“Is Liberty Still Relevant? Free Lunch & Forum with Four Scholars”

“Is Liberty Still Relevant? Free Lunch & Forum with Four Scholars”

A Question for our Times

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, we invite you to join us for a public conversation about the Declaration of Independence and the foundations of our Republic. Four distinguished scholars will examine the meaning of equality and natural rights and consider what role liberty should play in civic life today.

• Steven F. Hayward is a senior resident scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
  
  
• Vincent Phillip Muñoz is the Tocqueville Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.
  
  
• Thomas G. West is the Paul Ermine Potter and Dawn Tibbetts Potter Endowed Professor in Politics and Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College.
  
  
• Michael P. Zuckert is the Nancy R. Dreux Professor of Political Science, Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame.

We invite you to a thoughtful, respectful discussion about issues that matter.

LUNCH PROVIDED. FREE PARKING.

WHEN: Friday, March 13, 2026 at 12 p.m.

WHERE: McQuade Auditorium | University of Toledo College of Law

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At the University of Toledo, the Institute of American Constitutional Thought & Leadership fosters the intellectual and civic conditions essential for a flourishing republic, forming students and citizens in the principles of liberty through lectures, civil dialogue, and academic programs that equip leaders and engage the broader community in the work of self-government.

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