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By Gigi Duncan, National Catholic Register, March 19, 2026
Gigi Duncan Gigi Duncan is a staff writer for the National Catholic Register based in Washington, D.C.
The conservative commentator argues that the U.S. Constitution reflects St. Thomas Aquinas’ ‘mixed regime’ and a broader natural law tradition, despite the founders’ Protestant roots.
WASHINGTON — Commentator Michael Knowles believes that the U.S. Constitution may be more closely aligned with Catholic political philosophy than commonly recognized, suggesting the nation’s founding echoes ideas laid out centuries earlier.
Speaking as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, Knowles on Thursday tied the American system to Aquinas’ concept of the “mixed regime,” which combines elements of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy — a framework that, he noted, is mirrored in the Constitution’s balance of executive, legislative and judicial powers. …
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