Podcast at In the Trenches: Hadley Arkes and Garrett Snedeker on “How to Apply a Jurisprudence of Natural Law”

Hadley Arkes & Garrett Snedeker joined the In the Trenches Podcast to talk about the principles of the American Government that were before the Constitution and how those principles helped inform it. They discuss how Natural Law provides insights into issues such as Abortion and Free Speech.

This podcast was originally posted by In the Trenches Podcast here.


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