Dred Scott

Presidential Immunity in Trump v. U.S.-Responding to Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen

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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

Justice Barrett & Rejecting Judicial Supremacy with Prof. Kevin Walsh

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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.

1857: The Dred Scott Case

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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,

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