Originally published February 11, 2023, at Dissident Mama.
Marshall L. DeRosa is a retired Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Houston, and his B.A. from West Virginia University. His research interests include American jurisprudence, federalism, Law and American Society. He is also the founder and director of the Civics Education Project.
DeRosa and I discuss how he became a “lost causer,” the Confederate Constitution and its fixes to the more centralizing US document, federalism vs anti-federalism, CSA case law, property rights, democracy defined, slavery, the importance of civics, dissolution, the politics of prudence, and forgiveness.
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DeRosa’s the author of:
• “The Confederate Constitution of 1861: An Inquiry Into American Constitutionalism”
• “Redeeming American Democracy: Lessons from the Confederate Constitution”
• “The Ninth Amendment and the Politics of Creative Jurisprudence: Disparaging the Fundamental Right of Popular Control”
• “The Enduring Relevance of Robert E. Lee: The Ideological Warfare Underpinning the American Civil War”
a contributor to:
• “Rethinking the American Union for the Twenty-First Century”
• “Northern Opposition to Mr. Lincoln’s War”
and editor of:
• “The Politics of Dissolution: Quest for a National Identity and the American Civil War”
You can also find some of DeRosa’s essays and other works at the Abbeville Institute and the Mises Institute, and read about his cultural-Marxist cancellation at LewRockwell.com.
Truth warrior, Jesus follower, wife, and boymom. Apologetics practitioner for Orthodox Christianity, the Southern tradition, homeschooling, and freedom. Recovering feminist-socialist-atheist, graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and retired mainstream journalist turned domesticated belle and rabble-rousing rhetorician. You can read her blog at Dissident Mama.
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