The Farbman-Turley Debate: The Video and Results

Various people have asked for a video of my debate this week at the Virginia Military Institute over the question of whether “the U.S. is experiencing a constitutional crisis.” I want to thank again the Steamboat Institute and our moderator, Kaylee McGhee White, for facilitating this important debate.  I also want to express my gratitude to Professor Daniel Farbman, the McHale Faculty Research Scholar at Boston College Law School, who offered a substantive and civil case for the existence of a constitutional crisis. I have great respect for him and his academic work.

One of the bonuses of participating in the debate was the appearance of our blog editor, Kristin Oren, her husband, Brandon, and their friends. Kristin showed great restraint in not doing a live edit of my remarks during the debate. She also took some snaps of VMI and Washington & Lee that I wanted to share with you in case you have not visited the historic town of Lexington.

I could not recommend a visit to Lexington more highly. It is a wonderful town filled with friendly people and historic sites. It proved the perfect place for the debate.

While negative position prevailed in the initial (54%) and final vote (70%) in the debate, Professor Farbman offered a spirited case for a crisis. Here are the results of the vote:

The Washington Examiner’s Kaelan Deese covered the event.

Here is the video: The VMI Debate