Common good

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

A Jurisprudential Red Pill: Part II

Evelyn Blacklock continues her commentary on Vermeule’s Common Good Constitutionalism, showing the strengths of the argument, while also demonstrating some needed nuances between the Classical and the Enlightenment perspectives of law.

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

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.

Originalism and Its Discontents

Prof. David Forte responds to “A Better Originalism,” reminding we must look at the Constitution as a whole, both its legal presence and its moral principles.

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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