OCTOBER 12, 2025
 hour 1:  "No on Prop 50" with Mark Meuser"
 
 
hour 2: "Why Are Americans Ignorant of Their Own History?" with Allen Guelzo
 
 
FULL TWO HOURS   WE THE PEOPLE RADIO   HOUR 1  WE THE PEOPLE RADIO     HOUR 2  WE THE PEOPLE RADIO
 

hour 1: "No on Prop 50"
About our guest Mark Meuser

Mark P. Meuser, Counsel

Mark Meuser, an attorney with Dhillon Law Group since 2017, is a passionate advocate for justice, renowned for his ability to challenge powerful adversaries and uphold the rights of the underrepresented. Whether facing Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, or entrenched political interests, Mark’s practice is anchored in the principle that the scales of justice should remain balanced, regardless of the opposition’s resources. His strategic legal acumen and client-centered approach have established him as a formidable litigator dedicated to protecting the “little guy” and advancing constitutional principles.

A defining moment in Mark’s career is his precedent-setting victory in Gilstrap v. United Airlines before the 9th Circuit. This landmark ruling created a vital legal pathway, enabling disabled Americans to hold airlines accountable for injuries caused by violations of federal law. The decision continues to serve as a beacon for disability rights, empowering individuals nationwide to seek justice against corporate misconduct.
Mark’s practice encompasses constitutional law, election law, political law, and civil rights. With over 35 years of political experience, his background includes grassroots activism, drafting legislation, and speaking on legislation before committees. His political experience as a candidate for California Secretary of State in 2018 and U.S. Senate in 2022 provides unique insight into the intersection of law and public policy, enhancing his ability to navigate high-stakes legal and political landscapes. He has served as counsel to national and state party committees, religious organizations, and congressional campaigns at every level.

Mark has solidified his reputation as a leader in election law. In 2024, he served as counsel to President Trump’s campaign in high-stakes 14th Amendment ballot access litigation filed across the nation, navigating complex constitutional questions to defend electoral integrity. Mark’s election law experience is extensive, including his involvement in election recounts in six different states. He has also played a pivotal role in Election Day war room operations across the nation, offering real-time legal counsel to address emerging challenges. Additionally, Mark has served as an observer in post-election audits, reinforcing his commitment to safeguarding the integrity of democratic processes.

Beyond his election and constitutional law work, Mark continues to champion individual rights through impactful litigation. During COVID, Mark was one of the nation’s leading litigators fighting against government overreach. He was personally involved in over three dozen lawsuits and advised attorneys across the nation on over a hundred additional cases. Mark and the team were involved in four cases before the United States Supreme Court that resulted in significant limitations on the emergency powers asserted by political leaders. Whether it was reopening churches, schools, beaches, barber shops, or restaurants, Mark was at the forefront of that fight. He was also part of the legal team that challenged and succeeded against President Biden’s unconstitutional OSHA vaccine mandate. His experience defending the rights of individuals, small businesses, and mom-and-pop shops against government overreach demonstrates that Mark is an effective, tireless advocate for Californians’ constitutional and human rights.
Mark’s expertise in constitutional and election law is distinguished by his work on amicus briefs before the United States Supreme Court and various Courts of Appeals. In these briefs, he conducts meticulous historical analyses, diving deeply into the original meaning of the Constitution to illuminate its application to contemporary legal issues. His scholarship has informed critical cases, shaping judicial understanding of constitutional protections and reinforcing the rule of law.
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​With a track record of landmark victories, and extensive election law expertise, Mark Meuser remains a driving force behind Dhillon Law Group’s advocacy efforts. In addition to his legal work, Mark is an accomplished endurance athlete, having completed multiple Ironman races around the world. He is also an avid student of American history, maintaining a personal collection of over 200 books on U.S. politics and history, all published more than 100 years ago. His work in courtrooms, war rooms, election audits, and appellate briefs reflects his unwavering dedication to justice, democratic principles, and the protection of individual rights, making him a trusted ally for clients and communities alike.
 
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"THE GOLDEN THREAD: A History of the Western Tradition"  WE THE PEOPLE RADIO
 

Guelzo is an American intellectual historian, a noted media guest who has appeared on major radio and television programs nationwide, including NPR's Morning Edition (with Steve Inskeep), Jon Stewart: The Daily Show, and Morning Joe, as well as a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Washington Monthly. He is a three-time winner of The Lincoln Prize for his books on Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War era. His Gettysburg: The Last Invasion spent eight weeks on the New York Times best-seller list in 2013.

 
The Golden Thread
A History of the Western Tradition

By Allen C. Guelzo and James Hankins

Washington, DC—As America prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, do Americans adequately understand our own history, or the inspiring 3,000 year old Western tradition that gave rise to our nation?

In THE GOLDEN THREAD: A History of the Western Tradition (Golden Thread Academic, August 26, 2025), Allen Guelzo and James Hankins—esteemed historians at Princeton University and Harvard University respectively—offer an extraordinary and ambitious two-volume history that redefines how students and the general public encounter the Western tradition. THE GOLDEN THREAD presents an eloquent and refreshing overview of the trajectory of the West—its unique customs of art and literature, law, philosophy, science, faith, and tolerance that have bound the people of its tradition together—from the ancient Greeks and Romans to medieval Christendom and Europe, and finally the modern world and America.

Guelzo and Hankins contend that Americans have a need to study and cherish what we have been given by our ancestors and to preserve it for our children: “The dangers presented by the neglect of Western history are not trivial. When citizens of Western countries are utterly ignorant of history, as most now are, they are left unarmed against the general hostility to their own tradition that has become so destructive a force in contemporary culture.”

The Golden Thread, Volume I: The Ancient World and Christendom, written by Hankins, presents a sweeping and unified account of Western civilization from antiquity to 1500—bringing political history into conversation with the philosophy, religion, literature, and art that shaped the soul of the West. More than half a decade in the making, Volume I gives sustained attention to the many cultures, ideas, and institutions that shaped the Western tradition across centuries—particularly those too often neglected or misunderstood in other accounts. From the enduring legacies of Rome to the spiritual and intellectual ferment of the medieval world, Hankins reveals a civilization forged through a rich and varied inheritance—one that continues to shape the world we inhabit today.

The Golden Thread, Volume 2: The Modern and Contemporary West, written by Guelzo, illustrates how with the end of the Renaissance in Europe, the Western world experienced a long series of cataclysmic events that still reverberate in modern society. It begins with the end of the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church on European states during the Protestant Reformation, before turning to the creation of empires that swiftly circled the globe, and to the explosion of intellectual, economic, and technological advancements of the Enlightenment. From the political upheavals that shook continental Europe and the Americas during the American, French and Bolivarian Revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars to the colossal physical and moral shocks of the First and Second World Wars, the contemporary West continued to grapple with remarkable change despite immense flourishing.

THE GOLDEN THREAD contends that Western civilization has, in our lifetimes, been simultaneously challenged by secular totalitarianisms and yet remarkably successful in laying the foundations for material prosperity around the globe. These contradictions will present to the reader the most significant problems facing Western civilization today. Guelzo and Hankins, above all, wish for their readers to “understand just how fragile our tradition is and how many times in the three-thousand-year-long history of the West the golden thread that ties us to our past and enriches us beyond measure has come close to snapping.”

Unlike conventional textbooks that emphasize isolated facts and flattened timelines, THE GOLDEN THREAD restores a cohesive narrative structure and interpretive depth to the classroom and general readers. Its single-author voice provides clarity and authority, while its innovative design and wealth of cultural content awaken the reader to the beauty and meaning of the past. Readers are not merely told what happened, but shown what was created—page after page is alive with the art and artifacts that gave visible form to the West’s enduring intellectual inheritance. Woven throughout THE GOLDEN THREAD are the voices that shaped our civilizations, created lasting beauty, and posed timeless questions. These are not summaries or paraphrases—they are the words themselves, as they were first spoken, reasoned, and inscribed.

Golden Thread Academic is a new educational imprint from Encounter Books dedicated to renewing the intellectual and cultural inheritance of the West and America. Its textbooks bring students into living contact with the past—not as a museum of artifacts, but as a trove of wisdom, truth, and beauty, necessary for guiding our thought, character, and citizenship today.

As Guelzo and Hankins conclude, “This, indeed, is the great test that Western civilization faces in our time. We need to find a new balance between tradition and innovation, to modernize with moderation, without losing that inheritance of immeasurable value that we call the Western tradition.”

To arrange an interview with The Golden Thread authors Allen Guelzo or James Hankins, please contact Stephen Manfredi at 202.222.8028 or smanfredi@ManfrediStrategyGroup.com .