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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
