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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
