Raúl Rodríguez was a senior fellow at the Civitas Institute and an assistant professor in the School of Civic Leadership at UT Austin. He taught a course on constitutional principles and focusing on core texts. His writings have appeared in policy journals such as American Journal of Political Science, American Political Thought, The Political Science Reviewer, and The Review of Politics. His forthcoming book is titled Redeeming Democracy: Tocqueville’s New Liberalism. He has a B.A. from Furman University and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.