Natural Law Moment Episode X Natural Law at America 250

For this special America 250 edition of the Natural Law Moment Podcast, we turn to the Declaration of Independence, and its crucial importance as the statement that founded our country as a regime rooted in the Natural Law—a foundation that remains urgently rooted in this, our Natural Law Moment.

Hear from Founder and Co-Director Hadley Arkes and JWI Executive Director Garrett Snedeker as they discuss the intellectual tradition which permeated the American Founding, and later figures such as Abraham Lincoln who helped to preserve that tradition. We mildly dip into the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trump v. Barbara in a discussion over citizenship and consent for a teaser of future discussions over the recent Supreme Court term as well.

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