Robert John Burton

Director, Civic Thought and Leadership Initiative
Tocqueville Assist. Professor of Civic Thought and Leadership
Civic Ed, Tocqueville, Conscience | views mine

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

Looks like the University of Michigan is next (following the Ohio State University, UNC Chapel Hill, the University of Tennessee, the University of Florida, the University of Texas at Austin, and Arizona State University). And more are coming.

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

@McCormickProf @McCormickProf You forgot @CCSUVU 's legislatively funded Civic Thought and Leadership Initiative - it was the second School of Civic Thought established after ASU, in 2021.

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

@ryanburge This is assuming that right and left I mean the same thing across this period of time, which certainly isn't the case. So I'm not sure what we can extrapolate from these findings.

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

@Culture_Crit It's glass and steel. How on Earth does that catch fire!?

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

Looking forward to teaching my first grad students this summer - on the theme of "Foundations of American Democracy": Aristotle, Winthrop, Bradstreet, Jefferson, Hamilton, Tocqueville, Whitman, Browson, Croly, Roosevelt, Dahl, Putnam, and a lot more Tocqueville.

[Center for Constitutional Studies at UVU @CCSUVU]

First day of first-ever cohort of students in the @CCSUVU Master of Arts in #Constitutional Government, #Civics & Law degree June 24. 2 weeks of classes @UVU, then online for the 2024–2025 school year, and wraps up with 2 weeks @PembrokeOxford. Program director is Dr. Troy Smith.

[Scott Paul @Scott_n_Tares]

A momentous day for CCS, UVU, and constitutional education! #Civics

[Joshua Charles🇻🇦 @JoshuaTCharles]

The sentencing of St. Thomas More, from the great movie “A Man for All Seasons.”

Very close to the transcript of the trial.

A beautiful defense of the authority of the Pope, the sanctity of marriage, and a rebuke of tyrannical temporal powers.

St. Thomas More, pray for us!

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

Yes @sabrinablittle ! Kate's performance yesterday was particularly inspiring

[Sabrina Little @sabrinablittle]

Moms in the US Olympic Trials:
Kate Grace
Elle St. Pierre
Keira D'Amato
Sara Hall
Rachel Smith
Who am I forgetting? I am so impressed.

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

“The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books.”

— C.S. Lewis

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

@BradWilcoxIFS why do you think this is the case? Is it the (unfortunate) association with religiosity and Republican politics (and the fact that women Gen Z women lean further Democratic than men)?

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

Whoa:

🚨Relationship between gender & religious attendance has flipped for (college-educated) men🚨

Used to be that women attended church more in general.

But now...

✔️ 32% of college-edu men attend weekly

VS

✔️ 27% of college-edu women

New research by @ryanburge:

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

I'm looking forward to teaching our teachers about the 1st Amendment's religion clauses!

[Center for Constitutional Studies at UVU @CCSUVU]

Next week, June 24–28 is our annual 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲, where #K12 teachers visit @UVU for education, resources, and experiences to increase personal constitutional literacy to then help their students to do the same. #cli2024uvu

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

Nice work, Father Reidy 👌

[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

Father Reidy Goes to Washington — As Supreme Court Clerk

Notre Dame law professor Father Patrick Reidy will clerk for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, starting in October.⤵️ https://t.co/DG1XUN1185

[Jack Miller Center @JackMillerCtr]

The College of Arts and Sciences @RegentU is seeking to fill a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Government position, beginning Fall 2024. Apply now!

https://t.co/6BLX17CxPz

[Jodi Bruhn @stratejuste]

Civil courage.

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

Watching this today was inspiring. Well done @BRInstitute @CCSUVU and especially the youth of Utah for their civic engagement projects 💯

[Center for Constitutional Studies at UVU @CCSUVU]

@CCSUVU hosted @BRInstitute 2024 Utah #MyImpactChallenge, where students presented #civics projects. Congrats to Violet Brown, Springville Junior High, who took top honors ($2,000 prize) for her "Utah's First Traffic Garden" project. Photos: https://t.co/blz6ezasvF @SJHS_Knights

[Matthew Brogdon @ProfBrogdon]

Judge Blackstone disapproves:

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

My review of *American Covenant* by the brilliant Yuval Levin--a book that every American should read and whose wisdom every citizen should absorb.
https://t.co/9R3e2xxqgl

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

Very interesting.

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

Percent of Supreme Court con law cases that cite the great common law treatises, like Blackstone's Commentaries or treatises by Coke, Bracton, and Hale, over each decade.
https://t.co/wyS8ZKSL2Y

[Robert John Burton @DrRobertJohn]

Three I prefer:

Hugo, Les Underserved
Austen, Confidence and Affirmation
Dickens, Standard Achievements

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Soften a classic book title:

To Gently Rebuke a Mockingbird
The Grapes of Pique