PODCAST: Dr. Charles Murray on Facing Reality

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American Enterprise Institute Hayek Emeritus Scholar Dr. Charles Murray joined the podcast to discuss his latest release, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America. In the podcast, we talk about how group differences in IQ and rates of violent crime drive the outcome disparities between races in America, as opposed to the claims of

PODCAST: Josh Hammer on Common Good Originalism

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Anchoring Truths contributing editor and JWI affiliated scholar Josh Hammer joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker to discuss his new essay in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, entitled “Common Good Originalism: Our Tradition and our Path Forward.” In the podcast, we talked about the failures of the positivist originalist project, Hammer’s vision

Should the Declaration Inform the Constitution?

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The Federalist Society hosted a “Feddie Night Fights” online debate between JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes and Prof. Lee Strang of Toledo Law School. Moderated by Steven Hayward, Profs. Arkes and Strang discussed the historical, jurisprudential, and philosophical questions about the foundations of the American Constitution and whether the principles articulated in the

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