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# Anchoring Truths

A James Wilson Institute Project

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- [Hadley Arkes on America at 250, Natural Law, and Natural Rights for The After Dinner Scholar, Wyoming Catholic College Podcast](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/07/02/america-at-250-episode-4-natural-law-and-natural-rights-with-dr-hadley-arkes/) - JWI Founder and Co-Director Hadley Arkes sits down with faculty at Wyoming Catholic College on their podcast The After Dinner Scholar to discuss the Natural Law philosophy of the Founding Fathers and the origin of theories of Natural Rights. Listen to Prof. Arkes as he explains first principles, and their place in the law and
- [Natural Law Moment Episode X Natural Law at America 250](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/07/09/natural-law-moment-episode-x-natural-law-at-america-250/)
- [Dr. Matthew Spalding on the Declaration of Independence and "The Making of the American Mind"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/07/01/dr-matthew-spalding-on-the-declaration-of-independence-and-the-making-of-the-american-mind/) - For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we are pleased to share an intimate discussion with Dr. Matthew Spalding whose timely new book The Making of the American Mind explores the philosophic underpinnings of and story behind the Declaration. Please enjoy this special Anchoring Truths episode as a celebration of our nation's Independence
- [VIDEO: Dr. Matthew Spalding on the Declaration of Independence & "The Making of the American Mind"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/07/01/video-dr-matthew-spalding-on-the-declaration-of-independence-the-making-of-the-american-mind/) - For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we are pleased to share an intimate discussion with Dr. Matthew Spalding whose timely new book The Making of the American Mind explores the philosophic underpinnings of and story behind the Declaration. Please enjoy this special Anchoring Truths episode as a celebration of our nation's Independence
- [Citizenship & the 14th Amendment with Prof. David Upham](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/06/18/citizenship-the-14th-amendment-with-prof-david-upham/) - Our latest Anchoring Truths Podcast episode focuses on a new book, Taking American Citizenship Seriously: The Recovery of the Fourteenth Amendment. Our guest is the book's author, David R. Upham. With the book, Professor Upham delivers a comprehensive account of the original understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment. Drawing on a close textual analysis, Upham shows
- [Billions Riding on Contract Law, International Law, & Natural Law with Michael Fragoso](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/06/04/billions-riding-on-contract-law-international-law-natural-law-with-michael-fragoso/) - A 2026 case in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, covering New York City, presented a fascinating opportunity to discuss the intersection of Natural Law, international law, and contract law on our latest Anchoring Truths Podcast. Petersen Energia Inversora v. YPF (2nd Cir. opinion here) concerns how Argentina raised more than a billion dollars from
- [Passing Down America's Goodness with Dr. Matthew Mehan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/05/19/american-book-fables-passing-down-americas-goodness-with-dr-matthew-mehan/) - As we continue our commemoration of America 250, we’re inspired to present a variety of different celebrations of our country. In that spirit, we are honored to welcome on the show Dr. Matthew Mehan of Hillsdale College, Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Government at the Van Andel Graduate School in Washington, D.C. A literary
- [Seductive AI with Prof. Glenn Reynolds](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/05/07/seductive-ai-with-prof-glenn-reynolds/) - Past Anchoring Truths Podcast episodes have been devoted to the promise of AI in the legal profession and beyond. Today, we’ll be discussing more of the perils of that technology with Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds. He's the Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee and the mind behind the legendary Instapundit
- [Ground-Level View of Law School Campus Interest in Natural Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/04/23/ground-level-view-of-law-school-campus-interest-in-natural-law/) - This week's Anchoring Truths Podcast is a roundtable discussion of the James Wilson Institute's travels around the country to law school campuses from February-April. JWI Founder & Co-Director Hadley Arkes and Programs Director Daniel Osborne join host Garrett Snedeker to describe what they saw from law students at four different campuses during JWI's law school
- [Natural Law Moment Episode IX Student of Strauss: Hadley Arkes's Formation at UChicago](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/04/16/natural-law-moment-episode-ix-student-of-strauss-hadley-arkess-formation-at-uchicago/) - Join Natural Law Moment for the next installment of a look back into the lives of our co-hosts Profs. Arkes and Bradley before they became the storied teachers they would become. This latest episode focuses on Hadley Arkes's intellectual formation at the University of Chicago in the early 1960s as a graduate student of the legendary philosopher
- [Etiquette 101 in the White House & Beyond with Alison Cheperdak](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/04/09/etiquette-101-in-the-white-house-beyond-with-alison-cheperdak/) - Our latest episode is a little bit of a something differentthan what we’re used to featuring on the Anchoring Truths Podcast. Our guest this week is an expert on etiquette, Alison Cheperdak. Whether from the hallowed halls of the West Wing to the bustling chaos of a newsroom, Cheperdak captures stories of her experiences rendered
- [Pandemic of Lunacy with Prof. J. Budziszewski](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/03/26/pandemic-of-lunacy-with-prof-j-budziszewski/) - Our latest episode features a living legend and one of our oldest, closest friends at the James Wilson Institute, Prof. J. Budziszewski, on the occasion of the release of his new book Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy from Creed and Culture. In our conversation we will discuss
- [Hadley Arkes on "Mandates, Medicine, & Liberty: The Legal Battle Over Bodily Autonomy & the Right to Choose" at Federalist Society National Student Symposium](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/03/19/hadley-arkes-on-mandates-medicine-liberty-the-legal-battle-over-bodily-autonomy-the-right-to-choose-at-federalist-society-national-student-symposium/)
- [Religious Liberty Solution to Big Tech Censorship with Attorney Hiram Sasser](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/03/12/religious-liberty-solution-to-big-tech-censorship-with-attorney-hiram-sasser/) - As part of our ongoing series of joint programs with our friends at First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, we’re delighted to bring you a provocative lecture from attorney Hiram Sasser on “The Religious Liberty Solution to Big Tech Censorship: How The Religious Freedom Restoration Act Limits Section 230”. Sasser is the Executive
- [George Washington's Hometown of Alexandria with Historian Tim Rose](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/02/26/george-washingtons-hometown-of-alexandria-with-historian-tim-rose/) - In 2026, we celebrate 250 years since our Declaration of Independence. In honor of this milestone in our country’s history, we’ll be placing an extra emphasis on the American Founding in episodes and with guests this year. And there’s no better place to start on this theme than in the James Wilson Institute’s backyard, historic
- [JD Vance & Intellectual Trends on the Right with Frank DeVito](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/02/12/jd-vance-intellectual-trends-on-the-right-with-frank-devito/) - Vice President JD Vance is one of the most influential Republicans in America. But unlike many politicians, he is a public intellectual. Long before holding office, he was a prolific writer and speaker, wrestling with the core issues facing conservatism in America. Vance has emerged to be in many ways the intellectual synthesizer of various
- [Judicial Supremacy: Is Israel a Cautionary Tale for U.S.?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/01/29/judicial-supremacy-is-israel-a-cautionary-tale-for-u-s/) - Judicial supremacy has been a frequent topic of conversation on the Anchoring Truths Podcast, but never before have we analyzed it from a comparative or international perspective. Yonatan Green, the author of Rogue Justice: the Rise of Judicial Supremacy in Israel, allows us to do both on the latest episode. Green's timely new book chronicles
- [Natural Law Moment Ep. 1: The Natural Law Revival is Now](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/07/22/natural-law-moment-ep-1-the-natural-law-revival-is-now/) - We are beyond ecstatic to announce the launch of Natural Law Moment! Co-hosted by JWI's team of Co-Directors, Professors Hadley Arkes and Gerry Bradley, Natural Law Moment is a bi-weekly podcast that will explore fundamental questions of law, politics, and culture. The legal world today is a tumultuous one, and to comprehend it, we must
- [Natural Law Moment Ep.2: Abortion After Dobbs: A Precarious Moment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/07/22/natural-law-moment-ep-2-abortion-after-dobbs-a-precarious-moment/) - For the second episode of Natural Law Moment, join Professors Hadley Arkes and Gerry Bradley as they examine the current state of the Pro-Life movement in the United States. Longtime leaders in the movement, Professors Arkes and Bradley have played key roles in shaping the intellectual arguments opposing abortion. Yet now, after the Dobbs decision from 2022,
- [Natural Law Moment Ep. 4: Avoiding the Central Question: Post-Skrmetti Analysis](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/08/12/natural-law-moment-ep-4-avoiding-the-central-question-post-skrmetti-analysis/) - Join us for this fourth episode in our new Natural Law Moment podcast! Hadley Arkes and Gerry Bradley take up the challenge of analyzing the Court's decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case about a Tennessee law prohibiting sex-transition surgeries and treatments for minors. They drill down to the core question, whether these surgeries are
- [Natural Law Moment Ep. 5: Seeking Truth & Speaking Truth: Featuring Robert P. George](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/08/26/natural-law-moment-ep-5-seeking-truth-speaking-truth-featuring-robert-p-george/) - Our fifth episode represents a first for Natural Law Moment, our first featuring a guest. And we could think of no better a first guest than to welcome one of the oldest and dearest friends of Hadley Arkes and Gerry Bradley, Robert George. Robby as he is known to his friends, is the McCormick Professor
- [Natural Law Moment Ep. 6: Charlie Kirk: Free Speech & His Legacy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/09/30/natural-law-moment-ep-6-charlie-kirk-free-speech-his-legacy/) - In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Natural Law Moment's co-hosts Hadley Arkes and Gerry Bradley consider Kirk's legacy as an advocate for free speech. They mourn Kirk's loss as well as distill his incredible memorial service. Finally, Arkes and Bradley discuss why free speech on the campuses has gained an added relevance,
- [The “Illegitimate” Supreme Court? Sorting Myth from Reality](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/12/09/the-illegitimate-supreme-court-sorting-myth-from-reality/) - Join Natural Law Moment’s hosts Hadley Arkes and Gerry Bradley for a pointed discussion of the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary in American public life. Since the confirmation of three Supreme Court justices appointed by President Trump, progressives have publicly questioned the legitimacy of the Court, threatening to pack it beyond nine members. Yet
- [Presidential Pardon Power with Prof. Sai Prakash](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/01/15/presidential-pardon-power-with-prof-sai-prakash/) - One of the country's foremost authorities on executive power, Prof. Saikrishna “Sai” Prakash, joins the Anchoring Truths Podcast to discuss his fascinating new book The Presidential Pardon. Prof. Prakash’s slim new tome from Harvard University Press delivers an engaging analysis of the Constitution’s Pardon Clause and its transformation over the centuries into a blunt and
- [Prosecutor as Moral Agent: Gerry Bradley's Early Years in the Manhattan DA's Office](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/12/23/prosecutor-as-moral-agent-gerry-bradleys-early-years-in-the-manhattan-das-office/) - Join co-hosts Hadley Arkes and Gerry Bradley for the first of something we expect to become a regular feature on Natural Law Moment, a look back into the lives of Profs. Arkes and Bradley before became the storied teachers they would become. This latest episode focuses on how young Gerry Bradley was thrust into the
- [Is the Supreme Court Legitimate?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/12/04/is-the-supreme-court-legitimate/) - Many critics of the Supreme Court argue that the justices have disingenuously reverse-engineered a method of constitutional interpretation that yields conservative results in cases like Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, and New York State Rifle and Pistol Assn. v. Bruen. But is this a fair critique of the Court? Or
- [Reforming the Judiciary with Prof. Josh Blackman](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/12/04/reforming-the-judiciary-with-prof-josh-blackman/) - Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast for a tour de force from our friend Prof. Josh Blackman. In the height of the politicization of the judicial branch, the federal courts cannot be reformed through unilateral disarmament, argues Blackman. Rather, any federal judicial reform must be bilateral. Blackman lays out a set of ten proposals for reducing the
- [A Proposal for a New Understanding of Free Speech on American Campuses and the Charlie Kirk Moment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/11/20/a-proposal-for-a-new-understanding-of-free-speech-on-american-campuses-and-the-charlie-kirk-moment/) - In light of the tragic killing of Charlie Kirk, the culture of American Campuses and Free Speech - which Kirk fought so hard for - are more relevant than ever. Profs. Hadley Arkes & Justin Dyer share a discussion of a new way to look at free speech, its purpose, and the best way to
- [Can the President Remove Anyone from the Administrative State? Featuring Mark Chenoweth](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/11/06/can-the-president-remove-anyone-from-the-administrative-state-featuring-mark-chenoweth/) - About one month remains until the Supreme Court’s oral argument in one of the most explosive cases of this term, Trump v. Slaughter. This is the case over whether the President may remove any Senate-confirmed commissioner of an agency he no longer wishes to have serve in that federal agency. The constitutional question in the
- [Parental Rights from the Natural Law Tradition to Skrmetti and Mahmoud: Foundations and Applications with Professor Melissa Moschella](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/10/23/parental-rights-from-the-natural-law-tradition-to-skrmetti-and-mahmoud-foundations-and-applications-with-professor-melissa-moschella/) - Professor Melissa Moschella of the University of Notre Dame joins us to discuss the contents of her recently published book titled, "⁠Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law: Principles for Human Flourishing⁠." A rich yet cogent articulation of New Natural Law Theory (NNLT), Moschella's work has been described as "the clearest, most readable exposition and defense of contemporary natural law theory yet to
- [From Professor Barrett to Justice Barrett with Michael A. Fragoso](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/10/09/from-professor-barrett-to-justice-barrett-with-michael-a-fragoso/) - Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast for an in-depth dive into the career and jurisprudential mind of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The occasion for doing so is the publication in September of Justice Barrett's new book, Listening to the Law. Anchoring Truths featured an exclusive ⁠review of the book⁠ by Michael A. Fragoso. Fragoso joins the
- [The Golden Thread with Prof. Allen Guelzo](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/09/25/the-golden-thread-with-prof-allen-guelzo/) - Think back to when you were in high school or even middle school. Do you remember the history textbook you used? Perhaps that’s the problem: what passed for your reading material was so forgettable. Or if you do remember it, do you remember it being so ideologically slanted you were constantly fighting the story you
- [Everson Must Fall with Timon Cline](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/08/28/everson-must-fall-with-timon-cline/) - Lawyer and legal scholar Timon Cline returns to the podcast to share his ambitious proposal to revisit and overturn the Supreme Court’s 1947 ruling on the Establishment Clause in Everson v. Board of Education. Drawing on his recent Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy article, "⁠Everson Must Fall⁠," co-authored with Josh Hammer (James Wilson '21) and Yoram Hazony, Cline explains
- [Judicial Nominations in President Trump’s Second Term: Form and Substance with Robert Luther](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/08/14/judicial-nominations-in-president-trumps-second-term-form-and-substance-with-robert-luther/) - Join us for this episode as Professor Robert Luther anticipates judicial nomination selection in Trump's second term. Professor Luther asks two types of questions: formally, "How will the Senate composition impact Judicial Nominations?" "How many seats will be open to fill? Will blue slips still apply for district courts?" "Will any circuit seats be moved to different states?"
- [Our Natural Law Moment(s) with Dennis Wieboldt](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/07/31/our-natural-law-moments-with-dennis-wieboldt/) - Devotees of the Anchoring Truths Podcast are no doubt aware that interest in the moral foundations of law has reached a fever pitch among those in the conservative legal movement. Culture-shaping decisions of the Supreme Court such as in Bostock and Dobbs have focused the attention of lawyers, judges, and scholars to the fact that
- [Natural Law Moment Ep.3: The Moral Framework of Parental Rights](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/07/22/natural-law-moment-ep-3-the-moral-framework-of-parental-rights/) - Join us for the third episode of the Natural Law Moment! In an episode recorded before the Supreme Court decided U.S. v. Skrmetti, Professors Arkes and Bradley take up the issue of parental rights in our jurisprudence. Does deference to parental rights truly encompass a right to opt-out of regime that would regulate surgeries and therapies related to
- [Natural Property Rights with Prof. Eric Claeys](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/06/26/natural-rights-and-american-property-law-with-prof-eric-claeys/) - What are the pre-political grounds of property rights? What are the just uses of property according to natural rights and the natural law? In this episode, Prof. Eric Claeys, presents his research to these questions in his new book with Cambridge University Press, Natural Property Rights. Claeys, discusses the ways a natural right for property
- [Judicial Courage with Judge Janice Rogers Brown](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/07/10/judicial-courage-with-judge-janice-rogers-brown/) - Join us for this special episode featuring Judge Janice Rogers Brown (U.S. Circuit Court for D.C, ret.). Her remarks, given in 2023 as she received the James Wilson Leadership & the Law Award, comment on the need for judicial courage and fortitude, especially for those who take the Natural Law seriously. Judge Janice Rogers Brown
- [Hadley Arkes on Natural Law, Originalism, and the U.S. Constitution](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/06/13/hadley-arkes-on-natural-law-originalism-and-the-u-s-constitution/) - Anchoring Truths Co-Fouder Hadley Arkes discusses his groundbreaking book, Mere Natural Law, on the Simple Truth podcast with host Jim Havens. On this Simple Truths episode, Prof. Arkes covers Mere Natural Law's main arguments and explains the need for originalism to be grounded in the framework of objective morality.
- [VIDEO: Prof. Mark David Hall Addresses the President’s Religious Liberty Commission](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/06/18/video-prof-mark-david-hall-addresses-the-presidents-religious-liberty-commission/) - Please enjoy this video footage of JWI Affiliated Scholar Mark David Hall addressing the White House’s Religious Liberty Commission, courtesy of the Department of Justice: Note – Prof. Hall's remarks begin at minute 1:42:47.
- [Lincoln's Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/06/12/lincolns-prophetic-statesmanship-with-edward-erler/) - In the pantheon of intellectual giants of modern conservatism, standing first among equals is the late professor Harry Jaffa. Jaffa, who influenced generations of students from his academic perch at Claremont Graduate University, might have been the 20th century’s greatest scholar on the thought of Abraham Lincoln. Jaffa, who along with JWI Founder & Co-Director Hadley
- [VIDEO: Prof. Gerard Bradley Addresses the President’s Religious Liberty Commission](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/06/17/video-prof-gerard-bradley-addresses-the-presidents-religious-liberty-commission/) - Please enjoy this video footage of JWI Co-Director Gerard “Gerry” Bradley addressing the White House's Religious Liberty Commission, courtesy of the Department of Justice: Note - Prof. Bradley's remarks begin at minute 47:40. Additionally, please read Prof. Bradley's full remarks HERE.
- [VIDEO: How the Justice System Lost its Soul - and  How to Get It Back | Hadley Arkes](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/05/15/video-how-the-justice-system-lost-its-soul-and-how-to-get-it-back-hadley-arkes/) - Conor Gallagher interviews James Wilson Founder and Co-Director Hadley Arkes to discuss how the justice system lost its soul and how to get it back. In the interview, Arkes explores natural law vis-a-vis the American justice system, determinant Supreme Court cases, federalism, and related issues. For further information on the issues discussed during the interview,
- [Best of Times & Worst of Times for Pro-Life Movement? Featuring Jennie Bradley Lichter](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/05/29/the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times-for-the-pro-life-movement-featuring-jennie-bradley-lichter/) - Could it possibly be the best of times as well as the worst of times for the pro-life movement? Following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs case, immediate celebration met the harsh realities of how divided the country remains on abortion. The political reaction to the Dobbs decision, with Blue States in particular enshrining
- [Hadley Arkes 2025 Debate at Georgetown Law: Should Natural Law Inform the Work of Federal Judges?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/03/20/hadley-arkes-2025-debate-at-georgetown-law/) - Video recording of the Georgetown Law Daniel Webster Debate Series featuring James Wilson Institute Founder Hadley Arkes Should Judges Employ Natural Law Principles? - Watch the full debate HERE
- [Nationwide Injunctions and the Constitution: Discussing what's at stake with Giancarlo Canaparo](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/05/13/nationwide-injunctions-and-the-constitution-discussing-whats-at-stake-with-giancarlo-canaparo/) - Can one federal district court judge, even temporarily, be more powerful than the President of the United States? That's the issue at the heart of the critical debate over the legal remedy known as the nationwide injunction. The deployment of this legal remedy by federal district court judges has increased significantly in the past ten
- [Restoring the Classical Legal Tradition in Practice and Education with Julia Mahoney](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/05/01/restoring-the-classical-legal-tradition-in-practice-and-education-with-julia-mahoney/) - For a special episode of the Anchoring Truths Podcast, we bring you a presentation featuring Prof. Julia Mahoney of the University of Virginia School of Law. Prof. Mahoney examines how the Classical Legal Tradition has been making a return in American law. She discusses some recent opinions that provide a hopeful opportunity for its return to legal
- [Combating Wokism & Utopianism with Daniel Mahoney](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/04/17/combating-wokism-utopianism-with-daniel-mahoney/) - Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast for an episode featuring a scholar quite near and dear to us at the James Wilson Institute, Daniel Mahoney. Mahoney is an affiliated scholar with the James Wilson Institute, and with his latest book he applies his gift of prose to perhaps our most pertinent cultural issue, the rise and
- [Restoring Congress to the Center of Politics & Law: Michigan Law Fed Soc Student Symposium](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/04/03/restoring-congress-to-the-center-of-politics-law-michigan-law-fed-soc-student-symposium/) - Join Anchoring Truths Podcast hosts Garrett Snedeker & Daniel Osborne for a discussion of bringing Congress back to the center of our legal and political life. The backdrop for their discussion was their visit to the University of Michigan Law School in March 2025 for the annual Federalist Society Student Symposium. The Symposium was titled
- [VIDEO: Hadley Arkes Receives 2025 Benedict Leadership Institute Award at Belmont Abbey College](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/03/28/video-hadley-arkes-receives-2025-benedict-leadership-institute-award-at-belmont-abbey-college/)
- [Prof. David Bernstein: The American Law of Race Post-Students for Fair Admissions](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/12/22/prof-david-bernstein-the-american-law-of-race-post-students-for-fair-admissions/) - Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast team for our final episode of the year, a special episode adaptation of Professor David Bernstein's lecture on the state of jurisprudence post-Students for Fair Admissions, delivered at our James Wilson Senior Seminar on October 20th. Professor David E. Bernstein holds a University Professorship chair at the Antonin Scalia Law
- [Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West with Josh Hammer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/03/20/israel-and-civilization-the-fate-of-the-jewish-nation-and-the-destiny-of-the-west/) - Josh Hammer returns to the Anchoring Truths Podcast for a discussion of his first book Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West. The book is a powerful, next-generation manifesto declaring that the future prosperity and ultimate fate of Western civilization is dependent upon the security and thriving
- [Securitization and the Hungarian Experience](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/03/13/securitization-and-the-hungarian-experience/) - We’re pleased to have as our guest Daniel Whitehead. Daniel was a 2022 James Wilson Fellow. He served in the General Counsel’s Office of Governor Ron DeSantis and has clerked on two federal courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He was also
- [A More Luminous Beacon with Prof. Will Kamin](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/02/27/a-more-luminous-beacon-with-prof-will-kamin/) - As part of our ongoing webinar series between the James Wilson Institute and the Center on Religion, Culture, and Democracy, Professor William Kamin discusses the debates over Federal post-conviction Habeas Corpus. Whether one looks towards the Judicial Right or the Judicial Left, there are serious issues plaguing both perspectives on this topic. Professor Kamin offers
- [IVF & Future of Federal Policy with Steve Aden](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/02/20/ivf-future-of-federal-policy-with-steve-aden/) - Blink and you may have missed it. President Trump signed into law another Executive Order, this one touching on a significant concern for pro-life Americans: in-vitro fertilization. The president's latest EO reinserts us back into a debate over what legal protection should be afforded to embryos and the attendant public policy ramifications. But this debate
- [Trump's Executive Orders on DEI & Sex featuring Mary Rice Hasson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/02/13/trumps-executive-orders-on-dei-sex-with-mary-rice-hasson/) - The opening weeks of the Trump presidency have featured a flurry of Executive Orders aimed not only to reverse the policies and priorities of the Biden Administration but also to advance the Trump administration’s vision of the good. Indeed, on the day of President Trump’s inauguration he placed himself in the middle of the Capital
- [Natural Law and Labor Law with Alex MacDonald](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/02/06/natural-law-and-labor-law-with-alex-macdonald/) - Alex MacDonald⁠, a DC-based labor lawyer, touches on the historical roots of the right to work, the right’s connection with natural-law principles, and its return to modern jurisprudence. Informed by JWI Co-Director Hadley Arkes's Mere Natural Law, Alex examines how that return could transform modern labor law, especially the concept of exclusive representation. This episode,
- [Natural Law and Government by Consent with Paul DeHart](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/01/30/natural-law-and-government-by-consent-with-paul-dehart/) - For the latest Anchoring Truths Podcast, JWI Affiliated Scholar Paul DeHart joins for a fascinating in-depth discussion on themes from his latest book, The Social Contract in the Ruins: Natural Law and Government by Consent. DeHart is a distinguished professor of political science at Texas State University. Topics include the limits of the consent of
- [The Rights of Women: A Natural Law Approach with Erika Bachiochi](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/01/23/the-rights-of-women-a-natural-law-approach-with-erika-bachiochi/) - This episode features a webinar discussion on Natural Law and Women's Rights with Erika Bachiochi, a legal scholar and current fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center. This webinar was part of our ongoing series of legal education webinars with the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy. Erika Bachiochi examines, both philosophically and historically,
- [Lawless: the Miseducation of America's Elites with Ilya Shapiro](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2025/01/16/lawless-the-miseducation-of-americas-elites-with-ilya-shapiro/) - Returning Anchoring Truths Podcast guest Ilya Shapiro has written a new book Lawless: the Miseducation of America’s Elites that is part indictment of how the legal academy has succumbed to the worst excesses of illiberalism but also part memoir of his own experience at Georgetown Law at the hands of administrators who run the legal
- [The Tragedy of "Progressive" Prosecution with Gerry Bradley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/11/28/the-tragedy-of-progressive-prosecution-with-gerry-bradley-2/) - Delivered on November 1, 2024, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., we bring you the remarks of Professor Gerry Bradley from the Tragedy of "Progressive" Prosecution. Since George Floyd's death on May 25, 2020, the U.S. has undergone a significant reevaluation of its criminal justice system and has moved towards a more "progressive"
- [Ed Meese & the Revolution of Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/12/19/ed-meese-the-revolution-of-originalism/) - Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast for both a look back and a look ahead for originalism, through the lens of one of the most influential living Americans on our constitutional order. Edwin Meese III’s tenure as Attorney General under President Reagan was one of the most significant ones – and almost no one knows it. Ed
- [Hadley Arkes 2024 Norton Lectures at SBTS](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/12/19/hadley-arkes-2024-norton-lectures-at-sbts/) - Video Recordings of the Norton Lectures Delivered by JWI Co-Director Prof. Hadley Arkes at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, October 8-9, 2024. Lecture I: The Enduring Rediscovery: The Polis as a Moral Association Lecture II: On Aristotle and Political Science as the “Architectonic Science” Lecture III: The American Founding and Natural Theology – And a
- [Rightful Understanding of Freedom with Dr. Brad Littlejohn](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/12/12/rightful-understanding-of-freedom-with-dr-brad-littlejohn/) - Join host Garrett Snedeker on this episode of the Anchoring Truths Podcast for an exciting discussion with author Brad Littlejohn, Ph.D., about his new book Called to Freedom: Retrieving Christian Liberty in an Age of License. The conversation explored conflicting definitions of liberty, the issue of expressive individualism, and misperceptions of the freedom secured by
- [A Religious Liberty Right to Abortion? with Frank Beckwith](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/12/05/a-religious-liberty-right-to-abortion-with-frank-beckwith/) - JWI Affiliated Scholar & Professor of Philosophy Frank Beckwith confronts a troubling trend among some legal scholars who, in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision, have constructed and advocated for a right to abortion rooted in religious liberty. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade and Casey in Dobbs, an increasing number of scholars argue
- [The Tragedy of "Progressive" Prosecution with Gerry Bradley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/11/07/the-tragedy-of-progressive-prosecution-with-gerry-bradley/) - For a special episode of the Anchoring Truths Podcast, we bring you the remarks of Professor Gerry Bradley on the tragedy of "progressive" prosecution. Since George Floyd's death on May 25, 2020, the U.S. has undergone a significant reevaluation of its criminal justice system and has moved towards a more "progressive" prosecution. Professor Gerry Bradley
- [Minisode 11: Recapping the 2024 FedSoc National Lawyers Convention](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/11/21/minisode-11-recapping-the-2024-fedsoc-national-lawyers-convention/) - Join Daniel Osborne and Garrett Snedeker for an engaging reflection on the recent 2024 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. They discuss panel events on group identity in the law, the involvement of JWI's alumni community, and the atmosphere of the conference as it looked ahead to Trump's second presidential term.
- [*The* Ads that Shaped the 2024 Election with Jon Schweppe](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/11/14/ads_2024_election_jon_schweppe/) - Who was for they/them versus who was for you? Join host Garrett Snedeker for a fascinating discussion with Jon Schweppe, Director of Policy for the American Principles Project, on the power of the most influential political ads that shaped the 2024 presidential election. Jon Schweppe is the Director of Policy for the American Principles Project
- [Litigating the Second Amendment & Natural Right to Self-Defense with Ed Wenger](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/10/31/litigating-the-second-amendment-natural-right-to-self-defense-with-ed-wenger/) - Join host Garrett Snedeker and appellate litigator Edward "Ed" Wenger to discuss a recent decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that allowed limits on gun magazine capacity within the nation's capital. The court affirmed a lower court's opinion that "extra large capacity magazines" could be prohibited within city limits, but Judge Justin Walker
- [Minisode 10: Technology & the Future of Education with Mark Bauerlein](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/10/17/minisode-10-technology-the-future-of-education-with-mark-bauerlein/) - In this minisode, host Garrett Snedeker speaks with returning guest Mark Bauerlein about the current decline in educational quality at universities, and the challenges that technology poses to the intellectual development of youth. Mark W. Bauerlein is an English professor emeritus at Emory University and a senior editor of First Things. He also serves as
- [<i>Sex and the Citizen </i>with Conn Carroll](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/10/24/sex-and-the-citizen-with-conn-carroll/) - Join Anchoring Truths Podcast host Garrett Snedeker and journalist Conn Carroll for an exciting discussion about Carroll's new book Sex and the Citizen and the importance of marriage. In Sex and the Citizen, Conn Carroll shows how the assault on marriage conducted by cultural and political elites is undermining the very foundations of our democracy. Carroll's
- [Threat of Scientism with Spencer Klavan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/10/10/threat-of-scientism-with-spencer-klavan/) - Join host Garrett Snedeker for an interview with Spencer Klavan on his new book Light of the Mind, Light of the World. According to Klavan, for centuries, a grim anti-human outlook has taken hold of the public imagination, teaching us to view ourselves as random products of a cruel and uncaring natural world. The pursuit of scientific understanding of the
- [Religion, Law, & the Common Good](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/10/10/religion-law-the-common-good/) - In this episode, JWI Affiliated Scholar Josh Craddock joins Conservative Conversations' host Tom Sarrouf (a former JWI intern) for a thought-provoking conversation hosted in collaboration with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). Together, they explore the complex interplay between religion and law, how civic friendship shapes our public life, and the role of the law as
- [Minisode 9: Visiting Harvard & ND Law for Seminars](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/10/03/minisode-9-visiting-harvard-nd-law-for-seminars/) - Host Garrett Snedeker and JWI Program Manager Daniel Osborne discuss the James Wilson Institute's Law School Seminar program. Reflecting on the success of two recent seminars hosted at Notre Dame and Harvard Law Schools, Snedeker and Osborne talk about student engagement and the program's reception on each campus. Harvard Law School Seminar September 2024 Photos and
- [Minisode 8: Will Lower Courts Preserve the Administrative State?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/09/12/will-lower-courts-preserve-the-administrative-state/) - JWI Deputy Director, Garrett Snedeker, and JWI Programs Director, Daniel Osborne, delve into the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises. The Court’s decision in this case could signal a shift in how lower courts handle agency rules and regulations. They explore the impact of this landmark case on the Administrative State
- [PODCAST: "John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court", an Interview with Richard Brookhiser](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2019/06/17/podcast-john-marshall-the-man-who-made-the-supreme-court-an-interview-with-richard-brookhiser/) - In May 2019, JWI’s Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Josh Hiero shared a discussion with Richard Brookhiser, author of the book John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court (Basic Books, 2018). Brookhiser is an author and a senior editor of National Review. John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court is available from
- [Predictability, AI, and Judicial Futurism with Jack Kieffaber](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/09/26/predictability-ai-and-judicial-futurism-with-jack-kieffaber/) - JWI Deputy Director, Garrett Snedeker, and 2023 James Wilson Fellow Jack Kieffaber discuss the impact of impending AI developments on the judiciary. Kieffaber's new article "Predictability, AI, and Judicial Futurism: Why Robots Will Run the Law and Textualists Will Like It," forthcoming in 2025 in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, is a
- [American Leviathan and the Administrative State with Ned Ryun](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/09/13/american-leviathan-and-the-administrative-state-with-ned-ryun/) - American Leviathan is the story of the rise of Progressive Statism and their massive, bureaucratic Administrative State at the turn of the 20th century and how we got to where we are today in the 21st century with governmental abuse by a class of so-called experts. Because of Progressives' quiet regime change over the last
- [Mere Natural Law—Hadley Arkes on Cross & Gavel Podcast](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/01/31/mere-natural-law-hadley-arkes-on-cross-gavel-podcast/) - Professor Hadley Arkes was featured on the Cross & Gavel podcast of the Christian Legal Society. In an episode recorded in January 2024, he discussed his book, Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. Professor Arkes is the Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College
- [The Classical Understanding of Natural Law with Michael Pakaluk](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/08/30/the-classical-understanding-of-natural-law-with-michael-pakaluk/) - Join JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and Intern Catherine Hickam for a discussion with Prof. Michael Pakaluk about Natural Law and the traditional Thomistic and New Natural Law perspectives. Michael Pakaluk is the Ordinary Professor of Ethics and Social Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy at Harvard University, where he
- [VIDEO: Current Legal Issues Shaping Conservatism with Garrett Snedeker](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/08/29/video-current-legal-issues-shaping-conservatism-with-garrett-snedeker/) - Anchoring Truths co-founder Garrett Snedeker joined hosts Tom Sarrouf (former JWI Intern) and Marlo Slayback for an episode of Conservative Conversations, a production of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). Snedeker dives deep into the pressing legal and political issues shaping the conservative movement today following the conclusion of the Supreme Court's OT 2023 term, including discussions of Trump v. U.S., Loper Bright/Relentless, and the Court's standing doctrine among other subjects.
- [Revealing America's Censorship Industrial Complex with Ben Weingarten](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/08/22/revealing-americas-censorship-industrial-complex-with-ben-weingarten/) - Guest Ben Weingarten joins host Garrett Snedeker to document how public and private actors (government, academia, media, and tech) have acted to curtail our natural right to speak freely in a concerted effort that Weingarten calls "The Censorship Industrial Complex." They discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in Murthy v. Missouri as well as how the
- [Current Legal Issues Shaping Conservatism: Anchoring Truths Co-Founder Garrett Snedeker on Conservative Conversations with ISI](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/08/07/current-legal-issues-shaping-conservatism-anchoring-truths-co-founder-garrett-snedeker-on-conservative-conversations-with-isi/) - Anchoring Truths Co-Founder Garrett Snedeker joined the Conservative Conversations with ISI (Intercollegiate Studies Institute) Podcast. Hosts Tom Sarrouf (a former JWI Intern!) and Marlo Slayback discuss the recent Supreme Court term including the Court's rulings on executive power in Trump v. U.S., administrative law after Loper Bright v. Raimondo, standing doctrine in Murthy v. Missouri
- [Minisode 7: Live from James Wilson Fellowship](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/08/15/minisode-7-live-from-james-wilson-fellowship/) - For Minisode 7, host Garrett Snedeker along with JWI Program Manager Daniel Osborne offer a live update from the 2024 Summer James Wilson Fellowship for Young Lawyers. Snedeker and Osborne discuss JWI's flagship program, the lessons on law and morality taught at the Fellowship, the broader experience for young lawyers, and how the Fellowship has
- [Restoring Constitutional Unity with Yuval Levin](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/08/02/restoring-constitutional-unity-with-yuval-levin/) - Join host Garrett Snedeker and JWI Intern Joshua Janniere for an interview with Yuval Levin on his recent book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation – and Could Again. In this podcast, Professor Levin discusses the crisis of unity in America and his hopeful vision for the future of republican revival. He outlines
- [Idaho v. United States: DIG'd, Ducked, and Demurred with Josh Turner](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/07/26/idaho-v-united-states-digd-ducked-and-demurred-with-josh-turner/) - Listen as Joshua Turner, Chief of Constitutional Litigation and Policy for the State of Idaho and James Wilson Fellowship Alumnus, unpacks the ramifications of the Court's decision to return the case of Idaho v. United States back to the 9th Circuit, dismissing it as improvidently granted. Josh outlines some of what we may expect from
- [Overcoming Protestant Fears of Natural Law with Prof. Andrew Walker](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/07/19/overcoming-protestant-fears-of-natural-law-with-prof-andrew-walker/) - In this episode, host Garrett Snedeker and JWI intern Isaac Michael speak with Prof. Andrew Walker of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary about his new book Faithful Reason: Natural Law Ethics for God’s Glory and Our Good. Professor Walker discusses his intended audience for the book, its main ideas, and his hopes for a revival
- [Once More Into the Breach: Making Again the Case for Natural Law with Hadley Arkes - Webinar Co-Sponsored by JWI and the Catholic Bar Association](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/07/15/once-more-into-the-breach-making-again-the-case-for-natural-law-with-hadley-arkes-webinar-co-sponsored-by-jwi-and-the-catholic-bar-association/) - JWI Founder and co-director Hadley Arkes in a recent talk on themes from his recent book, “Mere Natural Law” in a webinar co-sponsored by the Catholic Bar Association and the James Wilson Institute.
- [Minisode 6: National Conservatism Conference Scenes](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/07/12/minisode-6-national-conservatism-conference-scenes/) - For a special minisode, Hadley Arkes and Garrett Snedeker, who attended the 2024 National Conservatism Conference July 8-10, share impressions of both the public panel discussions and how the conference fits within our larger political and cultural moment. Edmund Burke Foundation, organizer of NatCon 4 Video of NatCon4 speeches and panels
- [Judicial Value and the Common Good](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/07/10/judicial-value-and-the-common-good/) - Conservative constitutionalism stands at a crossroads. It has since the 1980s married itself to "originalism", a basically sound approach to the proper interpretation of an authoritative legal text such as the Constitution. This union has produced many good results over the last few decades. But conservative originalism has lately cultivated a pronounced, articulated aversion to critical morality, to
- [The Making of an American Originalist with Professor Randy Barnett](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/07/05/the-making-of-an-american-originalist-with-professor-randy-barnett/) - Prof. Barnett shares vignettes spanning his entire life from his deeply personal memoir on scholarship and practice, mentorship, his reconciling libertarianism and Natural Law, and his fights against anti-semitism
- [Chevron's End with John Vecchione](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/06/28/chevrons-end-with-john-vecchione/) - We're pleased to bring you this exclusive, immediate mini-sode with one of the lawyers part of in team that prevailed, John Vecchione, in the historic case where the court reversed its 40-year precedent in Chevron.
- [A Discussion with Joshua Turner '15](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/06/20/a-discussion-with-joshua-turner-15/) - Josh's experience arguing Idaho v. U.S. in front of SCOTUS and what EMTALA means for state abortion laws
- [Minisode 4: Arkes Abroad! Scenes from Budapest](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/06/19/minisode-4-arkes-abroad-scenes-from-budapest/) - Minisode 4 features JWI Founder and Co-Director Hadley Arkes, who discusses with host Garrett Snedeker his recent trip to Budapest, Hungary where he keynoted a conference on the rule of law.
- [Professor Hadley Arkes Speaks at the "Rule of Law as Lawfare" Conference in Budapest](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/06/19/professor-hadley-arkes-speaks-at-the-rule-of-law-as-lawfare-conference-in-budapest/) - Professor Hadley Arkes, founder and co-director of the James Wilson Institute, recently keynoted a conference in Budapest, Hungary on the rule of law. Professor Arkes spoke on both Day One and Day Two, and participated as part of a panel of scholars following his remarks on the second day.
- [Bucking Gender Ideology: Detransitioners with Mary Margaret Olohan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/05/31/bucking-gender-ideology-detransitioners-with-mary-margaret-olohan/) - Recently, Daily Signal reporter Mary Margaret Olohan devoted book-length treatment to shed light on the little-known stories of detransitioners, those individuals who undergo hormone therapies and often transgender surgeries and then reject the path they went down. In this latest Anchoring Truths Podcast episode, Olohan shares her perspective on writing this book as a journalist
- [NextGen Marxism with Mike Gonzalez](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/05/17/nextgen-marxism-with-mike-gonzalez/) - 2020 was an inflection point for the Marxist long march through the institutions. Author Mike Gonzalez details how that was not spontaneous though.
- [Exposing the Hidden Behemoth Funding the Left with Scott Walter](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/05/03/exposing-the-hidden-behemoth-funding-the-left-with-scott-walter-arabella/) - Arabella Advisors is the largest network advising and steering billions of dollars to left-of-center causes. All but a tiny percentage of Americans are unaware of its influence. Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, and author of a new book about Arabella, joins host Garrett Snedeker to explore what Arabella is and how it
- [Fight the Good Fight! with Dr. Jay Richards](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/04/26/fight-the-good-fight-with-dr-jay-richards/) - Dr. Jay Richards, author of Fight the Good Fight, joins host Garrett Snedeker for a spirited discussion of how to fight the culture war in 21st century America. They discuss the societal destruction resulting from ideologies of the modern left, and how an alliance of faith and reason can provide a thoughtful appeal to traditionally
- [Hadley Arkes on <i>Mere Natural Law </i>with Eric Metaxas and Socrates in the City](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/04/19/hadley-arkes-on-mere-natural-law-with-eric-metaxas-and-socrates-in-the-city/) - Is there a “law” hidden beneath the written law? Hadley Arkes, James Wilson Institute Founder and Co-Director, and Socrates in the Studio host Eric Metaxas sit down to discuss how the framers of the Constitution regarded the “self-evident” truths of the Natural Law as foundational, and how we as a nation can return and revive
- [Garrett Snedeker on the Hale Institute Podcast: "Where Do We Go From Here?"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/04/19/garrett-snedeker-on-the-hale-institute-podcast-where-do-we-go-from-here/) - Garrett Snedeker, co-founder of Anchoring Truths, joined Timon Cline of the Hale Institute to talk about legal education, natural law, and the future of the conservative legal movement on the Hale Institute Podcast. We're delighted to feature the episode on Anchoring Truths.
- [Sociologist Brad Wilcox on new book: "Get Married"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/04/05/sociologist-brad-wilcox-on-new-book-get-married/) - Prominent sociologist Brad Wilcox joins host Garrett Snedeker for an in-depth discussion of Wilcox's new book Get Married.
- [Here's How Trump Can Win the Fight for Life: Hadley Arkes on The Buck Sexton Show](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/03/29/heres-how-trump-can-win-the-fight-for-life-hadley-arkes-on-the-buck-sexton-show/)
- [Converging Common Good Originalism and Common Good Constitutionalism with Josh Hammer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/03/22/converging-common-good-originalism-and-common-good-constitutionalism-with-josh-hammer/) - Popular columnist, radio host, lawyer, and legal commentator Josh Hammer returns to the Anchoring Truths Podcast to discuss his latest piece of legal scholarship in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Common Good Originalism and Common Good Constitutionalism: a Convergence?
- [Minisode 3: Why Separate Powers? Visiting Fed Soc National Student Symposium at Harvard](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/03/18/minisode-3-why-separate-powers-visiting-fed-soc-national-student-symposium-at-harvard/) - For Minisode 3, Anchoring Truths co-founder Garrett Snedeker & JWI Program Director Daniel Osborne discuss their recent visit to Harvard Law School for the 2024 Federalist Society National Student Symposium.
- [Meritocracy Must Not Be Our Goal with Nate Fischer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/03/08/meritocracy-must-not-be-our-goal-with-nate-fischer/) - Nate Fischer of New Founding joins host Garrett Snedeker for a Mini-Sode to discuss Fischer's provocative essay in The American Mind "Meritocracy Must Not Be Our Goal." Fischer provides some fascinating angles on why common understandings of merit in 21st-century America undermine a flourishing society.
- [Hadley Arkes on Why Republicans Getting Tripped Up by IVF Should Focus the Abortion Debate on Infants Born Alive](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/03/05/hadley-arkes-on-why-republicans-getting-tripped-up-by-ivf-should-focus-the-abortion-debate-on-infants-born-alive/) - JWI Founder & Co-Director as well as Anchoring Truths Founder Hadley Arkes joined Lutheran Public Radio's Issues Etc. Show on March 4, 2024 for a discussion of his new article from The Federalist on refocusing Republican attention on abortion. Audio from Issues Etc.
- [David Hume & the Origins of Liberalism with Prof. Aaron Zubia](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/03/01/david-hume-the-origins-of-liberalism-with-prof-aaron-zubia/) - Professor Aaron Zubia joins Anchoring Truths Podcast host Garrett Snedeker to discuss his newbook analyzing David Hume’s political theory with its implications on liberalism. Professor Zubia gives a glimpse into what the state of affairs was in the age of the Scottish Enlightenment, the ancient and Epicurean roots Hume has, and the modern applications and
- [2023: A Year in Ideas](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/02/23/2023-a-year-in-ideas/) - In this special "minisode," JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and Programs Director Daniel Osborne sit down to talk a bit about the ideas and debates that came to characterize 2023. They discuss Mere Natural Law, Originalism, Historicism, and Courage.
- [The State of the Pro-Life Movement in America: Catherine Glenn Foster '16](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/02/16/the-state-of-the-pro-life-movement-in-america-catherine-glenn-foster-16/) - Catherine Glenn Foster (James Wilson Fellowship Alumna '16) joins Anchoring Truths Podcast host Garrett Snedeker to discuss the state of the pro-life movement in America.
- [William B. Allen: A New Translation of Montesquieu's "The Spirit of the Laws"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2024/02/02/william-b-allen-a-new-translation-of-montesquieus-the-spirit-of-the-laws/) - For the first podcast episode of 2024, Prof. W. B. "Bill" Allen joins JWI Founder & Director Hadley Arkes and Anchoring Truths Podcast host Garrett Snedeker to discuss Allen's new translation of Montesquieu's most famous work, The Spirit of the Laws. (from Anthem Press) They discussed the influence of Natural Law on Montesquieu's political thought,
- [Feminism & Natural Law with Erika Bachiochi](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/12/01/feminism-natural-law-with-erika-bachiochi/) - Erika Bachiochi joins host Garrett Snedeker on the Anchoring Truths Podcast for a wide-ranging discussion of her thoughts on Natural Law and modern feminism as a departure from the feminism of the 19th and 20th centuries. Bachiochi is a legal scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center specializing in Equal Protection jurisprudence, feminist legal
- [Mere Natural Law at 2023 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/11/17/mere-natural-law-at-2023-federalist-society-national-lawyers-convention/) - JWI Founder & Co-Director Hadley Arkes joined by Judge Edith Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as well as Prof. Randy Barnett of Georgetown University Law Center discussed Prof. Arkes's book Mere Natural Law on Nov. 10, 2023 at the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. Prof. Robert George of Princeton
- [Justice Barrett & Rejecting Judicial Supremacy with Prof. Kevin Walsh](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/11/09/justice-barrett-rejecting-judicial-supremacy-with-prof-kevin-walsh/) - Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast team and Professor Kevin C. Walsh from Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law for a discussion over Prof. Walsh's fascinating talk with Justice Amy Coney Barrett. We trace the intellectual origins of judicial supremacy from Lincoln's time to the years of the Warren Court to our current political moment and discuss the proper role of the Supreme Court to distill what the law means today.
- [Pushing Roe v. Wade Over the Brink with Clarke Forsythe](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/10/27/pushing-roe-v-wade-over-the-brink-with-clark-forsythe/) - Clark Forsythe, Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life, joins Garrett Snedeker for a discussion of his new book on the history of the fall of Roe v. Wade and the rise of the pro-life movement.
- [Conservative Failure and the Administrative State with Theo Wold](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/10/13/conservative-failure-and-the-administrative-state-with-theo-wold/) - Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast Team with our friend Theo Wold, the former Solicitor General of Idaho, for a personal account of the origins of the administrative state and the failure of the conservative movement to combat its growth. With key insights derived from his experience working in the Trump Administration, Wold helps illuminate just
- [Cryptocurrency & Politics with Zeke Faux author of "Number Go Up"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/09/28/number-go-up-with-zeke-faux/) - Join Bloomberg Investigative reporter Zeke Faux and the Anchoring Truths Podcast team for a deep dive into his first groundbreaking book Number Go Up, an engrossing account of the cryptocurrency craze, and how Sam Bankman-Fried and a titular cast of nerds, crypto visionaries and swindlers turned virtual coins into trillions of dollars. With key insights
- [We Hold These Truths: The Global Quest for Liberty with Judge Douglas Ginsburg](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/09/15/we-hold-these-truths-the-global-quest-for-liberty-with-judge-douglas-ginsburg/) - Join Judge Douglas Ginsburg and Garrett Snedeker, host of the Anchoring Truths Podcast, for a deep dive into Judge Ginsburg's latest documentary We Hold These Truths: The Global Quest for Liberty. In the documentary, Judge Ginsburg charts the historical and global struggle to fulfill the Declaration's promise of human equality from our nation's founding to
- [Political Economy & the Common Good with Prof. Alexander Salter](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/09/01/political-economy-the-common-good-with-prof-alexander-salter/) - The Anchoring Truths Podcast continues with a mini-series “The Right Rethinks Economics" featuring guest author Prof. Alexander Salter. Prof. Salter has sought to bridge a gap in the the discourse between the camp that represents the received wisdom broadly supportive of economic liberty and the camp that considers doctrinaire defenses of economic liberty to be
- [Tyranny Inc. with Sohrab Ahmari](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/08/15/tyranny-inc-with-sohrab-ahmari/) - As part of an ongoing conversation surrounding the rethinking of economic policy on the American right, Compact Magazine editor Sohrab Ahmari joins host Garrett Snedeker and JWI Intern Victoria Baker to discuss his new book, Tyranny, Inc. Their discussion touches on the balance of power between capital and labor across varying periods of economic history,
- [LISTEN- Natural Law in the Courts: First Things Podcast ftr. Hadley Arkes & Mark Bauerlein](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/08/04/listen-natural-law-in-the-courts-first-things-w-mark-bauerlein/) - This is latest installment of an ongoing interview series with First Things contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Hadley Arkes joins the podcast to discuss his new book Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. The conversation is embedded above. For your long-term convenience, follow this podcast on SoundCloud or subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher.
- [Clarence Thomas: The People's Justice with Judge Amul Thapar](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/07/28/clarence-thomas-the-peoples-justice-with-judge-amul-thapar/) - Join Judge Amul Thapar and the Anchoring Truths Podcast team for a deep dive into Judge Thapar's new book on Justice Clarence Thomas, The People's Justice. The book delves into some of Justice Thomas's opinions that tell the fascinating stories of the litigants behind the cases as well as how Justice Thomas's approach to originalism
- [WATCH: Prof. Hadley Arkes on Thinking in Public w/ Albert Mohler](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/07/21/watch-prof-hadley-arkes-on-thinking-in-public-w-albert-mohler/) - Prof. Hadley Arkes recently appeared on Thinking in Public with Albert Mohler, where the two discussed the principles animating Prof. Arkes's latest book, Mere Natural Law.
- [John Yoo on Recent SCOTUS Term & Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/07/14/john-yoo-on-recent-scotus-term-politically-incorrect-guide-to-the-supreme-court/) - Prof. John Yoo of California's Berkeley Law School joins the Anchoring Truths Podcast for a light-hearted and spirited discussion of his new, co-authored book The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court as well as the recent decisions of the Supreme Court in its OT 2022 term. Yoo clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, served in
- [Scalia: Rise to Greatness with James Rosen](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/06/30/scalia-rise-to-greatness-with-james-rosen/) - James Rosen, author of Scalia: Rise to Greatness, and Chief White House Correspondent for Newsmax, joins host Garrett Snedeker for an insider's look at Antonin Scalia's life before he became Justice Scalia. Their discussion touches on Scalia's upbringing in New York, his early positions in the Nixon and Ford White Houses, his tenure as a
- [America's Culture of Religious Freedom with Mark David Hall](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/06/16/americas-culture-of-religious-freedom-with-mark-david-hall/) - Prof. Mark David Hall, JWI Affiliated Scholar and Professor at George Fox University, joins host Garrett Snedeker for a discussion of Mark's new book Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land: How Christianity Has Advanced Freedom and Equality for All Americans. The two discuss the vital place of religious liberty in American culture, both historically and
- [Hadley Arkes on The Eric Metaxas Show: "Mere Natural Law" and Foundational Principles](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/06/16/hadley-arkes-on-the-eric-metaxas-show-mere-natural-law-and-foundational-principles/) - JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes joins Eric Metaxas to discuss his new book Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. They delve into the insights of the book, the mechanics of natural law, and foundational ideas governing America.
- [Hadley Arkes on "Mere Natural Law" on The Eric Metaxas Show & Issues Etc. Lutheran Radio](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/05/21/hadley-arkes-on-mere-natural-law-on-the-eric-metaxas-show/)
- [Feminism Against Progress with Mary Harrington](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/06/01/feminism-against-progress-with-mary-harrington/) - Mary Harrington, author of Feminism Against Progress (Regnery), joins host Garrett Snedeker for a discussion of her fascinating new book. Harrington, a British writer, argues that “Progress” no longer benefits the majority of women, and only a feminism that is skeptical of it can truly defend their interests in the twenty-first century. She explains how modern feminism
- [Hadley Arkes on "Mere Natural Law," Role of the Judiciary, Debates within Originalism, and the Moral Foundations of the Law—Originalist Angles](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/05/19/hadley-arkes-on-mere-natural-law-role-of-the-judiciary-debates-within-originalism-and-the-moral-foundations-of-the-law-originalist-angles/) - Prof. Hadley Arkes sat down for an interview with Originalist Angles to discuss his new book "Mere Natural Law" and the principles of Natural Law that undergird our constitutional order.
- [Hadley Arkes on "Mere Natural Law", Abortion, and the Logic of Law and Morals- ISI's Conservative Conversations Podcast](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/05/18/hadley-arkes-on-mere-natural-law-abortion-and-the-logic-of-law-and-morals-isis-conservative-conversations-podcast/) - Professor Hadley Arkes sits down with the hosts of ISI's Conservative Conversations Podcast to discuss his new book "Mere Natural Law", the mission of JWI, and the place of Natural Law in the conservative legal movement.
- [Restoring the Lincolnian Vision: Rep. Keith Rothfus](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/05/19/restoring-the-lincolnian-vision-rep-keith-rothfus/) - Congressman Keith Rothfus joins the AT Podcast for a discussion of the Lincolnian approach to statesmanship and governance, particularly as applies to the issue of abortion, and why it needs to be restored in our political and legal discourse. We also chat about his terms in Congress and what reforms he advocates for a better functioning U.S. House.
- [Judge Janice Rogers Brown, 2023 Leadership & Law Award Remarks](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/05/09/judge-janice-rogers-brown-2023-leadership-law-award-remarks/) - Judge Janice Rogers Brown delivers stirring remarks on the future of the country and the role of the judge upon receiving the 2nd JWI Leadership & Law Award.
- [A Crisis of Messaging: The Pro-Life Movement at the Federal Level with Jon Schweppe and Garrett Snedeker](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/05/05/a-crisis-of-messaging-the-pro-life-movement-at-the-federal-level-with-jon-schweppe-and-garrett-snedeker/) - Jon Schweppe of the American Principles Project and Garrett Snedeker sit down to discuss the confusion in the pro-life movement among conservative politicians, particularly at the Federal level.
- [Who Will Tame the Bots? Regulating Artificial Intelligence with Adam Thierer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/04/21/who-will-tame-the-bots-regulating-artificial-intelligence-with-adam-thierer/) - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have reentered our public discourse due to some fascinating new applications, yet AI’s role in these areas has also made many question the moral place of AI and its implications on our culture beyond these applications. We’ll be discussing these topics and more with one of the foremost experts on AI and tech regulation, Adam Thierer.
- [The New College: "A Hillsdale of the South"with Mark Bauerlein](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/03/31/the-new-college-a-hillsdale-of-the-southwith-mark-bauerlein/) - Garrett Snedeker sits down with Mark Bauerlein to discuss The New College of Florida, the importance of new alternative educational institutions, and what these kinds of long-term strategies mean for the conservative movement.
- [Chevron Deference, Conservatism's Pivot, and Scalia's Mantle](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/03/10/chevron-deference-conservatisms-pivot-and-scalias-mantle/) - Garrett Snedeker and Prof. Jesse Merriam sit down with Daniel Osborne to discuss their reviews of Prof. Thomas Merrill's recent book, The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise and Fall and the Future of the Administrative State. They demonstrate the pivot in the Conservative Legal Movement that once promoted Chevron Deference among judges and now openly opposes the decision as a mistake, diving into some of the reasons behind this shift over the past decade.
- [Gov. Ron DeSantis "The Free State of Florida" with Contributing Editor Josh Hammer on The Josh Hammer Show](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/02/28/gov-ron-desantis-the-free-state-of-florida-with-contributing-editor-josh-hammer/) - Newsweek Opinion Editor and Anchoring Truths Contributing Editor Josh Hammer hosts Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for a lively discussion of the Governor's tenure in office on The Josh Hammer Show. Special congratulations to Josh for hosting one of the most prominent figures in contemporary political life on his podcast. Listeners and readers, subscribe to The
- ["How to Save the West" with author Spencer Klavan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/02/23/how-to-save-the-west-with-author-spencer-klavan/) - Western Culture is in a state of crisis. Objective truth is being replaced by virtual reality, humanity by “transhumanism,” meaning by meaninglessness, and religion by whole-hearted devotion to scientism. And these are just a few examples of the situation the West faces. We discuss these subjects and more with Spencer Klavan, the author of How
- [Unlocking Constitutional Meaning: James Wilson as the Key](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/02/17/unlocking-constitutional-meaning-james-wilson-as-the-key/) - Profs. John Mikhail and Jonathan Gienapp join Garrett Snedeker and Hadley Arkes to discuss the life and work of James Wilson, one of the American Founders. They point out how Wilson's ideas and jurisprudence shaped the discussion at the Founding and how understanding them can help us understand our Constitution today.
- [Is Conservative Jurisprudence Renouncing Moral Reasoning?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/02/10/is-conservative-jurisprudence-renouncing-moral-reasoning/) - Prof. Arkes argues that moral judgments, rather than belonging to legislators instead of judges, are an essential - indeed inescapable - part of the work of a judge, especially in recognizing the most basic facts that bear on their judgments.
- [Great Parent Revolt: Organizing Against CRT in Schools with Lance Izumi](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/02/10/great-parent-revolt-organizing-against-crt-in-schools-with-lance-izumi/) - "The introduction of critical race theory (CRT) and race-based instruction in schools has disrupted American classrooms from coast to coast and impacted families from every ethnic, cultural, and income background." That's the opening sentence of a new book that chronicles the story of individual parents, students, and school board members who are fighting this ideological
- [The Right Rethinks Economics with Samuel Gregg](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/01/27/the-right-rethinks-economics-with-samuel-gregg/) - Dr. Samuel Gregg returns to the Anchoring Truths Podcast for a discussion of his new book, The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World (Encounter). Gregg carefully addresses New Right criticism of the conventional wisdom on economics that pervaded conservative intellectual circles in recent decades. Gregg offers a defense of America as a
- ["Myth of Overpunishment" with Criminologist Barry Latzer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2023/01/13/myth-of-overpunishment-with-criminologist-barry-latzer/) - Join Anchoring Truths Podcast host Garrett Snedeker and criminologist Barry Latzer for an in-depth look at Latzer's new book, The Myth of Overpunishment, arguing provocatively that America underincarcerates. Latzer also details his proposal for reducing the cost of incarceration as well as the overall prison population: e-carceration. Prof. Latzer is an emeritus professor of criminal
- [Key Debates of 2022: Looking Back at the Year That Was](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/12/31/key-debates-of-2022-looking-back-at-the-year-that-was/) - AT Podcast host Garrett Snedeker and JWI Programs Manager Daniel Osborne review the key debates in law and morality animating the conservative legal movement in 2022. They also discuss how those debates featured in audiences gathered by JWI. Topics include Dobbs, the Supreme Court, and what developments portend to shape the conservative legal movement in
- ["Religious Liberty in the States" with Dr. Jordan Ballor](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/12/15/religious-liberty-in-the-states-with-jordan-ballor/) - In this episode of the podcast, Garrett Snedeker sits down with Dr. Jordan Ballor, Director of Research at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy at First Liberty Institute, to discuss the CRCD's new project to measure and rank each state's safeguards for religious liberty. You can access the study here.
- [Conservative Affirmation: Dan McCarthy on Essayist Willmoore Kendall](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/12/02/conservative-affirmation-dan-mccarthy-on-essayist-willmoore-kendall/) - In this episode of the Anchoring Truths podcast, Garrett Snedeker and JWI Intern Jacob Shields sit down with scholar and journalist Daniel McCarthy to discuss his foreword for the recently republished edition of populist-friendly political philosopher Willmoore Kendall's The Conservative Affirmation. They discuss Kendall's ideology, scholarship, and relevance to modern political debates.
- [The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/12/02/the-classical-and-christian-origins-of-american-politics/) - JWI, with our co-sponsors, the Center for Religion Culture and Democracy at First Liberty Institute, and the Civitas Institute, present this webinar. The webinar featured Justin Dyer and Kody Cooper discussing their upcoming book on the natural law influences of the American Founding. We were also joined by Jordan Ballor, in addition to a surprise
- ["After Dobbs and the Crisis of the House Divided" - Public Lecture from Hadley Arkes and Gerard Bradley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/11/16/after-dobbs-and-the-crisis-of-the-house-divided-public-lecture-from-hadley-arkes-and-gerard-bradley/) - In this episode of the Anchoring Truths podcast, we share a public lecture by Hadley Arkes delivered on October 28th, 2022 to a crowd in Washington, DC. The speech was titled, "After Dobbs and the Crisis of the House Divided." It was Prof. Arkes's most complete statement on the Supreme Court's recent decision in Dobbs
- ["A Man of Iron" with Grover Cleveland Biographer Troy Senik](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/11/04/a-man-of-iron-with-grover-cleveland-biographer-troy-senik/) - In this episode of the Anchoring Truths podcast, Garrett Snedeker and JWI intern Jacob Shields sit down with Troy Senik to discuss his new book titled, "A Man of Iron; The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland" They discuss Cleveland's rise to political prominence, his principled approach to executive power, and his relevance
- ["Rethinking Libel, Defamation, and Press Accountability" with Carson Holloway](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/10/21/rethinking-libel-defamation-and-press-accountability-with-carson-holloway/) - In this episode, Garrett Snedeker and JWI intern Jacob Shields sit down with Professor Carson Holloway of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, to discuss his recent article for the Claremont Press titled "Rethinking Libel, Defamation, and Press Accountability." They discuss the Supreme Court's 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, the natural right to
- ["Roe Changed the Culture, Was Dobbs the Cure?" - Hadley Arkes at Notre Dame](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/10/21/roe-changed-the-culture-was-dobbs-the-cure-hadley-arkes-at-notre-dame/) - On September 23, 2022, Hadley Arkes delivered a lecture at the University of Notre Dame titled "Roe Changed the Culture, Was Dobbs the Cure?". The lecture was part of the James Wilson Institute's Seminar on Natural Law at Notre Dame that weekend. We'd like to thank the Notre Dame Right to Life, the Center for
- [Dispatches from NatCon: Timon Cline  on Protestantism and Anglo-American Conservatism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/10/07/dispatches-from-natcon-timon-cline-on-protestantism-and-anglo-american-conservatism/) - In this episode of the Anchoring Truths podcast, Garrett Snedeker and Daniel Osborne sit down to discuss their experiences at the National Conservatism Conference this September in Miami, Florida. The episode also features an interview conducted at NatCon with scholar Timon Cline on his speech on the topics of Protestantism and Anglo-American Conservatism.
- ["Constititional Issues Post-Dobbs" JWI at Nat Con 3](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/10/04/constititional-issues-post-dobbs-jwi-at-nat-con-3/) - The James Wilson Institute was one of the co-sponsors of the National Conservatism Conference in Miami, Florida from September 11-13 2022. We were grateful to be invited by the Edmund Burke Foundation, the conference organizer, to convene a panel titled “Constitutional Issues Post-Dobbs.” This panel provided unique insights into the state and direction of legal
- ["Religious Liberty and the American Founding" with Professor Phillip Muñoz](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/09/23/religious-liberty-and-the-american-founding-with-professor-phillip-munoz/) - In this episode, Garrett Snedeker joins Notre Dame Professor Phillip Muñoz to discuss his new book on religious liberty. They discuss the Founders' natural rights understanding of the freedom to worship, their disagreements about the separation of church and state, and the future of religious freedom in our law. To read Professor Muñoz's full argument,
- ["Building on the Right" with Mike Sabo, Editor of the RealClear Civics Portal](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/09/02/building-on-the-right-with-mike-sabo-editor-of-the-realclear-civics-portal/) - In this episode, Anchoring Truths continues its "Building on the Right" series with Mike Sabo, editor for RealClear American Civics. Garrett Snedeker sits down with Mike to discuss RealClear Public Affairs a "new series of sponsored curation" designed to "provide coverage of important and trending public policy issues." The series provides its audience with a
- ["Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing" with Ryan Anderson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/08/15/tearing-us-apart-how-abortion-harms-everything-and-solves-nothing-with-ryan-anderson/) - Garrett Snedeker and JWI Intern Sarah Merly sit down with Ryan Anderson, President of EPPC and JWI Fellowship Faculty member, to discuss how Abortion has impacted our culture and political discourse. They analyze how the Dobbs decision may play out in the years ahead.
- ["Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America" with Professor David Bernstein](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/07/29/classified-the-untold-story-of-racial-classification-in-america-with-professor-david-bernstein/) - Professor David Bernstein discusses his newest book, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America and explains the problems with classifying race and ethnicity using imprecise, government-mandated categories.
- [The Future of Abortion Law — Hadley Arkes on The Daily Signal Podcast](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/07/29/the-future-of-abortion-law-hadley-arkes-on-the-daily-signal-podcast/) - In "The Future of Abortion Law," James Wilson Institute Founder and Director Hadley Arkes joins Richard Reinsch on The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss abortion jurisprudence.
- ["Why I Stand" with NBA Star Jonathan Isaac](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/07/15/why-i-stand-with-nba-star-jonathan-isaac/) - Jonathan Isaac discusses Why I Stand and explains how his Christian faith gave him courage during the Black Lives Matter movement.
- [Did The Dobbs Decision Go Far Enough? — The Federalist Radio Hour](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/07/14/did-the-dobbs-decision-go-far-enough-the-federalist-radio-hour/) - James Wilson Institute Founder and Director Hadley Arkes joins Emily Jashinsky on The Federalist Radio Hour to explain why the Dobbs opinion did not go far enough.
- [The Electoral College & Our Nation of States](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2020/11/19/the-electoral-college-our-nation-of-states/) - Michael Maibach explains the purpose of the Electoral College and responds to criticisms of the Founders' design.
- ["Building on the Right" with Andrew Kloster, Lawyer and Non-Profit Strategist](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/06/21/building-on-the-right-with-andrew-kloster-lawyer-and-non-profit-strategist/) - Andrew Kloster, lawyer and non-profit strategist, joins the Anchoring Truths podcast to discuss building on the Right.
- [Hadley P. Arkes & Why The Supreme Court Got It Right - The Ben Domenech Podcast](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/06/28/hadley-p-arkes-why-the-supreme-court-got-it-right-the-ben-domenech-podcast/) - Ben and Professor Arkes break down the intricacies of where there is disagreement amongst Republicans and within the pro-life movement, as well as what individual states may do now that abortion is no longer a constitutionally guaranteed right.
- ["What Comes After the Religious Right?" with Nate Hochman, New York Times Essay Feature](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/06/09/what-comes-after-the-religious-right-with-nate-hochman-new-york-times-essay-feature/) - In this episode, Garrett Snedeker joins talented young journalist Nate Hochman to discuss his recent article, "What Comes After the Religious Right?" This article was featured as the lead essay for the New York Times' Sunday Section in early June of 2022 and is applauded for its detailed descriptions on the debate on the future of conservatism and the Republican party.
- [“Moral Truth & Constitutional Conservatism” with Prof. Gerry Bradley, JWI Trustee & Senior Scholar: Part II](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/05/27/moral-truth-constitutional-conservatism-with-prof-gerry-bradley-jwi-trustee-senior-scholar-part-ii/) - In this special edition of the Anchoring Truths Podcast, Prof. Gerry Bradley, JWI Senior Scholar and Trustee, delivers a powerful account of the incoherence of a jurisprudence that avoids moral reasoning.
- ["Moral Truth & Constitutional Conservatism" with Prof. Gerry Bradley, JWI Trustee & Senior Scholar: Part I](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/05/13/moral-truth-constitutional-conservatism-prof-gerry-bradley-jwi-trustee-senior-scholar/) - JWI-Handout-May-6Download On May 6, Prof. Gerard Bradley of the University of Notre Dame School of Law delivered an address titled, "Moral Truth and Constitutional Conservatism." We're pleased to present Prof. Bradley's lecture in this special edition of the Anchoring Truths Podcast.
- ["M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom" with Author Steve Hayward](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/05/06/m-stanton-evans-conservative-wit-apostle-of-freedom-with-author-steve-hayward/) - Author Steve Hayward joins Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and JWI Intern Emeline McClellan to discuss his recent book, "Stan Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom."
- ["Building on the Right" with Matthew Peterson, President of New Founding](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/04/22/building-on-the-right-with-matthew-peterson-president-of-new-founding/) - In this episode, Garrett Snedeker joins Matt Peterson, President of New Founding and founder of The American Mind, to discuss the reception of "A Better Originalism," statesmanship in American politics, and the need for new institutions.
- ["12 Angry Men & Natural Law" with Film Expert Onalee McGraw](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/03/18/12-angry-men-natural-law-with-film-expert-onalee-mcgraw/) - Garrett Snedeker and film expert Onalee McGraw discuss the classic legal drama "12 Angry Men."
- [Podcast at First Things: Hadley Arkes and R. R. Reno discuss "On Overruling Roe"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/03/03/podcast-at-first-things-hadley-arkes-and-r-r-reno-discuss-on-overruling-roe/) - Prof. Arkes discusses "On Overruling Roe" with First Things editor R.R. Reno.
- [Interfaith Discussion of Natural Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2022/02/08/interfaith-discussion-of-natural-law/) - Our guest panelists discuss how Natural Law intertwines with religion and why it matters, how much natural law depends on theology, and who would benefit the most from Natural Law.
- [Podcast: Profs. David Forte and Adam White on Fetal Heartbeat Bills](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/10/29/podcast-profs-david-forte-and-adam-white-on-fetal-heartbeat-bills/) - Profs. David Forte and Adam White analyze Fetal Heartbeat Bills, their history, and their efficacy.
- [Podcast: Conflicts in State Constitutional Law—Who Decides? with Judge Jeff Sutton](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/12/17/podcast-conflicts-in-state-constitutional-law-who-decides-with-judge-jeff-sutton/) - Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast presented by the James Wilson Institute for a lively hour discussing conflicts in state constitutional law with Judge Jeff Sutton of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Topics also include judicial review, administrative law, and why lawyers do not sue in state court as often as federal
- [Podcast: Judge Robert Conrad on Fisher and More](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/10/22/podcast-judge-robert-conrad-on-fisher-and-more/) - Judge Robert Conrad discusses his new book about the faith and integrity that carried two men through a time of social chaos.
- [Churches: An Existence of Their Own or Creatures of the Sovereign?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/10/19/churches-an-existence-of-their-own-or-creatures-of-the-sovereign/) - JWI and First Liberty's CRCD Co-hosted a webinar with Profs. Adam MacLeod and Robert Miller. They discussed the relationship of churches and the government, and whether churches have an existence of their own or if they simply exist from a grant of the government.
- [Podcast at In the Trenches: Hadley Arkes and Garrett Snedeker on "How to Apply a Jurisprudence of Natural Law"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/09/17/how-to-apply-a-jurisprudence-of-natural-law-in-the-trenches-podcast/) - 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
- [1857: The Dred Scott Case](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/09/15/1857-the-dred-scott-case/) - The National Association of Scholars hosted a webinar event between JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes, Prof. Mark Graber of the University of Maryland, and Prof. David Tubbs of King's College. Moderated by Prof. Vincent Philip Munoz of the University of Notre Dame, Prof. Arkes, Prof. Graber, and Prof. Tubbs discuss the historical, jurisprudential,
- [PODCAST: Michael Knowles on Speechless](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/09/02/podcast-michael-knowles-on-speechless/) - Best Selling author Michael Knowles joined the podcast to discuss his new release, Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds. In the podcast, we discuss how conservatives should not expect to win the culture war by abandoning all standards, how critical theory made its “long march through the institutions,” and the need for conservatives to adopt a
- [PODCAST: An Inside Look at JWI](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/08/27/podcast-jwi-internship-reflections/) - JWI Interns share on their experience working with the Institute
- [PODCAST: Glenn Ellmers on Harry Jaffa and The Soul of Politics](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/08/13/podcast-glenn-ellmers-on-the-soul-of-politics/) - Claremont Institute senior fellow Glenn Ellmers joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and JWI Intern Seth Root to discuss his forthcoming book, The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America. In the podcast, we discussed Jaffa's views on the moral roots of the American regime and Jaffa's books, Crisis of the
- [PODCAST: Dr. Charles Murray on Facing Reality](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/07/27/podcast-dr-charles-murray-on-facing-reality/) - 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](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/07/16/podcast-josh-hammer-on-common-good-originalism/) - 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
- [PODCAST: Stephen Soukup on "The Dictatorship of Woke Capital"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/04/19/podcast-stephen-soukup-on-the-dictatorship-of-woke-capital/) - Stephen Soukup, Vice President of The Political Forum and author of The Dictatorship of Woke Capital: How Political Correctness Captured Big Business, joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker to talk about the book. In the podcast, they discuss the takeover of big business by progressive interests on the political Left, the various pressures that the
- [Podcast at First Things - Prof. Arkes on Conversations with Mark Bauerlein](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/07/08/prof-arkes-on-conversations-with-mark-bauerlein-at-first-things/) - firstthings · Conservative Jurisprudence Must Change- Conversations with Mark Bauerlein (7.8.21) JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes joined Mark Bauerlein at First Things to discuss his recent article “Conservatives After Fulton: Time for a New Path.” Link to the podcast here.
- [Podcast at the Federalist Society - Talks with Authors: Crisis of the Two Constitutions](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/07/07/podcast-at-the-federalist-society-talks-with-authors-crisis-of-the-two-constitutions/) - At the Federalist Society, JWI Senior Scholar Gerard V. Bradley discusses with Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Charles Kesler his new book, Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness. Listen to the podcast here.
- [How are Natural Rights Related to Just Laws?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/06/24/how-are-natural-rights-related-to-just-laws-prof-hadley-arkes-at-the-federalist-society/) - The Federalist Society released their latest installment in a series of videos featuring JWI Founder and Director, Professor Hadley Arkes, discussing the natural law foundations of our Constitution and jurisprudence. In this latest short clip, Professor Arkes explains how all laws in some way restrict life, liberty, or property. Therefore, our central question must be,
- [Should the Declaration Inform the Constitution?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/07/01/should-the-declaration-inform-the-constitution/) - 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
- [PODCAST: Prof. Michael D. Breidenbach on "Our Dear Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/06/30/podcast-prof-michael-d-breidenbach-on-his-new-book-our-dear-bought-liberty-catholics-and-religious-toleration-in-early-america/) - Associate Professor and Chair of History at Ave Maria University and Senior Affiliate for Legal Humanities at the Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society at the University of Pennsylvania Michael D. Breidenbach joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker to discuss Prof. Breidenbach's new book Our Dear Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration
- [What is Jurisprudence?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/06/16/what-is-jurisprudence/) - In this video for the No. 86 series with the Federalist Society, Prof. Arkes explains the basic foundations of jurisprudence, and its roots in the common sense of moral logic.
- [PODCAST: Jesse Merriam and Josh Hammer on "An Even Better Originalism?"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/06/24/podcast-jesse-merriam-and-josh-hammer-on-an-even-better-originalism/) - Patrick Henry College Associate Professor Jesse Merriam and JWI affiliated scholar Josh Hammer joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker to discuss Professor Merriam's article, "A Better Legal Conservatism," published in The American Mind. Prof. Merriam's article was in response to "A Better Originalism," co-authored by Prof. Hadley Arkes, Garrett Snedeker, Josh Hammer, and Matthew Peterson.
- [PODCAST: Sohrab Ahmari on "The Unbroken Thread," Part 2](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/05/24/podcast-sohrab-ahmari-on-the-unbroken-thread-part-2/) - The James Wilson Podcast features noted author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari on his book on the failings of modernity to provide fulfilment in the West. Author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Guy Denton for a two-part discussion of his new book, The Unbroken
- [PODCAST: Sohrab Ahmari on "The Unbroken Thread," Part 1](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/05/17/podcast-sohrab-ahmari-on-the-unbroken-thread-part-1/) - The James Wilson Podcast features noted author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari on his book on the failings of modernity to provide mass satisfaction in the West. Author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Guy Denton for a two-part discussion of his
- [What is the Basis of "Natural Rights?"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/05/17/what-is-the-basis-of-natural-rights/) - In this video from the Federalist Society's No. 86 Series, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes summarizes Aristotle’s study of human nature. Human beings are naturally social and political animals. The American Founders logically concluded from these premises that natural law means all men are created equal and that government properly exists only by
- [Give Me Liberty: A History of America's Exceptional Idea](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2020/01/29/give-me-liberty-a-history-of-americas-exceptional-idea/) - Historian Richard Brookhiser presents his new book on the historical view of freedom in the American tradition.
- [Memories of Michael Uhlmann](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2020/02/18/memories-of-michael-uhlmann/) - Friends and Collegues of JWI Senior Scholar Michael Uhlmann share stories and memories of him.
- [The Utopian Conceit and the War on Freedom](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2020/06/08/the-utopian-conceit-and-the-war-on-freedom/) - Profs. Hadley Arkes and Daniel Mahoney discuss with Dr. Juliana Pilon her new book on the dangers Utopianism poses to the American Regime.
- [Courts and Biden Administration Regulatory Challenges](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/01/12/courts-and-biden-administration-regulatory-challenges/) - Carrie Severino and Adam White discuss the likely challenges Conservatives will face in regulations from an incoming Biden Administration.
- [Congress, Policy, and a Conservative Strategy in a New Administration](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/01/19/congress-policy-and-a-conservative-strategy-in-a-new-administration/) - Terry Schilling and Rachel Bovard discuss anticipated changes from the incoming Biden Administration.
- [The Relationship Between the Constitution and Natural Rights](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/02/03/the-relationship-between-the-constitution-and-natural-rights/) - In this first video of a new collaboration between the Federalist Society and the James Wilson Institute, Prof. Hadley Arkes discusses our natural rights and whether the Constitution requires us to surrender them.
- [What is Natural Law?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/03/01/what-is-natural-law/) - In this video from the Federalist Society's No. 86 Series, Prof. Hadley Arkes explains the defining characteristics of Natural Law and its relationship with positive law.
- [Reformed Theology and Natural Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/03/25/reformed-theology-and-natural-law/) - Profs. Jordan Ballor, Justin Dyer, Francis Beckwith, Paul DeHart, and Hadley Arkes discussing the relationship between Reformed Theology and the Natural Law.
- [How Do Moral Judgements Underlie Positive Law?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/04/06/how-do-moral-judgements-underlie-positive-law/) - In this video from the Federalist Society's No. 86 Series, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes explains the intuitive awareness of natural law that all people have regardless of their philosophical training.
- [PODCAST: Shoshana Weissmann and Jon Schweppe on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2020/06/10/podcast-shoshana-weissmann-and-jon-schweppe-on-section-230-of-the-communications-decency-act/) - Shoshana Weissmann is the senior manager of digital media and a fellow at the R Street Institute, a free-market think tank. She oversees RSI's social media, email marketing, and website while also working and writing on a variety of policy and regulatory subjects. She also likes SpongeBob. Follow her on Twitter at @senatorshoshana Jon Schweppe
- [PODCAST: "America on Trial", Discussing the American founding with Robert Reilly](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2020/08/18/podcast-america-on-trial-discussing-the-american-founding-with-robert-reilly/) - Robert Reilly is a writer and senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. He has published on topics of US foreign policy and "war of ideas." He walks us through his timely new book, America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding, which pushes back on recent theorists who have argued that the American
- [PODCAST: "Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State and American Constitutionalism" An Interview with Prof. Joseph Postell](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2018/10/09/podcast-bureaucracy-in-america-the-administrative-state-and-american-constitutionalism-an-interview-with-prof-joseph-postell/) - In late July 2018, JWI's Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and Intern Gregory Mill shared a discussion with Prof. Joseph Postell, author of the book Bureuacracy in America: The Administrative State and American Constitutionalism (University of Missouri Press, 2017). Prof. Postell is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. Postell has written an
- [PODCAST: “Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization” with Dr. Samuel Gregg](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2019/09/25/podcast-reason-faith-and-the-struggle-for-western-civilization-with-dr-samuel-gregg/) - In June 2019, JWI’s Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and Intern Jake Rinear shared a discussion with Dr. Samuel Gregg, author of the book Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization (Regnery Gateway Editions, 2019). Dr. Gregg is an author and the director of research at the Acton Institute. Samuel Gregg is Director of Research at the
- [PODCAST: "Judicial Fortitude: The Last Chance to Rein in the Administrative State", with Peter Wallison](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2019/12/13/podcast-judicial-fortitude-the-last-chance-to-rein-in-the-administrative-state-with-peter-wallison/) - In November 2019, JWI's Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Samuel Lucas had a conversation with Peter Wallison, author of the book Judicial Fortitude: The Last Chance to Rein in the Administrative State. Mr. Wallison is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former White House Counsel for the Reagan administration. Wallison's book
- [PODCAST: Abigail Shrier on "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2020/07/06/podcast-abigail-shrier-on-irreversible-damage-the-transgender-craze-seducing-our-daughters/) - Author and Wall Street Journal opinion writer Abigail Shrier joined JWI deputy director Garrett Snedeker and intern Spencer Reeves to discuss her new book, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Shrier's book addresses the recent rise in rapid onset gender dysphoria (ROGD) amongst teenage girls and the way peer contagion, social media influencers,
- [PODCAST: Ilya Shapiro on "Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2020/09/14/podcast-ilya-shapiro-on-supreme-disorder-judicial-nominations-and-the-politics-of-americas-highest-court/) - Author and lawyer Ilya Shapiro joined JWI deputy director Garrett Snedeker and intern Spencer Reeves to discuss his new book, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court (Regnery). Shapiro’s book concerns the partisan battles over Supreme Court nominations that have become a focal point in judicial politics in the past few decades.
- [PODCAST: 1619 Project and its Challenge to the American Founding--with Prof. Lucas Morel](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2020/12/08/podcast-1619-project-and-its-challenge-to-the-american-founding-with-prof-lucas-morel/) - Professor and renowned Lincoln scholar Lucas Morel joined JWI deputy director Garrett Snedeker and intern Jovan Tripkovic to discuss his take on the New York Times 1619 project, identity politics, revisionist history on the American Founding, the 1776 Commission, as well as Professor Morel's latest book Lincoln and the American Founding. Lucas Morel is Professor of
- [PODCAST: Prof. Greg Collins on "Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/03/03/greg-collin-burke-podcast/) - The James Wilson Podcast features Prof. Greg Collins of Yale University on his book on Edmund Burke's economic thought. Author and Professor Greg Collins joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Chance Cook to discuss his new book, "Commerce and Manner in Edmund Burke's Political Economy". Collins' book explores the intersection of Edmund Burke's
- [PODCAST: Professor Scott Yenor on "The Recovery of Family Life"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/03/12/podcast-professor-scott-yenor-on-the-recovery-of-family-life/) - The James Wilson Podcast features Professor Scott Yenor of Boise State University on his book examining the challenges facing the modern family. Author and Professor Scott Yenor joins JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Peter Spence to discuss his new book, "The Recovery of Family Life". Professor Yenor's book explores the problems that the
- [PODCAST: Josh Hammer on Common Good Constitutionalism and Judicial Supremacy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2021/02/19/podcast-josh-hammer-on-common-good-constitutionalism-and-judicial-supremacy/) - Lawyer and legal commentator Josh Hammer joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Joe Egler for a podcast recording to discuss the future of originalism in the conservative legal movement, Prof. Adrian Vermeule's "common good constitutionalism," and judicial supremacy. Josh Hammer is a nationally syndicated columnist and Of Counsel with First Liberty Institute. A
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- [The Declaration Matters to Citizenship: Disappointment in Trump v. Barbara](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-declaration-matters-to-citizenship-disappointment-in-trump-v-barbara/) - John Roberts made an earnest, scholarly effort to deal with birthright citizenship, but on this eve of July 4th, he found himself saying some staggering things at odds with the Declaration of Independence and the regime it brought forth. For he proclaimed that “citizenship, then [at the Founding] was the right to have rights.” That is nothing less than a
- [Preserving Our Greatest Gift: The Declaration & Matthew Spalding's "The Making of the American Mind"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/preserving-our-greatest-gift-the-declaration-matthew-spaldings-the-making-of-the-american-mind/) - “What they possibly can mean by these words, I own, is beyond my comprehension.” Thus exclaimed an English writer in the Gentleman’s Magazine in the summer of 1776. In his very timely book, The Making of the American Mind, the Story of Our Declaration of Independence, Professor Matthew Spalding cogently answers this question, and he helps us
- [Who’s Afraid of the Natural Law?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/whos-afraid-of-the-natural-law/) - Francisco Suarez, James Madison, St. Thomas Aquinas (left to right) After Harvard law professor Adrian Vermeule published his op-ed Beyond Originalism in 2020, the conservative legal movement engaged itself once more in a fierce debate about originalism, legal positivism, civil libertarianism, public space neutrality, and the limits of law. On one hand, post-war conservatives and
- [Chiles v. Salazar: A Dilemma of Rights and Freedoms](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/chiles-v-salazar-a-dilemma-of-rights-and-freedoms/) - The United States Supreme Court recently released its opinion in Chiles v. Salazar. The case dealt with a challenge to a Colorado law that prevents therapists from “engaging in ‘conversion therapy’ with minors . . . defining the term to include ‘any practice or treatment . . . that attempts . . . to change
- [Classical Architecture is Our National Architecture](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/classical-architecture-is-our-national-architecture/) - Classical architecture is our national architecture, and its reuse is overdue. It has long served the nation, but our newest government buildings serve other masters. What have we lost, how did that happened, and how can we restore it? A national architecture consists of the buildings that a government builds to serve its purposes. Our
- [A Waxing Power: Reviewing "The Cult of the Presidency"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/a-waxing-power-reviewing-the-cult-of-the-presidency/) - One of the most persistent controversies in our political culture is whether the power of the President has expanded too far. Critics argue that this trend threatens our democracy. Gene Healy, a lawyer and senior vice president for policy at the Cato Institute, is among those eloquent critics. Healy, whose research focuses on executive power
- [Our Team](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/about/our-team/) - Hadley Arkes Co-Founder, Anchoring Truths Founder & Director, James Wilson Institute Hadley Arkes was born in Chicago in wartime, and grew up in the blessed years of the consulship of Richard J. Daley, Mayor. He would have the further blessing of being touched by the magic of the University of Chicago. He did his Ph.D. there
- [10 Years Ago: Hadley Arkes Remembers Justice Scalia (1936-2016)](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/10-years-ago-hadley-arkes-remembers-justice-scalia-1936-2016/) - As we mark the 10th anniversary of Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, we pause to honor the profound and enduring legacy of this extraordinary jurist. JWI Founder and Co-Director Hadley Arkes, who enjoyed a close friendship with Justice Scalia for nearly forty years, shares the following reflections: February 13 has always been etched in my memory;
- [The False Allure of Perfect Enforcement](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-false-allure-of-perfect-enforcement/) - Fast forward to the near future. Drones patrol the sky and monitor every square inch of urban life. Streets bristle with sensors and cameras that record and filter every utterance and action. The all-seeing eye of government peers into every home and listens to every private conversation through phones and laptops. Government AI tirelessly polices
- [Justice Thomas on Natural Law & Ex Post Facto Laws: Letter to a James Wilson Fellow](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/justice-thomas-on-natural-law-ex-post-facto-laws-letter-to-a-james-wilson-fellow/) - I was alerted by one of our former Fellows, two days ago, to Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion in Ellingburg v. U.S. on ex post facto laws. James Wilson and Oliver Ellsworth thought it too embarrassing to put those clauses on ex post facto laws in the text of the Constitution because every lawyer would know
- [Justice Blacklock Brings Home Again the Moral Meaning of Marriage](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/justice-blacklock-brings-home-again-the-moral-meaning-of-marriage/) - We were alerted last week by several redoubtable alumni of our James Wilson Fellowship to a fine concurring opinion by Chief Justice James “Jimmy” Blacklock in the Benavides case, on marriage and guardianship in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court unanimously voided a divorce that was filed by the daughters of an elderly husband. The justices noted
- [Transgenderism and Cross-Dressing: Worlds Apart With No Legal Bridge Connecting Them](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/transgenderism-and-cross-dressing-worlds-apart-with-no-legal-bridge-connecting-them/) - The author had many groups make important contributions to writing this piece and would in particular like to thank Nick Cordova, and the James Wilson Institute Alumni conferences attendees without whose help this paper would be much less than it is. The nuances of cross-dressing and drag shows might once have seemed too counter-cultural and
- [Ages of Rage: Reviewing Jonathan Turley's "The Indispensable Right"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/ages-of-rage-reviewing-jonathan-turleys-the-indispensable-right/) - In a way, reading The Indispensable Right[1] by Professor Jonathan Turley is like encountering a prophet from the Old Testament. The prophets were messengers, sent by God, to call His people back to Him after having gone astray; they were tasked with reminding Israel of the covenant by recounting the manifest sins and offences by
- [Relentless/Loper Bright in the Lower Courts: Flare-Ups After Chevron’s Fall](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/relentless-loper-bright-in-the-lower-courts-flare-ups-after-chevrons-fall/) - Following the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Loper Bright/Relentless, the battle over agency deference has moved to the lower courts. This essay examines two recent "flare-ups" where federal judges are pushing back against attempts to ignore the fall of Chevron.
- [The Justice as Teacher](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-justice-as-teacher/) - Lawyer Michael A. Fragoso reviews Justice Amy Coney Barrett's new book
- [Privileges & Immunities: Where Do Barnett & Bernick Lead Us?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/privileges-immunities-where-do-barnett-bernick-lead-us/) - Prof. Arkes's article in the Texas Review of Law & Politics is hosted at Anchoring Truths with permission. Its original location may be found here. Microsoft_Word_A5._ARKES_Print_Ready_4.25.25_pp._183_210_2025_14th_Amendment_Bernick_Barnett_Book_Arkes_Privileges_and_Immunities_and_First_Principles_TROLP_Vol._29.1Download
- [The Preamble, Aristotle, and the Common Good](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-preamble-aristotle-and-the-common-good/) - What if I told you that hidden in the Constitution is a little-known provision that contains a gateway of sorts to a natural law, common-good inspired jurisprudence? And that this little treasure is hiding in plain sight, inexplicably ignored by jurists for decades? Well, there is such a section, and its contained in the opening
- [The Disappointment of Skrmetti](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-disappointment-of-skrmetti/) - Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared at Humanum Review. It is reprinted at Anchoring Truths with permission. The Tennessee law challenged in Skrmetti banned “[p]rescribing, administering, or dispensing any puberty blocker or hormone,” for the purpose of (1) “[e]nabling a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex,”
- [Conversion, Abortion, and Stopping the Killing](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/prof-bradley-on-abortion-and-the-need-to-stop-the-killing/) - We Americans are, indeed, “less pro-life than many believed, particularly if we understand the term ‘pro-life’ to include the willingness of people who would never have an abortion themselves to legally deny other women the right.” Ample proof of the fact would include the sad results of recent state referenda, as well as the unwillingness of
- [Supreme Confusion: The Court Does Transgenderism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/supreme-confusion-the-court-does-transgenderism/) - The Supreme Court “Does” Transgenderism
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- [Prof. Mark David Hall Addresses the President’s Religious Liberty Commission](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/prof-mark-david-hall-addresses-the-presidents-religious-liberty-commission/) - Editor’s Note: On May 1, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission to direct the federal government to “promote citizens’ pride in our foundational history, identify emerging threats to religious liberty, uphold Federal laws that protect all citizens’ full participation in a pluralistic democracy, and protect the free exercise of religion.” On
- [Prof. Gerard Bradley Addresses the President's Religious Liberty Commission](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/prof-gerard-bradley-addresses-the-presidents-religious-liberty-commission/) - Editor's Note: On May 1, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission to direct the federal government to "promote citizens’ pride in our foundational history, identify emerging threats to religious liberty, uphold Federal laws that protect all citizens’ full participation in a pluralistic democracy, and protect the free exercise of
- [The Commodification of the American Family](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-commodification-of-the-american-family/) - In a recent interview on Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant podcast, former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg recounted how he and his husband came to acquire their two children. He described scrolling through “different lists” of babies, sorted by race, and remarked—almost in passing—that there was “a discount” on non-white children. The tone was casual, the moment
- [Four Tests for Trump's Judicial Nominees](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/four-tests-for-trumps-judicial-nominees/) - Editor's Note: This essay originally appeared at TomKlingenstein.com. It is republished at Anchoring Truths with permission. In 2016, there was arguably no issue that was more important to Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign than the fate of the U.S. Supreme Court. Due to the February 2016 death of conservative judicial icon Antonin Scalia and the
- [Legal Education: Due for a "Classical" Reform](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/legal-education-due-for-a-classical-reform/) - Anyone with an interest in preserving a just legal system should pause for a moment and consider this absurdity. The vast majority of American law students devote three arduous years preparing for a legal career without ever being prompted by a professor to consider what justice is. I do not mean that students are not
- [The Best Way to Fix Nationwide Injunctions](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-best-way-to-fix-nationwide-injunctions/) - In the Wall Street Journal, law professor Elizabeth Price Foley argues that the Supreme Court can eliminate nationwide injunctions by amending Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65. Professor Foley’s proposal is clever and would advance the cause of ending nationwide injunctions in several ways. But ultimately her proposal may not be sufficient to end them
- [“Progressive Democracy” and the Totalitarian Temptation](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/progressive-democracy-and-the-totalitarian-temptation/) - Editor's note: Anchoring Truths has been given permission by Encounter Books and Daniel Mahoney to republish this excerpt from Mahoney's book The Persistence of the Ideological Lie, originally found here. I’ve counted them all up: the teacher who laughs with children at their God and at their cradle, is already ours. The lawyer who defends
- [What Might James Wilson Say to Today's Supreme Court?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/what-might-james-wilson-say-to-todays-supreme-court/) - He can do more than, as John Roberts would have him doing, in affirming the law of non-contradiction.
- [Rahimi’s Natural Law Moment - Part 2](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/rahimis-natural-law-moment-part-2/) - In Part One of this essay, I argued that the Supreme Court’s opinion in United States v. Rahimi set the stage for lawyers and judges to incorporate natural law principles into their reasoning. In Rahimi, the Court appealed to the “principles underlying the Second Amendment” in order to ascertain the scope of its protections. Our
- [Back to School on Foreign Policy, Part 2: The American Regime and Citizen Yoo](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/back-to-school-on-foreign-policy-part-2-the-american-regime-and-citizen-yoo/) - Editor's Note: This piece was originally published at Steve Hayward's Substack here. Anchoring Truths has been given permission by Hayward to reprint Arkes's guest post. Whoa! After reading John’s tirade, I’d suspect that something had gotten into the air conditioning at Berkeley—except that Berkeley probably doesn't have air conditioning. But something evidently detached him from that
- [Remembering Five Years Ago: COVID Closure of Churches](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/remembering-five-years-ago-covid-closure-of-churches/) - Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared as an entry in a multi-part series hosted by the New Civil Liberties Alliance reflecting on "how bad bureaucratic decisions made COVID-19 worse." The piece is reprinted at Anchoring Truths with permission. Forced closure of houses of worship during the Covid pandemic demonstrated how far-reaching administrative edicts could be.
- [Rahimi’s Natural Law Moment - Part 1](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/rahimis-natural-law-moment-part-1/) - Following the 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, Hadley Arkes wrote that Justice Scalia’s putatively originalist opinion might have appealed to “something resembling—brace yourself—‘natural law.’” After all, Scalia’s look into the text and history of the Second Amendment revealed that it codified a right that preexisted the Constitution. Arkes queried, “Was he suggesting
- [The Centrality of the Regime Question](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-centrality-of-the-regime-question/) - Editor's Note: This piece was originally published at Steve Hayward’s Substack here. Anchoring Truths has been given permission by Hayward to reprint Arkes's guest post. Angelo (Codevilla) and I were always together on the question of the centrality of the political regime as the touchstone in foreign policy. My first book with Princeton, coming out of
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- [A Violent Clash of Contrary Values - Part 1](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/a-violent-clash-of-contrary-values-part-1/) - “Before us there stands a last spiritual crisis that will involve all Europe and America” (Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West, 1923) The West’s moral order originates from Judeo-Christian principles. America’s founding documents clearly reflect this fact. Upon these tenets are founded constitutionally protected human rights such as justice, mercy, equality and liberty. In
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- [First Order Truths and the Untethered Human Spirit - Part 2](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/first-order-truths-and-the-untethered-human-spirit-part-2/) - “Man was born free yet he is everywhere in chains.” (Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762) Part One of this essay endeavored to sketch a framework, rooted in Natural Law, around which individuals may pursue ultimate meaning. Part Two addresses questions of existence, of God, of personal identity, and of meaning. Personal Identity Ever since their primordial exile
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- [First Order Truths and the Untethered Human Spirit - Part I](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/first-order-truths-and-the-untethered-human-spirit-part-i/) - “In the middle of the journey of life, I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight-way was lost.” (Alighieri Dante, 1265 – 1321) Reflecting on his life, the lonely individual comes to realize he is cast into a complex and bewildering universe. He finds himself in a quandary, facing an irrepressible tension
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- [Why Positive Law Needs Natural Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/letter-to-a-noble-lawyer/response-one/) - Justin Dyer explains why Originalism at its root requires a foundation in Natural Law to make coherent sense.
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- [The American Regime and Its Moral Ground](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-american-regime-and-its-moral-ground/) - Hadley Arkes traces the moral ground of the American Regime to the Declaration of Independence's conception of natural law, which frames rights in the context of an enduring human nature.
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- [Presidential Immunity in Trump v. U.S.-Responding to Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/presidential-immunity-in-trump-v-u-s-responding-to-prof-michael-stokes-paulsen/) - In the midst of all the historic developments of the last six weeks, the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States has not received the attention it deserves. Upon its announcement the decision received decidedly negative reviews from many Democrat elected officials and liberal commentators, who warned that its doctrine would
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- [Judicial Value Judgments and the Common Good](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/judicial-value-judgments-and-the-common-good/) - Introduction "Common good constitutionalism” is chiefly a criticism of what might be helpfully described as “mainstream” legal conservatism—the prescription for constitutional adjudication exemplified in the opinions of Antonin Scalia and those (in and out of the judiciary) who follow his lead. The “common-good” constitutionalists’ critique centers on the stated commitment of contemporary judicial conservatism to originalism;
- [Why Focusing on Time, Place, or Manner Speech Restrictions Neglects the Natural Roots of Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/time_place_manner_natural_roots_law_jeffrey_bristol/) - Jeffrey Bristol W'24 argues that content-neutral restrictions on speech diminish the substantive roots of our law that are reflective of ordered liberty.
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- [Diaries From Wartime: One or Two Degrees of Separation](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/evil-up-close-jana-paleys-diary-in-wartime/diaries-from-wartime-one-or-two-degrees-of-separation/) - Daily life in Jerusalem as Israel recovers from the events of October 7, 2023
- [Diaries From Wartime: Landing in Jerusalem Amidst a Nation Still in Shock and at War](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/evil-up-close-jana-paleys-diary-in-wartime/diaries-from-wartime-landing-in-jerusalem-amidst-a-nation-still-in-shock-and-at-war/) - Anchoring Truths is proud to bring you Jana Paley's Diaries from Wartime, a multipart account of her experience in Israel in the wake of the attacks by Hamas in October 2023. Anchoring Truths Co-Founder Hadley Arkes, Paley's one-time professor at Amherst College, provides a preface to this multipart series here. December 18, 2023 Jerusalem, Israel
- [Diaries From Wartime: Christmas Tidings and Civilian Life in the Holy City](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/evil-up-close-jana-paleys-diary-in-wartime/diaries-from-wartime-christmas-tidings-and-civilian-life-in-the-holy-city/) - Image by Leo Li from Flickr. Anchoring Truths is proud to bring you Jana Paley's Diaries from Wartime, a multipart account of her experience in Israel in the wake of the attacks by Hamas in October 2023. Anchoring Truths Co-Founder Hadley Arkes, Paley's one-time professor at Amherst College, provides a preface to this multipart series
- [Diaries From Wartime: Crippling Interruptions to Institutional Trust](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/evil-up-close-jana-paleys-diary-in-wartime/diaries-from-wartime-crippling-interruptions-to-institutional-trust/) - An encounter with two female members of the Israeli Defense Force gives Jana Paley a new view of the IDF in this latest installment of "Evil Up Close: Diaries of Wartime."
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- [The Sharpening Crisis of the Palestinian Protests](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-sharpening-crisis-of-the-palestinian-protests/) - Photo by Wiki Commons The following statement was made by Professor Hadley Arkes, JWI Founder and Co-Director, as a follow-up to an essay he wrote in Public Discourse regarding a comprehensive assessment of the “free speech” understanding that has influenced and conditioned the derisive actions we see occurring on campuses today. The ongoing eruptions over
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- [The Declaration's Substantive Global Appeal](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-declarations-substantive-global-appeal/) - The Declaration of Independence's unique appeal globally cannot be explained by its formal aspects only
- [Selective History in the Dobbs Dissent](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/selective-history-in-the-dobbs-dissent/) - JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer criticizes Justice Sotomayor's dissenting opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case. However, he also appreciates that the dissent does not exclusively rely on historicism.
- [The Next Pro-Life Goal Is Constitutional Personhood](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-next-pro-life-goal-is-constitutional-personhood/) - Josh Hammer and Josh Craddock outline the path ahead for the pro life movement at the Federal level, as legislators act to prevent our nation becoming "a house divided against itself."
- [Putting Progressive Jurisprudence On Notice](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/putting-progressive-jurisprudence-on-notice/) - After the U.S. Supreme Court released its ruling in Dobbs, many progressives seemed far more upset about Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence than Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion. To see why, we need to understand what the majority opinion said and why Justice Thomas went even further. In the majority opinion, Justice Alito assures us that the
- [Protecting Babies Who Survive Abortions Is the First Step](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/protecting-babies-who-survive-abortions-is-the-first-step/) - Prof. Hadley Arkes responds in the WSJ explaining how reviving the Born Alive Infants Protection Act could prove the best strategy for Republicans in Congress.
- [Non-Restrictive Breadth: Review of "The Administrative State Before the Supreme Court: Perspectives on the Nondelegation Doctrine" - Part 1](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/non-restrictive-breadth-review-of-the-administrative-state-before-the-supreme-court-perspectives-on-the-nondelegation-doctrine-part-1/) - Book review - The Administrative State Before the Supreme Court, Perspectives on the Nondelegation Doctrine. Edited by Peter J. Wallison and John Yoo (The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Press 2022). The ever-increasing reach of the administrative state has spurred vigorous debate among lawyers, scholars, and policy-makers. To the dismay of many conservatives, the Supreme Court
- [The Administrative State Before the Supreme Court, Perspectives on the Nondelegation Doctrine - Part 2](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-administrative-state-before-the-supreme-court-perspectives-on-the-nondelegation-doctrine-part-2/) - In Part 1 of my review of The Administrative State Before the Supreme Court, Perspectives on the Nondelegation Doctrine, I noted the widespread dissatisfaction among conservative scholars with the moribund status of the nondelegation doctrine – Congress, by inaction or indifference, has enabled Executive Branch agencies to usurp the Legislative Branch’s prerogative to enact our
- [Positivism Only?: Privileges or Immunities in The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/positivism-only-barnett-bernick-fourteenth-amendment-original-meaning/) - Professors Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick deliver an exhaustive originalist appraisal of the text, structure, and historical treatment of the Fourteenth Amendment in their co-authored 2021 book The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. This title reflects the authors’ support of the modern, mainstream originalist project which seeks the original public meaning of enacted and
- [Perversion of Law: Roe v. Wade and the Biden Administration’s Response to Dobbs](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/perversion-of-law-roe-v-wade-and-the-biden-administrations-response-to-dobbs/) - Earlier this year, in the landmark case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court finally overruled Roe v. Wade. Nearly fifty years after Roe, five Justices had the moral courage, despite harassment, death threats, and even an assassination attempt, to correct Roe’s grievous error. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito stated: “It
- [My Warm Up for Judge Duncan—and What Next for Stanford?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/my-warm-up-for-judge-duncan-and-what-next-for-stanford/) - Hadley Arkes shares his own experience with student protests at Stanford Law and asks how its administration will respond to the next incident.
- [Standing Athwart History, Redux: Review of Patrick Deneen's "Regime Change"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/standing-athwart-history-redux-review-of-patrick-deneens-regime-change/) - John Ehrett '21 wants a successful postliberal theory to have "bigger and brighter dreams" than Patrick Deneen does in "Regime Change."
- [Natural Born Lawyers: A Scholar Challenges The Conservative Legal Movement](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/natural-born-lawyers-a-scholar-challenges-the-conservative-legal-movement/) - David Deavel reviews Mere Natural Law, showing how it ddraws out the moral arguments present in nature.
- [The Pitfalls of the Parents' Rights Argument](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-pitfalls-of-the-parents-rights-argument/) - "The pitfall of the argument in favor of parents’ rights is that it makes the decision for children to be exposed to information about sexual activity or access to puberty blockers a matter of a parent’s will," writes Sarrouf.
- [The Forgotten Protection for Individual Liberty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/the-forgotten-protection-for-individual-liberty/) - CRCD Executive Director Trey Dimsdale hopes that a focus on religious liberty protections in the states can "play a significant role in rekindling popular and political interest in federalism and republicanism for the sake of advancing and securing the liberty to which all Americans are entitled."
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- [Fulton and the Future of Religious Liberty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/fulton-and-the-future-of-religious-liberty/) - Gerard Bradley analyzes the recent decision in Fulton v. Philadelphia, and suggests that the Smith case may be on its last legs.
- [Conservatives after Fulton: Time for a New Path](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/conservatives-after-fulton-time-for-a-new-path/) - In this exclusive essay, Prof. Arkes argues that the conservative justices have become caught in a mirage with their opinions in the recent Fulton case. Finally resolving the issue, he argues, requires them to return to its root.
- [Contra Historicist Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/contra-historicist-originalism/) - In his exclusive, inaugural piece, Hammer responds to Professor Stephanie Barclay's recent article about the non-partisan nature of originalism. Hammer claims that Professor Barclay misrepresents the contemporary right-of-center alternatives to originalism and that these emerging strands better represent our Founding philosophy.
- [In Defense of Common Good Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/in-defense-of-common-good-originalism/) - Contributing Editor Josh Hammer defends against criticism of his Common-Good Originalism essay, arguing that ambiguities in the text's meaning require us to give precedence to substantive ideals in interpretation.
- [Mississippi Asks SCOTUS to Overturn Roe](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/mississippi-asks-scotus-to-overturn-roe/) - Contributing Editor Josh Hammer analyzes Mississippi's pro-life brief in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
- [Judge Pryor’s Friendly Fire](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/judge-pryors-friendly-fire/) - Prof. Arkes defends "A Better Originalism" against Judge William Pryor's critique.
- [Is it Time to Rethink the School Prayer Cases?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/is-it-time-to-rethink-the-school-prayer-cases/) - Prof. Francis Beckwith makes the argument for re-opening the question of school prayers in the courts, explaining how this would enable local governments to seek the common good.
- [Churches: An Existence of Their Own or Creatures of the Sovereign?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/churches-an-existence-of-their-own-or-creatures-of-the-sovereign/) - JWI and First Liberty's CRCD Co-hosted a webinar with Profs. Adam MacLeod and Robert Miller. They discussed the relationship of churches and the government, and whether churches have an existence of their own or if they simply exist from a grant of the government.
- [Corporations, Churches, Persons, and the Natural Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/corporations-churches-persons-and-the-natural-law/) - Robert Miller responds to Prof. Adam MacLeod and argues that corporations are not real things of the world, but rather the outgrowth of human beings who for legal purposes should be considered the only entities that be judged to be in accord with law and morality.
- [Common Good and Common Belief in the Common Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/common-good-and-common-belief-in-the-common-law/) - With discussions about the common good reaching the public square, Timon Cline writes about how the common good can be determined by both judges and legislature.
- [Founder's Keepers: Arkes on Mary Eberstadt's Review of Judge Robert Conrad's "John Fisher & Thomas More"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/founders-keepers-arkes-on-mary-eberstadts-review-of-judge-robert-conrads-john-fisher-thomas-more/) - Prof. Hadley Arkes on a review that Mary Eberstadt wrote of Judge Conrad's book "John Fisher & Thomas More"
- [Founder's Keepers: Arkes on The Role of Govenment in Defining our Culture](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/founders-keepers-arkes-on-the-role-of-govenment-in-defining-our-culture/) - In 2006, Prof. Hadley Arkes makes some timeless remarks at The Federalist Society on what the proper role of government is when it comes to culture.
- [Interfaith Discussion of Natural Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/interfaith-discussion-of-natural-law/) - Our guest panelists discuss how Natural Law intertwines with religion and why it matters, how much natural law depends on theology, and who would benefit the most from Natural Law.
- [Justice Byron White and Abortion](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/justice-byron-white-and-abortion/) - Responding to Richard Doerflinger's critique of "Waiting for Dobbs," Prof. Arkes asserts that conservative justices could successfully outlaw most abortions by returning to Justice White’s standard: only abort to save the mother’s life. At the same time, however, White did the pro-life cause a lasting disservice by focusing not on the rights of unborn babies but on the abuse of "raw judicial power."
- [Breaking the Sotomayor Mold](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/breaking-the-sotomayor-mold/) - Kody Cooper argues that a new Supreme Court justice in the style of Sotomayor would fail to pass the "test of truth" when it comes to abortion, religious liberty, and takings. If the Senate Judiciary Committee cares about truth, it should therefore disavow the Sotomayor mold.
- [Common Good Constitutionalism: A Symposium](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/common-good-constitutionalism-a-symposium/) - In 2020, Prof. Adrian Vermeule of Harvard Law School fired a broadside against originalism and the conservative legal establishment with an essay in The Atlantic. Prof. Vermeule built upon his essay with his new book Common Good Constitutionalism (Polity). We're pleased to host a symposium on Prof. Vermeule's book featuring a collection of James Wilson
- [Diseconomies of Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/diseconomies-of-law/) - Anchoring Truths co-founder Garrett Snedeker reviews Trouble at the Bar on Law and Liberty.
- [Four Things We Should Teach Children about the Constitution](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/four-things-we-should-teach-children-about-the-constitution/) - When we think of the United States Constitution, we probably consider the structure it gives to our national government. We may think of its presence at the center of political controversies past and present. Or we may think of ways in which the document has been neglected. But as we mark the 235th anniversary of
- [Common Good Originalism After Dobbs](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/common-good-originalism-after-dobbs/) - The following is a transcript of remarks originally given in Miami at the National Conservatism Conference JWI helped to organize in September 2022. In 2020, Harvard Law School professor Adrian Vermeule first outlined his proposal for a jurisprudence of “common good constitutionalism” in an essay in The Atlantic. I initially responded with a friendly essay at the Claremont Institute’s American Mind site that
- [Justice Alito’s Warning on Religious Liberty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/justice-alitos-warning-on-religious-liberty/) - We know that the free speech clause of the First Amendment protects us from government censorship. But suppose someone raises the question, “What’s the point of freedom of speech?” To provide an answer, you cannot simply appeal to the Constitution, since the questioner is asking you to justify what is in the Constitution. You must enter the realm of philosophical argument
- [Dispatches from NatCon 3](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/dispatches-from-natcon-3/) - Capturing the mood and ethos of the National Conservatism Conference up-close
- [Common Carriage Now](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/common-carriage-now/) - Contributing Editor Josh Hammer argues that Congress should embrace treating tech companies as common carriers according to a First Amendment standard for exemption from liability.
- [Born-Alive Act Redux!](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/born-alive-act-redux/) - Prof. Arkes reflects on his work crafting the Born Alive Act and takes some time to analyze the latest version of the Act, to him the best ever.
- [In Search of Original Meaning – the Religion Clauses: Part I](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/in-search-of-original-meaning-the-religion-clauses-part-i/) - Anchoring Truths Assistant Editor Ted Hirt reviews Philip Muñoz's book, "Religious Liberty and the American Founding, Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment." This first of two pieces analyzes the work the Muñoz has done to outline the foundations of our Religious Liberty.
- [In Search of Original Meaning -- the Religion Clauses: Part II](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/in-search-of-original-meaning-the-religion-clauses-part-ii/) - In Part II, Assistant Editor Ted Hirt concludes with an evaluation of Phillip Munoz's understanding of the Constitution's religious clauses.
- [Is Conservative Jurisprudence Renouncing Moral Reasoning?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/is-conservative-jurisprudence-renouncing-moral-reasoning/) - Prof. Arkes argues that moral judgments, rather than belonging to legislators instead of judges, are an essential - indeed inescapable - part of the work of a judge, especially in recognizing the most basic facts that bear on their judgments.
- [James Wilson and "We the People"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/james-wilson-and-we-the-people/) - Prof. John Mikhail describes the unique role of James Wilson among the Founders as both moral philosopher and legal scholar who shaped our Constitution and our concept of who "We the People" are in the United States.
- [James Wilson and the Nature of Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/james-wilson-and-the-nature-of-law/) - Prof. Jonathan Gienapp explains how Wilson's integrated view of law grounds the harmony of law and philosophy that he argued for in the Constitution's ratification debates.
- [Hadley Arkes on "Mere Natural Law," Role of the Judiciary, Debates within Originalism, and the Moral Foundations of the Law—Originalist Angles](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/hadley-arkes-on-mere-natural-law-role-of-the-judiciary-debates-within-originalism-and-the-moral-foundations-of-the-law-originalist-angles/) - Prof. Hadley Arkes sat down for an interview with Originalist Angles to discuss his new book "Mere Natural Law" and the principles of Natural Law that undergird our constitutional order. The transcript of the interview can be found below. Mere-Natural-Law-Professor-Hadley-Arkes-Interview-TranscriptionDownload Mere Natural Law is available for purchase here.
- [Can Natural Law Be "Mere"?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/can-natural-law-be-mere/) - Cline argues that the roots of a nation's receptiveness to the Natural Law grow from its Christian foundation.
- [Institutional Settlement, Determination, and "Mere Natural Law"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/institutional-settlement-determination-and-mere-natural-law/) - In reviewing "Mere Natural Law," scholar Jordan Perkins argues that it is necessary that legal cognition be infused with moral reasoning.
- [About](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/about/) - Those remarkable lawyers of the American Founding—Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, James Wilson—had a knack of tracing their judgments back to what they called the “axioms” of reason or “first principles,” as Hamilton had it, “upon which all subsequent reasonings must depend.” They revealed, as Hamilton said, an “internal evidence which, antecedent to all reflection or combination, commands
- [A Better Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/a-better-originalism/) - JWI has released a new statement of purpose in collaboration with the American mind, which calls upon conservatives to adopt an originalism of moral substance in the wake of Bostock v. Clayton County.
- [Abortion, the Political Branches, and Fetal Heartbeat](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/abortion-the-political-branches-and-fetal-heartbeat/) - Hadley Arkes's argument lays out the power of other branches of government in defending life
- [A World After Liberalism: Reviewed by Prof. Daniel Mahoney](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/a-world-after-liberalism-reviewed-by-prof-daniel-mahoney/) - Prof. Mahoney reviews an account of anti-liberalism and demonstrates the need for faith and reason to guide our nation.
- ["It's Good (Not) to be the King": Qualified Praise for Michael McConnell](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/its-good-not-to-be-the-king-qualified-praise-for-michael-mcconnell/) - Anchoring Truths co-founder Garrett Snedeker offers two cheers for Prof. Michael McConnell's recent book on executive power under the Constitution.
- [A Post-Roe Legislative Agenda for Congress](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/a-post-roe-legislative-agenda-for-congress/) - Josh Craddock, Affiliated Scholar and alumnus of the James Wilson Fellowship, explores the best courses of action for pro-life congressmen to take after the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
- [A Price Too Great: Reviewing Philip Hamburger’s "Purchasing Submission"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/a-price-too-great-reviewing-philip-hamburgers-purchasing-submission/) - Professor Philip Hamburger takes aim at the myriad ways in which many statutes and regulations trade the Constitution’s structural protections of liberty for rule by condition.
- [After Dobbs: The End of the Beginning](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/after-dobbs-the-end-of-the-beginning/) - James Wilson Institute Founder Hadley Arkes reflects on the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
- ["What Comes After Roe" - Gerard V. Bradley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/what-comes-after-roe-gerard-v-bradley/) - Today, the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that “the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Roe and Casey must be overruled.” Almost fifty years after handing down its calamitous abortion decision on January 22, 1973, SCOTUS has finally corrected the biggest mistake it ever made.
- ["Constitutional Issues Post-Dobbs" JWI at Nat Con 3](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/constitutional-issues-post-dobbs-jwi-at-nat-con-3/) - The James Wilson Institute co-sponsored the National Conservatism Conference in Miami, Florida from September 11-13. We, along with the conference organizers, the Edmund Burke Foundation, convened a panel titled "Constitutional Issues Post-Dobbs.” This panel provided unique insights into the state and direction of legal conservatism. You can watch each of our panelists' remarks below. JWI
- [Anchoring Truths Year End Book Recommendations](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/anchoring-truths-year-end-book-recommendations/) - Garrett Snedeker, Anchoring Truths Co-Founder & JWI Deputy Director As host of the Anchoring Truths podcast, I read a wide variety of books in preparation for authors who appear on the show. One of those books and its lively author stands out from the past year. Steve Hayward gave us one of the most gorgeous
- ['Dobbs' a Year Later: The Lady in the Hat and the Vase](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/dobbs-a-year-later-the-lady-in-the-hat-and-the-vase/) - Hadley Arkes reflects on the year since the overturning of "Roe v. Wade" and unpacks the next steps a brave judge could take in protecting the pre-born.
- [A Natural Rights Approach to Religious Liberty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/a-natural-rights-approach-to-religious-liberty/) - In this article, Phillip Muñoz suggests how we can read the religious free exercise and establishment clauses in light of the Constitution’s original design and purposes, being situated properly in a tradition of natural law and rights.
- [Attacks on Catholic Institutions Should Concern All of Us](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/attacks-on-catholic-institutions-should-concern-all-of-us/) - JWI Affiliated Scholar Daniel Mark warns that a double standard cannot form that removes the promise of equal protection of the law from Catholic institutions.
- [Stricter Scrutiny for Common Good Constitutionalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/common-good-constitutionalism-a-symposium/stricter-scrutiny-for-common-good-constitutionalism/) - How does the common good constitutionalism of Adrian Vermeule compare to the natural law originalism of Hadley Arkes?
- [Are We All Common Good Constitutionalists Now?](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/common-good-constitutionalism-a-symposium/are-we-all-common-good-constitutionalists-now/) - John Ehrett '21 analyzes the role Vermeule’s book plays in calling for a return to better legal reasoning. Yet, even Vermeule's solution may not address the root of the problem.
- [A Jurisprudential Red Pill: Part I](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/common-good-constitutionalism-a-symposium/a-jurisprudential-red-pill-part-i/) - Evelyn Blacklock examines Prof. Adrian Vermeule's "Common Good Constitutionalism" and the alternative it offers to the status quo camps of jurisprudence.
- [And All the Students Said, “Amen”](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/is-it-time-to-rethink-the-school-prayer-cases/and-all-the-students-said-amen/) - By offering a voluntary prayer, the government introduces its students to religion in a way that is not coercive or intrusive. It is, rather, a traditional acknowledgement of religion, even if it simply constitutes a recognition of the theistic origins of our unalienable rights.
- [A Common Call to Prayer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/is-it-time-to-rethink-the-school-prayer-cases/a-common-call-to-prayer/) - Continuing our symposium on school prayer, JWI Affiliated Scholar Gunnar Gundersen makes the case for a common call to prayer in American public life and in its public education.
- [Churches: An Existence of Their Own](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/churches-an-existence-of-their-own-or-creatures-of-the-sovereign/churches-an-existence-of-their-own/) - Prof. Adam MacLeod argues that Churches have an existence independent of government recognition or contract.
- [Recovering a Conservative State Legal Theory](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/how-to-recover-conservative-judging/recovering-a-conservative-state-legal-theory/) - Jeffrey Bristol engages with Holden Tanner and Jesse Merriam about the role of historical originalism in state and federal structure. He argues that the federal constitution is unique from other nations in that it retains a long, public discourse and history that has matured with fundamental perception and that has been vital to both its conception and meaning.
- [When "Matter" Really Matters](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/is-it-time-to-rethink-the-school-prayer-cases/when-matter-really-matters/) - A focus on the jurisprudence of the school prayer cases, rather than on the matter and form of the polity, avoids the central task for conservative legal scholars and advocates seeking to shape again the moral culture.
- [States, Courts, and Common-Good Conservatism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/how-to-recover-conservative-judging/states-courts-and-common-good-conservatism/) - We must marry Antifederalist sympathies, which recognize the dangers of concentrating power, to a holistic conservative jurisprudence, says Holden Tanner.
- [No free exercise for Aztecs—or abortionists](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/churches-an-existence-of-their-own-or-creatures-of-the-sovereign/no-free-exercise-for-aztecs-or-abortionists/) - Jordan Ballor presents the proper limits for religious liberty. Strong belief isn't enough to justify actions that violate the natural law.
- [Why State Courts Matter](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/how-to-recover-conservative-judging/why-state-courts-matter/) - Jesse Merriam responds to Holden Tanner and Josh Hammer on how a jurisprudence of Natural Law can be effectuated at the state court level
- [The Imperative of a Boring Judiciary](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/originalism-and-its-discontents/the-imperative-of-a-boring-judiciary/) - Eric Hageman responds to David Forte and "A Better Originalism," warning that illegitimate lawmaking by judges is not the solution to the current problem of an overreaching judiciary.
- [In Defense of "A Better Originalism"](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/a-better-originalism/in-defense-of-a-better-originalism/) - Prof. Hadley Arkes responds to John Grove's critique of the James Wilson call for conservatives to adopt an originalism of moral substance.
- [A Common Law Restoration Serves the Common Good](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/how-to-recover-conservative-judging/a-common-law-restoration-serves-the-common-good/) - Josh Hammer responds to Holden Tanner's piece on Conservative judging. He explains how even the Constitution itself orients our jurisprudence towards principles of natural justice.
- [Reflections on the Arkes-Strang Debate](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/should-the-declaration-inform-the-constitution-hadley-arkes-and-lee-strang-debate-transcript/reflections-on-the-arkes-strang-debate/) - Philip Williamson responds to the Arkes-Strang Debate by explaining how the Declaration states the principles of a just government for the United States and how slavery is the exception that proves the rule.
- [Redeeming the Constitution](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/originalism-and-its-discontents/redeeming-the-constitution/) - In his response to David Forte's "Originalism and Its Discontents," Bradley Rebeiro utilizes the case study of slavery "to reconsider how we understand this tension between originalism and natural law theory to see if there remains a better way to reconcile the two."

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- [Clarence Thomas](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/clarence-thomas/)
- [Garrett Snedeker](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/garrett-snedeker/)
- [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ilya-shapiro/)
- [John Roberts](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/john-roberts/)
- [Robert Bork](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/robert-bork/)
- [Supreme Court](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/supreme-court/)
- [Ruth Bader-Ginsburg](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ruth-bader-ginsburg/)
- [Senate Judiciary Committee](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/senate-judiciary-committee/)
- [Spencer Reeves](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/spencer-reeves/)
- [Supreme Disorder](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/supreme-disorder/)
- [Administrative Agencies](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/administrative-agencies/)
- [Administrative Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/administrative-law/)
- [Administrative Procedure Act](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/administrative-procedure-act/)
- [Administrative State](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/administrative-state/)
- [Antonin Scalia](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/antonin-scalia/)
- [Chevron Deference](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/chevron-deference/)
- [John Marshall](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/john-marshall/)
- [Neil Gorsuch](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/neil-gorsuch/)
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- [Peter Wallison](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/peter-wallison/)
- [Reagan Administration](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/reagan-administration/)
- [Constitutional Theory](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/constitutional-theory/)
- [Gerard V. Bradley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gerard-v-bradley/)
- [Conservative legal movement](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/conservative-legal-movement/)
- [Hugo Black](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/hugo-black/)
- [James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/james-wilson-institute-on-natural-rights-and-the-american-founding/)
- [judicial restraint](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judicial-restraint/)
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- [Oliver Wendell Holmes](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/oliver-wendell-holmes/)
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- [Samuel Gregg](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/samuel-gregg/)
- [West](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/west/)
- [Thomas Reid](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/thomas-reid/)
- [Alexander Hamilton](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/alexander-hamilton/)
- [Edwards v. California](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/edwards-v-california/)
- [America On Trial](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/america-on-trial/)
- [Athens](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/athens/)
- [Jerusalem](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jerusalem/)
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- [Liberalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/liberalism/)
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- [Patrick Deneen](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/patrick-deneen/)
- [Politics](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/politics/)
- [Richard Hooker](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/richard-hooker/)
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- [Rome](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/rome/)
- [Thomas Aquinas](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/thomas-aquinas/)
- [Abigail Shrier](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/abigail-shrier/)
- [Gender dysphoria](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gender-dysphoria/)
- [Gender identity](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gender-identity/)
- [Harris Funeral Homes vs. EEOC](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/harris-funeral-homes-vs-eeoc/)
- [Irreversible Damage](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/irreversible-damage/)
- [Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria/)
- [ROGD](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/rogd/)
- [Social Media](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/social-media/)
- [Women](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/women/)
- [Amazon](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/amazon/)
- [Communications Decency Act](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/communications-decency-act/)
- [Donald Trump](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/donald-trump/)
- [Facebook](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/facebook/)
- [Free Speech](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/free-speech/)
- [Google](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/google/)
- [Information Technology](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/information-technology/)
- [John Schweppe](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/john-schweppe/)
- [Political Advertising](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/political-advertising/)
- [Section 230](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/section-230/)
- [Shoshana Weissman](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/shoshana-weissman/)
- [Twitter](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/twitter/)
- [Adrian Vermeule](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/adrian-vermeule/)
- [Common good](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/common-good/)
- [Federalist Society](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federalist-society/)
- [Josh Hammer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/josh-hammer/)
- [Judicial Supremacy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judicial-supremacy/)
- [Judiciary](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judiciary/)
- [Joseph Postell](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/joseph-postell/)
- [Bureaucracy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/bureaucracy/)
- [Constitutionalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/constitutionalism/)
- [Positive Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/positive-law/)
- [Sohrab Ahmari](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sohrab-ahmari/)
- [natural rights](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/natural-rights/)
- [Aristotle](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/aristotle/)
- [human nature](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/human-nature/)
- [The American Founding](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/the-american-founding/)
- [Freedom](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/freedom/)
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- [Subjectivism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/subjectivism/)
- [Religion](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/religion/)
- [Western Civilization](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/western-civilization/)
- [filial piety](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/filial-piety/)
- [Catholicism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/catholicism/)
- [Fulfilment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fulfilment/)
- [Religion and public life](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/religion-and-public-life/)
- [Spirituality](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/spirituality/)
- [Death](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/death/)
- [Meaning](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/meaning/)
- [Employment Division v. Smith](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/employment-division-v-smith/)
- [Fulton v. Philadelphia](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fulton-v-philadelphia/)
- [religious liberty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/religious-liberty/)
- [First Amendment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/first-amendment/)
- [positivism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/positivism/)
- [legal conservatism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/legal-conservatism/)
- [Better Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/better-originalism/)
- [Professor Hadley Arkes](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/professor-hadley-arkes/)
- [just laws](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/just-laws/)
- [Arkes](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/arkes/)
- [gorsuch](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gorsuch/)
- [alito](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/alito/)
- [Catholic Social Services](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/catholic-social-services/)
- [Belief](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/belief/)
- [Early Catholics](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/early-catholics/)
- [History](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/history/)
- [Michael Breidenbach](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/michael-breidenbach/)
- [Our Dear Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/our-dear-bought-liberty-catholics-and-religious-toleration-in-early-america/)
- [religious toleration](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/religious-toleration/)
- [Charles Kesler](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/charles-kesler/)
- [Crisis of the Two Constitutions](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/crisis-of-the-two-constitutions/)
- [First Things](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/first-things/)
- [Mark Bauerlein](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mark-bauerlein/)
- [Conservatives After Fulton](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/conservatives-after-fulton/)
- [debate](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/debate/)
- [Lee Strang](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/lee-strang/)
- [constitution](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/constitution/)
- [Declaration of Independence](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/declaration-of-independence/)
- [slavery](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/slavery/)
- [moral relativism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/moral-relativism/)
- [Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gloucester-county-school-board-v-grimm/)
- [Stephanie Barclay](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/stephanie-barclay/)
- [Common-Good Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/common-good-originalism/)
- [Aziz Huq](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/aziz-huq/)
- [Sessions v. Dimaya](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sessions-v-dimaya/)
- [Texas v. Johnson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/texas-v-johnson/)
- [David Forte](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/david-forte/)
- [Originalism and Its Discontents](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/originalism-and-its-discontents/)
- [A Better Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/a-better-originalism/)
- [William Lloyd Garrison](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/william-lloyd-garrison/)
- [Frederick Douglass](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/frederick-douglass/)
- [Fugitive Slave Clause](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fugitive-slave-clause/)
- [prudence](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/prudence/)
- [Barack Obama](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/barack-obama/)
- [Thomas Jefferson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/thomas-jefferson/)
- [Civil War](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/civil-war/)
- [Abortion](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/abortion/)
- [Casey v. Planned Parenthood](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/casey-v-planned-parenthood/)
- [Precedent](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/precedent/)
- [Robert P. George](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/robert-p-george/)
- [Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization/)
- [Michael Stokes Paulsen](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/michael-stokes-paulsen/)
- [Sherif Girgis](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sherif-girgis/)
- [Lynn Fitch](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/lynn-fitch/)
- [stare decisis](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/stare-decisis/)
- [affirmative action](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/affirmative-action/)
- [race](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/race/)
- [America](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/america/)
- [Charles Murray](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/charles-murray/)
- [American Enterprise Institute](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/american-enterprise-institute/)
- [Facing Reality](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/facing-reality/)
- [crime](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/crime/)
- [Arkes-Strang Debate](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/arkes-strang-debate/)
- [Washington v Glucksberg](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/washington-v-glucksberg/)
- [personhood](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/personhood/)
- [Newsweek](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/newsweek/)
- [departmentalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/departmentalism/)
- [Congress](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/congress/)
- [Centers for Disease Control](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/centers-for-disease-control/)
- [Republicans](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/republicans/)
- [Joe Biden](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/joe-biden/)
- [Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/alabama-association-of-realtors-v-department-of-health-and-human-services/)
- [Democrats](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/democrats/)
- [John Grove](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/john-grove/)
- [Public Discourse](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/public-discourse/)
- [Federalist Papers](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federalist-papers/)
- [McCulloch v. Maryland](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mcculloch-v-maryland/)
- [Harry Jaffa](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/harry-jaffa/)
- [Claremont Institute](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/claremont-institute/)
- [Glenn Ellmers](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/glenn-ellmers/)
- [equality](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/equality/)
- [conservatives](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/conservatives/)
- [James Wilson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/james-wilson/)
- [litigation](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/litigation/)
- [opioid crisis](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/opioid-crisis/)
- [tort law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/tort-law/)
- [public nuisance](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/public-nuisance/)
- [economics](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/economics/)
- [traditionalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/traditionalism/)
- [James Wilson Institute](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/james-wilson-institute/)
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- [Interns](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/interns/)
- [China](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/china/)
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- [Heidegger](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/heidegger/)
- [Xi Jinping](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/xi-jinping/)
- [Daoism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/daoism/)
- [Digital](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/digital/)
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- [5G](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/5g/)
- [Local Government](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/local-government/)
- [Critical Race Theory](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/critical-race-theory/)
- [conservative institutions](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/conservative-institutions/)
- [Burke](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/burke/)
- [Michael Knowles](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/michael-knowles/)
- [Heartbeat bill](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/heartbeat-bill/)
- [Texas](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/texas/)
- [Dobbs](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/dobbs/)
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- [SCOTUS](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/scotus/)
- [Jonathan Mitchell](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jonathan-mitchell/)
- [Fetal Heartbeat](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fetal-heartbeat/)
- [Heartbeat](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/heartbeat/)
- [Dred Scott](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/dred-scott/)
- [Roger Taney](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/roger-taney/)
- [Citizenship](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/citizenship/)
- [Big Tech](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/big-tech/)
- [National Security](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/national-security/)
- [original public meaning](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/original-public-meaning/)
- [original intent](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/original-intent/)
- [Donald Drakeman](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/donald-drakeman/)
- [Joseph Story](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/joseph-story/)
- [Judical Review](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judical-review/)
- [Free Exercise Clause](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/free-exercise-clause/)
- [Daniel Mahoney](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/daniel-mahoney/)
- [Matthew Rose](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/matthew-rose/)
- [Spengler](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/spengler/)
- [Evola](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/evola/)
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- [Moral reasoning](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/moral-reasoning/)
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- [Adam MacLeod](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/adam-macleod/)
- [Robert Miller](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/robert-miller/)
- [Service](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/service/)
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- [law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/law/)
- [Desiccated Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/desiccated-originalism/)
- [American Mind](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/american-mind/)
- [Heartbeat Bills](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/heartbeat-bills/)
- [Adam White](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/adam-white/)
- [Criminal Justice](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/criminal-justice/)
- [Reforms](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/reforms/)
- [Incarceration](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/incarceration/)
- [Jed Rakoff](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jed-rakoff/)
- [War on Terror](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/war-on-terror/)
- [Separation of Powers](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/separation-of-powers/)
- [death penalty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/death-penalty/)
- [sentencing](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sentencing/)
- [Free Exercise](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/free-exercise/)
- [Establishment Clause](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/establishment-clause/)
- [School Prayer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/school-prayer/)
- [Everson v. Board of Education](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/everson-v-board-of-education/)
- [Engel v. Vitale](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/engel-v-vitale/)
- [Abington Township School District v. Schempp](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/abington-township-school-district-v-schempp/)
- [Living Constitutionalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/living-constitutionalism/)
- [State Courts](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/state-courts/)
- [Common Good Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/common-good-originalism-2/)
- [Erie v. Tompkins](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/erie-v-tompkins/)
- [Corporations](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/corporations/)
- [Persons](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/persons/)
- [Corporation Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/corporation-law/)
- [Postliberal](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/postliberal/)
- [state constitutional law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/state-constitutional-law/)
- [Joseph Ratzinger](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/joseph-ratzinger/)
- [McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mccreary-county-v-aclu-of-kentucky/)
- [Potter Stewart](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/potter-stewart/)
- [Edwin Meese](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/edwin-meese/)
- [Judical Supremacy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judical-supremacy/)
- [State Constitutions](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/state-constitutions/)
- [Structural Constitution](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/structural-constitution/)
- [Judicial selection](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judicial-selection/)
- [Zorach v. Clauson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/zorach-v-clauson/)
- [Tinker v. Des Moines](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/tinker-v-des-moines/)
- [Lemon v. Kurtzman](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/lemon-v-kurtzman/)
- [The Federalists](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/the-federalists/)
- [The Anti-Federalists](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/the-anti-federalists/)
- [Jesse Merriam](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jesse-merriam/)
- [Book review](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/book-review/)
- [Robert Conrad](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/robert-conrad/)
- [culture](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/culture/)
- [Justice Scalia](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/justice-scalia/)
- [Justice Kagan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/justice-kagan/)
- [incorporation](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/incorporation/)
- [14th amendment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/14th-amendment/)
- [federalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federalism/)
- [religious freedom](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/religious-freedom/)
- [Interfaith](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/interfaith/)
- [Protestantism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/protestantism/)
- [Byron White](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/byron-white/)
- [Sonia Sotomayor](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sonia-sotomayor/)
- [Joseph Biden](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/joseph-biden/)
- [Stephen Breyer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/stephen-breyer/)
- [property law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/property-law/)
- [takings clause](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/takings-clause/)
- [conservative jurisprudence](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/conservative-jurisprudence/)
- [Vermeule](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/vermeule/)
- [Vermuele](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/vermuele/)
- [journalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/journalism/)
- [conservatism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/conservatism/)
- [Samuel Alito](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/samuel-alito/)
- [historicism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/historicism/)
- [Gerard Bradley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gerard-bradley/)
- [Gerry Bradley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gerry-bradley/)
- [Moral Truth](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/moral-truth/)
- [Constitutional Conservatism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/constitutional-conservatism/)
- [Josh Craddock](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/josh-craddock/)
- [Fifth Amendment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fifth-amendment/)
- [Fourteenth Amendment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fourteenth-amendment/)
- [Supreme Court leak](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/supreme-court-leak/)
- [Courts](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/courts/)
- [society and culture](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/society-and-culture/)
- [consent](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/consent/)
- [Philip Hamburger](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/philip-hamburger/)
- [South Dakota v. Dole](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/south-dakota-v-dole/)
- [Nolan v. California Coastal Commissions](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/nolan-v-california-coastal-commissions/)
- [Dolan v. City of Tigard](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/dolan-v-city-of-tigard/)
- [Purchasing Submission](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/purchasing-submission/)
- [rule by condition](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/rule-by-condition/)
- [constitutional rights](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/constitutional-rights/)
- [private property](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/private-property/)
- [constitutional liberties](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/constitutional-liberties/)
- [executive branch](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/executive-branch/)
- [regulatory conditions](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/regulatory-conditions/)
- [prolife](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/prolife/)
- [Dobbs leak](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/dobbs-leak/)
- [Texas Heartbeat Act](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/texas-heartbeat-act/)
- [abortion ban](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/abortion-ban/)
- [Building the Right](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/building-the-right/)
- [Trump](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trump/)
- [Trump administration](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trump-administration/)
- [lawyer](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/lawyer/)
- [nonprofit](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/nonprofit/)
- [conservative movement](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/conservative-movement/)
- [Andrew Kloster](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/andrew-kloster/)
- [Scripture](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/scripture/)
- [Stevens v. United States](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/stevens-v-united-states/)
- [Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/brown-v-entertainment-merchants-association/)
- [Snyder v. Phelps](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/snyder-v-phelps/)
- [United States v. Alvarez](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/united-states-v-alvarez/)
- [Law and Liberty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/law-and-liberty/)
- [Trouble at the Bar](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trouble-at-the-bar/)
- [International Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/international-law/)
- [American Revolution](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/american-revolution/)
- [Civic Religion](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/civic-religion/)
- [CS Lewis](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/cs-lewis/)
- [Bible](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/bible/)
- [Sanford Levinson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sanford-levinson/)
- [New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen/)
- [Kennedy v. Bremerton School District](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/kennedy-v-bremerton-school-district/)
- [The Federalist Radio Hour](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/the-federalist-radio-hour/)
- [Emily Jashinsky](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/emily-jashinsky/)
- [Orlando Magic](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/orlando-magic/)
- [Jonathan Isaac](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jonathan-isaac/)
- [Basketball](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/basketball/)
- [Black Lives Matter](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/black-lives-matter/)
- [Jesus](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jesus/)
- [Courage](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/courage/)
- [Book Interview](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/book-interview/)
- [first principles](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/first-principles/)
- [Equal Protection Clause](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/equal-protection-clause/)
- [Dissenting Opinion](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/dissenting-opinion/)
- [Daily Signal](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/daily-signal/)
- [Substantive Due Process](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/substantive-due-process/)
- [Obergefell](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/obergefell/)
- [constitutional history](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/constitutional-history/)
- [David Bernstein](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/david-bernstein/)
- [George Mason School of Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/george-mason-school-of-law/)
- [testimony](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/testimony/)
- [ethnicity](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ethnicity/)
- [immigration](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/immigration/)
- [Ryan Anderson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ryan-anderson/)
- [progressivism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/progressivism/)
- [Founding Fathers](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/founding-fathers/)
- [American experiment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/american-experiment/)
- [liberty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/liberty/)
- [Lochner v. New York](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/lochner-v-new-york/)
- [Nate Hochman](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/nate-hochman/)
- [William Pryor](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/william-pryor/)
- [John Marshall Harlan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/john-marshall-harlan/)
- [Rufus Peckham](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/rufus-peckham/)
- [Henry Jaffa](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/henry-jaffa/)
- [New Right](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/new-right/)
- [education](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/education/)
- [national conservatism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/national-conservatism/)
- [natcon](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/natcon/)
- [censorship](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/censorship/)
- [antitrust](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/antitrust/)
- [libel](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/libel/)
- [New York Times v. Sullivan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/new-york-times-v-sullivan/)
- [John Yoo](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/john-yoo/)
- [Nondelegation doctrine](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/nondelegation-doctrine/)
- [Grover Cleveland](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/grover-cleveland/)
- [Presidency](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/presidency/)
- [Willmoore Kendall](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/willmoore-kendall/)
- [Political Philosophy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/political-philosophy/)
- [Populism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/populism/)
- [abolition](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/abolition/)
- [Randy Barnett](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/randy-barnett/)
- [Evan Bernick](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/evan-bernick/)
- [Washington v. Glucksberg](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/washington-v-glucksberg-2/)
- [Biden Administration](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/biden-administration/)
- [prison](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/prison/)
- [criminal justice reform](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/criminal-justice-reform/)
- [murder](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/murder/)
- [crime rate](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/crime-rate/)
- [law enforcement](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/law-enforcement/)
- [Article II](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/article-ii/)
- [economy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/economy/)
- [trade](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trade/)
- [neoliberalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/neoliberalism/)
- [commerce](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/commerce/)
- [Munoz](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/munoz/)
- [Review](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/review/)
- [Phillip Munoz](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/phillip-munoz/)
- [gender](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gender/)
- [Marxism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/marxism/)
- [Books](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/books/)
- [Klavan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/klavan/)
- [Florida](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/florida/)
- [Ron DeSantis](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ron-desantis/)
- [COVID](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/covid/)
- [Disney](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/disney/)
- [migration](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/migration/)
- [midterm election](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/midterm-election/)
- [Kyle Duncan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/kyle-duncan/)
- [Stanford Law School](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/stanford-law-school/)
- [Tirien Steinbach](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/tirien-steinbach/)
- [Jenny Martinez](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jenny-martinez/)
- [University of Chicago](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/university-of-chicago/)
- [Kansas](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/kansas/)
- [New College of Florida](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/new-college-of-florida/)
- [Mark Baurlein](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mark-baurlein/)
- [Conservative education](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/conservative-education/)
- [diversity](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/diversity/)
- [equity](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/equity/)
- [inclusion](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/inclusion/)
- [DEI](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/dei/)
- [higher education](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/higher-education/)
- [Ohio](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ohio/)
- [academic freedom](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/academic-freedom/)
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/artificial-intelligence/)
- [judging](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judging/)
- [role of judge](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/role-of-judge/)
- [Keith Rothfus](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/keith-rothfus/)
- [House of Representatives](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/house-of-representatives/)
- [Mere Natural Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mere-natural-law/)
- [ISI](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/isi/)
- [Feminism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/feminism/)
- [Regime Change](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/regime-change/)
- [Why Liberalism Failed](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/why-liberalism-failed/)
- [Eric Metaxas](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/eric-metaxas/)
- [Masterpiece Cakeshop](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/masterpiece-cakeshop/)
- [Religious Freedom Restoration Act](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/religious-freedom-restoration-act/)
- [James Rosen](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/james-rosen/)
- [Biography](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/biography/)
- [William Blackstone](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/william-blackstone/)
- [Second Amendment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/second-amendment/)
- [Amul Thapar](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/amul-thapar/)
- [SFFA v. Harvard](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sffa-v-harvard/)
- [parental rights](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/parental-rights/)
- [Major Question Doctrine](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/major-question-doctrine/)
- [political economy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/political-economy/)
- [economic liberty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/economic-liberty/)
- [American history](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/american-history/)
- [Hong Kong](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/hong-kong/)
- [France](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/france/)
- [Cryptocurrency](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/cryptocurrency/)
- [crypto](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/crypto/)
- [Sam Bankman-Fried](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sam-bankman-fried/)
- [Bitcoin](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/bitcoin/)
- [Tether](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/tether/)
- [Republican Party](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/republican-party/)
- [Democratic Party](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/democratic-party/)
- [money](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/money/)
- [Individual Liberty](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/individual-liberty/)
- [Trey Dimsdale](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trey-dimsdale/)
- [RLS](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/rls/)
- [federal judiciary](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federal-judiciary/)
- [James Landis](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/james-landis/)
- [DACA](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/daca/)
- [Anthony Fauci](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/anthony-fauci/)
- [Groff v. DeJoy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/groff-v-dejoy/)
- [TWA v. Hardison](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/twa-v-hardison/)
- [Hobby Lobby](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/hobby-lobby/)
- [Cooper v. Aaron](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/cooper-v-aaron/)
- [Brown v. Board of Education](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/brown-v-board-of-education/)
- [Citizens United](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/citizens-united/)
- [Robert George](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/robert-george/)
- [Edith Jones](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/edith-jones/)
- [Israel](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/israel/)
- [Palestine](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/palestine/)
- [Walter Berns](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/walter-berns/)
- [Skokie](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/skokie/)
- [United States v. Stevens](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/united-states-v-stevens/)
- [hate speech](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/hate-speech/)
- [Elise Stefanik](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/elise-stefanik/)
- [Higher Ed](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/higher-ed/)
- [Universities](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/universities/)
- [Anti-Semitism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/anti-semitism/)
- [Harvard](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/harvard/)
- [MIT](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mit/)
- [University of Pennsylvania](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/university-of-pennsylvania/)
- [Claudine Gay](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/claudine-gay/)
- [Elizabeth Magill](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/elizabeth-magill/)
- [Sally Kornbluth](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sally-kornbluth/)
- [FIRE](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fire/)
- [Intifada](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/intifada/)
- [Freedom of Speech](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/freedom-of-speech/)
- [Montesquieu](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/montesquieu/)
- [Spirit of the Laws](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/spirit-of-the-laws/)
- [euthanasia](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/euthanasia/)
- [October 7](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/october-7/)
- [Hamas](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/hamas/)
- [Jana Paley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jana-paley/)
- [Scottish Enlightenment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/scottish-enlightenment/)
- [David Hume](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/david-hume/)
- [Adam Smith](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/adam-smith/)
- [Born-Alive](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/born-alive/)
- [Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/born-alive-abortion-survivors-protection-act/)
- [IVF](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ivf/)
- [Founders](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/founders/)
- [Judge Raymond Kethledge](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judge-raymond-kethledge/)
- [Cass Sunstein](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/cass-sunstein/)
- [Gary Lawson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gary-lawson/)
- [John Harrison](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/john-harrison/)
- [Amanda Tyler](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/amanda-tyler/)
- [Jeanie Suk Gersen](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jeanie-suk-gersen/)
- [Harvard Law School](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/harvard-law-school/)
- [Buck Sexton](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/buck-sexton/)
- [Israeli Defense Force](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/israeli-defense-force/)
- [Gaza](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gaza/)
- [common good constitutionalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/common-good-constitutionalism/)
- [social conservatism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/social-conservatism/)
- [birth rate](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/birth-rate/)
- [community](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/community/)
- [Leftism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/leftism/)
- [Kari Lake](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/kari-lake/)
- [Oath Clause](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/oath-clause/)
- [Constitutional Convention](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/constitutional-convention/)
- [James Madison](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/james-madison/)
- [Boy Scouts](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/boy-scouts/)
- [Scouting America](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/scouting-america/)
- [fraternity](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fraternity/)
- [single-sex](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/single-sex/)
- [all-male](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/all-male/)
- [outdoors](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/outdoors/)
- [manliness](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/manliness/)
- [coming of age](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/coming-of-age/)
- [maturity](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/maturity/)
- [Boy Scouts of America](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/boy-scouts-of-america/)
- [cultural Marxism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/cultural-marxism/)
- [2020](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/2020/)
- [BLM](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/blm/)
- [Mike Gonzalez](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mike-gonzalez/)
- [Heritage Foundation](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/heritage-foundation/)
- [Genocide](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/genocide/)
- [Time Place Manner](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/time-place-manner/)
- [campus protests](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/campus-protests/)
- [Yoram Hazony](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/yoram-hazony/)
- [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/benjamin-netanyahu/)
- [Israeli Supreme Court](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/israeli-supreme-court/)
- [Detransitioner](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/detransitioner/)
- [Mary Margaret Olohan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mary-margaret-olohan/)
- [Transgender Movement](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/transgender-movement/)
- [Whistleblower](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/whistleblower/)
- [Transgender](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/transgender/)
- [European Union](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/european-union/)
- [Hungary](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/hungary/)
- [rule of law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/rule-of-law/)
- [public policy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/public-policy/)
- [moral foundations of law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/moral-foundations-of-law/)
- [Occupy Wall Street](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/occupy-wall-street/)
- [College Protests](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/college-protests/)
- [Encampment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/encampment/)
- [content neutrality](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/content-neutrality/)
- [1st Amendment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/1st-amendment/)
- [freedom of association](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/freedom-of-association/)
- [Cantwell v. Connecticut](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/cantwell-v-connecticut/)
- [Loper Bright](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/loper-bright/)
- [Relentless](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/relentless/)
- [Chevron](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/chevron/)
- [blue laws](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/blue-laws/)
- [leisure](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/leisure/)
- [Sabbath](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sabbath/)
- [human flourishing](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/human-flourishing/)
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- [NFIB v. Sebelius](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/nfib-v-sebelius/)
- [Gonzales v. Raich](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gonzales-v-raich/)
- [academia](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/academia/)
- [George Washington](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/george-washington/)
- [classical education](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/classical-education/)
- [corporate law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/corporate-law/)
- [business associations](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/business-associations/)
- [Matal v. Tam](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/matal-v-tam/)
- [NetChoice v. Paxton](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/netchoice-v-paxton/)
- [church and state](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/church-and-state/)
- [NatCon 4](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/natcon-4/)
- [Edmund Burke Foundation](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/edmund-burke-foundation/)
- [Christopher DeMuth](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/christopher-demuth/)
- [Saurabh Sharma](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/saurabh-sharma/)
- [Amici Brief](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/amici-brief/)
- [American Presidency](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/american-presidency/)
- [Trump v. United States](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trump-v-united-states/)
- [presidential immunity](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/presidential-immunity/)
- [Jack Smith](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jack-smith/)
- [Plessy v. Ferguson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/plessy-v-ferguson/)
- [Korematsu v. United States](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/korematsu-v-united-states/)
- [executive power](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/executive-power/)
- [Marbury v. Madison](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/marbury-v-madison/)
- [agency expertise](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/agency-expertise/)
- [Murthy v. Missouri](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/murthy-v-missouri/)
- [jawboning](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jawboning/)
- [Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/alliance-for-hippocratic-medicine/)
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- [Deep State](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/deep-state/)
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- [federal courts](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federal-courts/)
- [federal judges](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federal-judges/)
- [National Review](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/national-review/)
- [2024 Presidential Election](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/2024-presidential-election/)
- [Trump v US](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trump-v-us/)
- [Loper Bright Enterprises](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/loper-bright-enterprises/)
- [Daniel Osborne](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/daniel-osborne/)
- [Lower Courts](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/lower-courts/)
- [Fletcher v. Peck](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fletcher-v-peck/)
- [ancient greeks](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ancient-greeks/)
- [shakespeare](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/shakespeare/)
- [scientism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/scientism/)
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- [moral philosophy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/moral-philosophy/)
- [anti-humanism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/anti-humanism/)
- [Holy Bible](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/holy-bible/)
- [Judeo-Christian](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judeo-christian/)
- [ancient romans](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ancient-romans/)
- [moral values](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/moral-values/)
- [Plato](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/plato/)
- [Douglas Murray](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/douglas-murray/)
- [Niall Ferguson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/niall-ferguson/)
- [Mary Eberstadt](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mary-eberstadt/)
- [Richard John Neuhaus](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/richard-john-neuhaus/)
- [Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/corner-post-v-board-of-governors-of-the-federal-reserve/)
- [Sexual ethics](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/sexual-ethics/)
- [Conn Carroll](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/conn-carroll/)
- [Ancient Rome](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ancient-rome/)
- [Griswold v. Connecticut](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/griswold-v-connecticut/)
- [Eisenstadt v. Baird](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/eisenstadt-v-baird/)
- [Early Christianity](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/early-christianity/)
- [nuclear family](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/nuclear-family/)
- [gun rights](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gun-rights/)
- [self-defense](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/self-defense/)
- [history and tradition](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/history-and-tradition/)
- [U.S. v. Rahimi](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/u-s-v-rahimi/)
- [D.C. v. Heller](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/d-c-v-heller/)
- [D.C. Circuit](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/d-c-circuit/)
- [criminal law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/criminal-law/)
- [George Floyd](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/george-floyd/)
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- [Wokeness](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/wokeness/)
- [Georgetown](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/georgetown/)
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- [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/alexis-de-tocqueville/)
- [women's rights](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/womens-rights/)
- [James Ho](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/james-ho/)
- [emergency powers](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/emergency-powers/)
- [Article IV](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/article-iv/)
- [Paul DeHart](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/paul-dehart/)
- [Government](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/government/)
- [Social Contract](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/social-contract/)
- [transhumanism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/transhumanism/)
- [Labor Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/labor-law/)
- [Right to Work](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/right-to-work/)
- [Alex MacDonald](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/alex-macdonald/)
- [Alexander MacDonald](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/alexander-macdonald/)
- [Andrew Koppelman](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/andrew-koppelman/)
- [Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/harvard-journal-of-law-public-policy/)
- [Same-sex marriage](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/same-sex-marriage/)
- [military](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/military/)
- [Eithan Haim](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/eithan-haim/)
- [Executive Orders](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/executive-orders/)
- [in vitro fertilization](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/in-vitro-fertilization/)
- [pro-life movement](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/pro-life-movement/)
- [pro-life](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/pro-life/)
- [Steve Aden](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/steve-aden/)
- [stem cell research](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/stem-cell-research/)
- [embyro](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/embyro/)
- [Margaret Brennan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/margaret-brennan/)
- [H.L.A. Hart](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/h-l-a-hart/)
- [Jeremy Bentham](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jeremy-bentham/)
- [utilitarianism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/utilitarianism/)
- [Moses](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/moses/)
- [USAID](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/usaid/)
- [revelation](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/revelation/)
- [foreign policy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/foreign-policy/)
- [regime](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/regime/)
- [Nazi Germany](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/nazi-germany/)
- [George H.W. Bush](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/george-h-w-bush/)
- [Leo Strauss](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/leo-strauss/)
- [Justin Walker](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/justin-walker/)
- [Tandon v. Newsom](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/tandon-v-newsom/)
- [pandemic](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/pandemic/)
- [universal injunction](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/universal-injunction/)
- [nationwide injunction](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/nationwide-injunction/)
- [temporary restraining order](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/temporary-restraining-order/)
- [remedies](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/remedies/)
- [Federa Rules of Civil Procedure](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federa-rules-of-civil-procedure/)
- [FRCP](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/frcp/)
- [Federal Rules](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federal-rules/)
- [Marshal Plan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/marshal-plan/)
- [NATO](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/nato/)
- [Angelo Codevilla](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/angelo-codevilla/)
- [Thompson v. United States](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/thompson-v-united-states/)
- [statutory interpretation](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/statutory-interpretation/)
- [human person](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/human-person/)
- [Paul Matey](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/paul-matey/)
- [Cicero](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/cicero/)
- [communism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/communism/)
- [wokism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/wokism/)
- [woke](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/woke/)
- [totalitarianism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/totalitarianism/)
- [James Blacklock](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/james-blacklock/)
- [Pierce v. Society of Sisters](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/pierce-v-society-of-sisters/)
- [Meyer v. Nebraska](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/meyer-v-nebraska/)
- [Thomas Cooley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/thomas-cooley/)
- [classical legal tradition](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/classical-legal-tradition/)
- [Julia Mahoney](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/julia-mahoney/)
- [Tyler v. Hennepin County](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/tyler-v-hennepin-county/)
- [law school](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/law-school/)
- [Justinian](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/justinian/)
- [Notre Dame Law School](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/notre-dame-law-school/)
- [President Donald Trump](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/president-donald-trump/)
- [Judicial Activism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judicial-activism/)
- [same sex marriage](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/same-sex-marriage-2/)
- [LGBTQ](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/lgbtq/)
- [Adoption](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/adoption/)
- [Same sex adoption](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/same-sex-adoption/)
- [Vivek Ramaswamy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/vivek-ramaswamy/)
- [GOP](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/gop/)
- [natalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/natalism/)
- [Buck v. Bell](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/buck-v-bell/)
- [Judge](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judge/)
- [Skrmetti](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/skrmetti/)
- [U.S. v. Skrmetti](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/u-s-v-skrmetti/)
- [puberty blocker](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/puberty-blocker/)
- [Tennessee](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/tennessee/)
- [Preamble](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/preamble/)
- [Joel Alicea](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/joel-alicea/)
- [Jimmy Blacklock](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jimmy-blacklock/)
- [privileges and immunities](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/privileges-and-immunities/)
- [Judicial Appointment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judicial-appointment/)
- [Senate](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/senate/)
- [autobiography](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/autobiography/)
- [Listening to the Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/listening-to-the-law/)
- [Ketanji Brown Jackson](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ketanji-brown-jackson/)
- [Casa v. Trump](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/casa-v-trump/)
- [emergency docket](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/emergency-docket/)
- [Justice Barrett](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/justice-barrett/)
- [Brantley Starr](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/brantley-starr/)
- [Patrick Bumatay](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/patrick-bumatay/)
- [CFTC](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/cftc/)
- [Humphrey's Executor](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/humphreys-executor/)
- [Trump v. Slaugher](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trump-v-slaugher/)
- [Trump v. Cook](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trump-v-cook/)
- [Federal Trade Commission](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federal-trade-commission/)
- [Federal Reserve](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/federal-reserve/)
- [George Sutherland](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/george-sutherland/)
- [Article I](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/article-i/)
- [Chief Justice](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/chief-justice/)
- [preliminary injunction](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/preliminary-injunction/)
- [speech](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/speech/)
- [Jonathan Turley](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jonathan-turley/)
- [free expression](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/free-expression/)
- [Manhattan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/manhattan/)
- [Manhattan District Attorney's Office](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/manhattan-district-attorneys-office/)
- [prosecutor](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/prosecutor/)
- [New York City](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/new-york-city/)
- [law and morality](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/law-and-morality/)
- [Pardon Clause](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/pardon-clause/)
- [Ronald Reagan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ronald-reagan/)
- [William Clinton](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/william-clinton/)
- [pardon](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/pardon/)
- [ex post facto laws](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ex-post-facto-laws/)
- [Ex Post Facto Clauses](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ex-post-facto-clauses/)
- [Ellingburg v. U.S.](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ellingburg-v-u-s/)
- [Constitutional Illusions & Anchoring Truths](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/constitutional-illusions-anchoring-truths/)
- [cross-dressing](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/cross-dressing/)
- [Judith Butler](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/judith-butler/)
- [Charlie Kirk](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/charlie-kirk/)
- [JD Vance](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/jd-vance/)
- [Fourth Amendment](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fourth-amendment/)
- [AI](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ai/)
- [Old Town Alexandria](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/old-town-alexandria/)
- [Tim Rose](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/tim-rose/)
- [Revolutionary War](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/revolutionary-war/)
- [French and Indian War](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/french-and-indian-war/)
- [Mount Vernon](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mount-vernon/)
- [Martha Washington](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/martha-washington/)
- [Braddock Campaign](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/braddock-campaign/)
- [George Mason](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/george-mason/)
- [U.S. v. Windsor](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/u-s-v-windsor/)
- [Obergefell v. Hodges](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/obergefell-v-hodges/)
- [Mitch McConnell](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/mitch-mcconnell/)
- [presidential power](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/presidential-power/)
- [Learning Resources](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/learning-resources/)
- [major questions doctrine](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/major-questions-doctrine/)
- [architecture](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/architecture/)
- [classical architecture](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/classical-architecture/)
- [brutalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/brutalism/)
- [modernism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/modernism/)
- [public architecture](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/public-architecture/)
- [medicine](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/medicine/)
- [right to try](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/right-to-try/)
- [White House](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/white-house/)
- [FCC](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fcc/)
- [Big Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/big-law/)
- [Manners](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/manners/)
- [Etiquette](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/etiquette/)
- [Ethics](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/ethics/)
- [Chicago](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/chicago/)
- [Socrates](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/socrates/)
- [Martin Diamond](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/martin-diamond/)
- [Herbert Storing](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/herbert-storing/)
- [Chiles](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/chiles/)
- [Chiles v. Salazar](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/chiles-v-salazar/)
- [Colorado](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/colorado/)
- [talk therapy](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/talk-therapy/)
- [teleology](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/teleology/)
- [same-sex](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/same-sex/)
- [Kansas Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/kansas-law/)
- [Penn Law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/penn-law/)
- [human agency](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/human-agency/)
- [law and economics](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/law-and-economics/)
- [America 250](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/america-250/)
- [myth](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/myth/)
- [fables](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/fables/)
- [Matthew Mehan](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/matthew-mehan/)
- [Hillsdale College](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/hillsdale-college/)
- [limited government](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/limited-government/)
- [subsidiarity](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/subsidiarity/)
- [centralization](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/centralization/)
- [Beyond Originalism](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/beyond-originalism/)
- [contract law](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/contract-law/)
- [Petersen Energia Inversora v. YPF](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/petersen-energia-inversora-v-ypf/)
- [Second Circuit Court of Appeals](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/second-circuit-court-of-appeals/)
- [New York](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/new-york/)
- [Daniel Webster](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/daniel-webster/)
- [matthew spalding](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/matthew-spalding/)
- [self-evident truths](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/self-evident-truths/)
- [Trump v. Barbara](https://www.anchoringtruths.org/tag/trump-v-barbara/)