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In politically connected circles, it is becoming increasingly common to hear the term “postliberalism.” Like many political identifiers, such as liberalism, fascism, socialism, and democracy, postliberalism has evolved a broad enough extension to contain various ideas and movements, some of them mutually exclusive. Though first discussed in Protestant theological circles, in political discussions today, postliberalism usually refers either to the broader New Right movement associated with people such as Tucker Carlson, which seeks to undermine the “post-war liberal consensus,” or it refers specifically to a movement promoted by Catholic intellectuals such as Harvard University Law’s Adrian Vermeule and Notre Dame University’s Patrick Deneen. Vice President JD Vance is unique because he has a foot in both postliberal worlds.