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.
Abortion
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
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 …
VIDEO: Prof. Mark David Hall Addresses the President’s 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.
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.
Best of Times & Worst of Times for 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 …
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 …
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, …
What Might James Wilson Say to Today’s Supreme Court?
He can do more than, as John Roberts would have him doing, in affirming the law of non-contradiction.
VIDEO: Hadley Arkes Receives 2025 Benedict Leadership Institute Award at Belmont Abbey College
