The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia” Robert D. King University of Texas—Austin, author of “Nehru and the Language Politics of India” Michael Kochin Tel Aviv University Robert C. Koons University of Texas—Austin, co-author of “Metaphysics: The Fundamentals” Michael Ledeen, Ph.D. co-author of NY Times best-seller “Field of Fight” Seth Leibsohn radio host and co-author of “The Fight of Our Lives: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam” Thomas Lifson, Ph.D. editor and writer, American Thinker Margaret Lindsay, Ph.D. writer Thomas Lindsay, Ph.D. co-author of “Investigating American Democracy” Robert Oscar Lopez Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, author of “The Colorful Conservative: American Conversations with the Ancients from Wheatley to Whitman” Herb London, Ph.D. author of “The Encyclopedia of Militant Islam” John R. Lott, Jr., Ph.D. Economist, author of “More Guns, Less Crime” Doug Mainwaring author of “Marriage Ground Zero” (forthcoming) Ted Roosevelt Malloch Oxford University, co-author of “America’s Spiritual Capital” Ken Masugi Johns Hopkins University, co-author of “The Supreme Court and American Constitutionalism” Daniel McCarthy editor and writer, contributor to “Dilemmas of American Conservatism” Thomas C. McCollum III author of “Uncle Norm” Scott McConnell author of “Ex-Neocon” Bruce D. McCullough Drexel University Charles McKinney Crisis Roger Meiners University of Texas—Arlington, author of “Gridlock in Government” Allen Mendenhall Faulkner University, author of “Literature and Liberty” Tiffany Jones Miller University of Dallas Brian Patrick Mitchell author of “Eight Ways to Run the Country” Ed Morrow writer Laurie Morrow, Ph.D. co-author of “Conversations on Philanthropy” Steve Mosher Population Research Institute Maureen Mullarkey writer, The Federalist William Murchison author of “The Cost of Liberty: The Life of John Dickinson” Deroy Murdock columnist and writer George Neumayr co-author of “No Higher Power: Obama’s War on Religious Freedom” Marita Noon author of “Energy Freedom” Michael J. O’Shea writer Svetozar Pejovich Texas A&M emeritus, author of “The Economics of Property Rights” Ronald J. Pestritto Hillsdale College, author of “Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism” James Piereson, Ph.D. author of “Shattered Consensus: The Rise and Decline of America’s Postwar Political Order” Julie Ponzi editor and writer, American Greatness Sidney Powell author of “Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice” Stephen B. Presser Northwestern University, author of “Law Professors: Three Centuries of Shaping American Law (forthcoming” Frank Price screenwriter and producer, former CEO Columbia Pictures, former president Universal Pictures Mark Pulliam lawyer and writer Eric Rasmusen University of Indiana, co-author of “Measuring Judicial Independence: The Political Economy of Judging in Japan” Alfred Regnery lawyer and author of “Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism” D.N. Robinson Oxford University, author of “The American Founding: Its Intellectual and Moral Framework” Erik S. Root, Ph.D. Roger Bacon Academy, author of “All Honor to Jefferson?” Milton Rosenberg University of Chicago emeritus Constance Rossum University of La Verne, co-author of “Rehabilitating Rehabilitation” Ralph A. Rossum Claremont McKenna College, author of “Antonin Scalia’s Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition” Ronald Rotunda Chapman University, co-author of “Treatise on Constitutional Law” Paul Rubin Emory University Lisa Schiffren writer, former White House speechwriter Harold See Belmont University Roger L. Simon Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, co-founder PJ Media, author of “I Know Best: How Moral Narcissism is Destroying Our Republic, If It Hasn’t Already” S. Fred Singer, Ph.D. author of “Ecology in Action” Scott Soames University of Southern California, author of “The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy” Larry Schweikart University of Dayton, retired, co-author of NY Times bestseller “A Patrior’s History of the United States” Ross Terrill Dennis Teti Frank J. Tipler Tulane University James Trefil George Mason University, author of “The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology” Michael P. Tremoglie author of “A Sense of Duty” Tina Trent R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. editor and author of “The Death of Liberalism” Bradley C.S. Watson Saint Vincent College, author of “The Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence” Brandon Weichert Diana West Thomas G. West author of “Vindicating the Founders” Victor Willaims Chair, Lawyers and Law Professors for Trump Scot J. Zentner CSU San Bernardino, author of “Liberalism and Executive Power: Woodrow Wilson and the American Founders” John Zmirak Timothy W. Caspar Hillsdale College E. Christian Kopff University of Colorado–Boulder Steven C. Michael University of Illinois—Urbana Callista Gingrich co-author of “Rediscovering God in America” Newt Gingrich former Speaker of the House, co-author of “A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters” Statement of Support Given our choices in the presidential election, we believe that Donald J. Trump is the candidate most likely to restore the promise of America, and we urge you to support him as we do. Jeffrey H. Anderson, Ph.D. author of “An Alternative to Obamacare” and “The Main Street Tax Plan” Hadley Arkes Amherst College emeritus, author of “Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths: The Touchstone of the Natural Law” Larry P. Arnn Hillsdale College, author of “Churchill’s Trial: Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government” Stephen H. Balch Texas Tech University, National Humanities Medal, co-author of “Western Civilization and the Academy” Mark Bauerlein Emory University, author of “The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking” Darren J. Beattie Duke University, author of “Aufhebung: Political Ideology in the post-Cold War West (forthcoming)” Bill Bennett former Secretary of Education, author of “America: The Last, Best, Hope” Jay Bergman Central CT State University, author of “Meeting the Demands of Reason: The Life and Thought of Andrei Sakharov” Dennis Binder, S.J.D. Chapman University, author of “Can we Secure the Hallowed Elms of Academe?” Daniel A. Bonevac University of Texas, author of “Deduction: Introductory Symbolic Logic” Conrad Black author of “Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom” James Bowman Ethics and Public Policy Center, author of “Honor: A History” Thomas E. Brennan lawyer and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan F.H. Buckley George Mason University, author of “The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of America” Chris Buskirk editor and writer, American Greatness Nicholas Capaldi Loyola University New Orleans, author of “Liberty and Equality in Political Economy” James Capua, Ph.D writer Lionel Chetwynd Oscar and Emmy nominated producer, director, screenwriter of “Miracle on Ice” and “Hanoi Hilton” Lynn Chu Writers’ Representatives, LLC Mickey Craig Hillsdale College Glynn Custred CSU-Haywood emeritus, author of “A History of Anthropology as a Holistic Science” Donn Dears author of “Nothing to Fear” David Deming University of Oklahoma Marshall DeRosa Florida Atlantic University John C. Eastman Chapman University Fowler School of Law, author of “Born in the U.S.A.? Reassessing Birthright Citizenship in the Wake of 9/11” Edward Erler CSU San Bernardino, co-author of “The Founders on Citizenship and Immigration: Principles and Challenges in America” Clarice Feldman lawyer and writer Peter J. Ferrara Heartland Institute, author of “Power to the People: The New Road to Freedom and Prosperity for the Poor, Seniors and Those Most In Need of the World’s Best Health Care” Burton W. Folsom, Jr. co-author of “The Myth of the Robber Barons” John D. Fonte, Ph.D. author of “Sovereignty or Submission” William A. Frank University of Dallas, author of “Duns Scotus, Metaphysician” Neal B. Freeman writer and businessman, Peabody Award-winning television producer Bruce Frohnen Ohio Northern University, co-author of “Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law” George Gilder author of “Wealth and Poverty” and “The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers But the Economy Never Does” Callista Gingrich co-author of “Rediscovering God in America” Newt Gingrich, Ph.D. former Speaker of the House, co-author of “A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters” Tom Giovanetti writer Esther Goldberg lawyer and writer for The American Spectator Mary Grabar co-author of “The Crisis in American Journalism and the Conservative Response” David P. Goldman author of “How Civilizations Die: (And Why Islam Is Dying Too)” Darren Guerra Biola University, author of “Perfecting the Constitution: The Case for the Article V Amendment Process” Susan Hanssen University of Dallas, author of “Shall We Go to Rome?: The Last Days of Henry Adams” Anne Hendershott Franciscan University of Steubenville, co-author of “Renewal: How a New Generation of Faithful Priests and Bishops Is Revitalizing the Catholic Church” Phillip Henderson Catholic University of America, author of “Managing the Presidency: The Eisenhower Legacy” David Horowitz editor and author of “The Left In Power: Clinton to Obama” Deal Hudson, Ph.D. editor and author of “An American Conversion” Carol Iannone editor and writer Christina Jeffrey, Ph.D. author of “The UN/State Department Refugee Program Comes to Spartanburg” Douglas Jeffrey Hillsdale College, editor of Imprimis Marjorie Jeffrey writer Robert C. Jeffrey Wofford College Brian T. Kennedy writer, The American Strategy Group Jack Kerwick Rowan College, author of “Misguided Guardians: The Conservative Case Against Neoconservatism” (forthcoming) Charles Kesler Claremont McKenna College, editor Claremont Review of Books, author of “I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Future of Liberalism” Roger Kimball editor and author of “The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia” Robert D. King University of Texas—Austin, author of “Nehru and the Language of Politics in India” Michael Kochin Tel Aviv University Robert C. Koons University of Texas—Austin, co-author of “Metaphysics: The Fundamentals” E. Christian Kopff University of Colorado Boulder, author of “Virgil and the Cyclic Epics” Lawrence Kudlow co-author of “JFK and the Reagan Revolution: A Secret History of American Prosperity” Michael Ledeen, Ph.D. co-author of NY Times best-seller “Field of Fight” Seth Leibsohn radio host and co-author of “The Fight of Our Lives: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam” Thomas Lifson, Ph.D. editor and writer, American Thinker Margaret Lindsay, Ph.D. writer Thomas Lindsay, Ph.D. co-author of “Investigating American Democracy” Roger Meiners University of Texas—Arlington, author of “Gridlock in Government” Herb London, Ph.D. author of “The Encyclopedia of Militant Islam” John R. Lott, Jr., Ph.D. Economist, author of “More Guns, Less Crime” Ted Roosevelt Malloch Oxford University, co-author of “America’s Spiritual Capital” Ken Masugi Johns Hopkins University, co-author of “The Supreme Court and American Constitutionalism” Daniel McCarthy editor and writer, contributor to “Dilemmas of American Conservatism” Robert Oscar Lopez Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, author of “The Colorful Conservative: American Conversations with the Ancients from Wheatley to Whitman” Allen Mendenhall Faulkner University, author of “Literature and Liberty” Tiffany Jones Miller University of Dallas Brian Patrick Mitchell Academy of Philosophy and Letters Laurie Morrow, Ph.D. co-author of “Conversations on Philanthropy” Steve Moore co-author of “Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy” Steve Mosher Population Research Institute William Murchison author of “The Cost of Liberty: The Life of John Dickinson Deroy Murdock columnist and writer George Neumayr co-author of “No Higher Power: Obama’s War on Religious Freedom” Marita Noon author of “Energy Freedom” Michael J. O’Shea writer David Palm Azusa Pacific University Svetozar Pejovich Texas A & M emeritus, author of “The Economics of Property Rights” Ronald J. Pestritto Hillsdale College, author of “Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism” Fran Fawcett Peterson writer for American Thinker James Piereson, Ph.D. author of “Shattered Consensus: The Rise and Decline of America’s Postwar Political Order” Julie Ponzi editor and writer, American Greatness Stephen B. Presser Northwestern University, author of “Law Professors: Three Centuries of Shaping American Law (forthcoming) Frank Price screenwriter and producer, former CEO Columbia Pictures, former president Universal Pictures Mark Pulliam lawyer and writer Eric Rasmusen University of Indiana, co-author of “Measuring Judicial Independence: The Political Economy of Judging in Japan” Alfred Regnery lawyer and author of “Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism” R.R. Reno editor and author of “In the Ruins of the Church” D.N. Robinson Oxford University, author of “The American Founding: Its Intellectual and Moral Framework Erik S. Root, Ph.D. Roger Bacon Academy, author of “All Honor to Jefferson?” Milton Rosenberg University of Chicago emeritus Constance Rossum Constance Rossum, University of La Verne, co-author of “Rehabilitating Rehabilitation” Ralph A. Rossum Claremont McKenna College, author of “Antonin Scalia’s Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition” Ronald Rotunda Chapman University, co-author of “Principles of Constitutional Law” Lisa Schiffren writer, former White House speechwriter Harold See Belmont University Roger L. Simon Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, co-founder PJ Media, author of “I Know Best: How Moral Narcissism Is Destroying Our Republic, If It Hasn’t Already” S. Fred Singer, Ph.D. University of Virginia emeritus, author of “Global Climate Change: Human and Natural Influences” Scott Soames University of Southern California, author of “The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy” Don Surber author of “Trump the Press” Larry Schweikart University of Dayton, retired, co-author of NY Times bestseller “A Patriot’s History of the United States” Carol Swain Vanderbilt University, author of “Be the People: A Call to Reclaim America’s Faith and Promise” Peter Thiel co-founder of PayPal, author of “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future” James Trefil George Mason University, author of “The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology” R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. editor and author of “The Death of Liberalism” Jeffrey Wallin co-author of “An Uncertain Legacy: Essays on the Pursuit of Liberty” Bradley C.S. Watson Saint Vincent College, author of “Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence” Robert Weissberg University of Illinois emeritus, author of “Bad Students, Not Bad Schools” Thomas G. West author of “Vindicating the Founders” Victor Williams lawyer and writer S. Stanley Young North Carolina State University Scot J. Zentner CSU San Bernardino, author of “Liberalism and Executive Power: Woodrow Wilson and the American Founders” Timothy W. Caspar Hillsdale College, author of “Recovering the Ancient View of Founding: A Commentary on Cicero’s De Legibus” Arthur Herman, Ph.D. author “Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior” D. Brian Scarnecchia Ave Maria University, author of “Bioethics, Law and Human Life Issues” Roger Beckett Ashland University Michael Doran Hudson Institute, former senior director of the National Security Council Lino Gragila University of Texas — Austin, author of “Disaster by Decree” Diana West author of “The Death of the Grown-Up” Andrew Bostom Brown University, author of “Sharia versus Freedom” Dennis Teti writer Charles C. Johnson author of “Why Coolidge Matters” Bruce Heiden Ohio State University, author of “Homer’s Cosmic Fabrication” Leon Hadar, Ph.D. author of “Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle-East” Ronald J. Rychlak University of Mississippi, author of “Disinformation” Doug Mainwaring author of “Marriage Ground Zero” (forthcoming) Michael P. Tremoglie writer J. Eric Wise lawyer and writer Brandon J. Weichert writer David Bradshaw University of Kentucky Samuel J. Mikolaski, D.Phil. writer Thomas C. McCollum, III novelist James S. Corum, Ph.D. co-author of “Fighting the War on Terror” Stephen D. Cooper Marshall University, author of “Watching the Watchdog: Bloggers as the Fifth Estate” Michael A. Livingston Rutgers University, author of “The Fascists and the Jews of Italy: Mussolini’s Race Laws, 1938-1943″ Tina Trent, Ph.D. co-author of “Crisis in American Journalism and the Conservative Response” Paul Driessen lawyer and author of “Eco-Imperialism” Charles Akemann University of California, Santa Barbara Paul Rubin Emory University, author of “Darwinian Politics: The Evolutionary Origin of Freedom” Bruce Abramson Senior Fellow, the London Center for Policy Research, author of “An American Vision for the Middle East” Sean K. Anderson Idaho State University, co-author of “The Historical Dictionary of Terrorism” Christine P. Ries Georgia Institute of Technology Robert Maginnis author of “Deadly Consequences” James M. Holland University of Akron Steven C. Michael University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Ross Terrill, Ph.D. author of “The New Chinese Empire” B. D. McCullough Drexel University, co-author of “Fundamentals of Predictive Analysis” Diana Klebanow, Ph.D. co-author of “People’s Lawyers: Crusaders for Justice in American History” Ruthie Blum author of “To Hell in a Handbasket” The views expressed do not represent the opinions of the colleges, universities and institutions of those who have signed this letter. For further information, please contact Frank Buckley at fbuckley@gmu.edu.