Professor Hadley Arkes was featured on the Cross & Gavel podcast of the Christian Legal Society. In an episode recorded in January 2024, he discussed his book, Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. Professor Arkes is the Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College …
“The pitfall of the argument in favor of parents’ rights is that it makes the decision for children to be exposed to information about sexual activity or access to puberty blockers a matter of a parent’s will,” writes Sarrouf.
This is latest installment of an ongoing interview series with First Things contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Hadley Arkes joins the podcast to discuss his new book Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. The conversation is embedded above. For your long-term convenience, follow this podcast on SoundCloud or subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher.
Join Judge Amul Thapar and the Anchoring Truths Podcast team for a deep dive into Judge Thapar’s new book on Justice Clarence Thomas, The People’s Justice. The book delves into some of Justice Thomas’s opinions that tell the fascinating stories of the litigants behind the cases as well as how Justice Thomas’s approach to originalism …
Prof. Hadley Arkes recently appeared on Thinking in Public with Albert Mohler, where the two discussed the principles animating Prof. Arkes’s latest book, Mere Natural Law.
Prof. John Yoo of California’s Berkeley Law School joins the Anchoring Truths Podcast for a light-hearted and spirited discussion of his new, co-authored book The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court as well as the recent decisions of the Supreme Court in its OT 2022 term. Yoo clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, served in …
Cline argues that the roots of a nation’s receptiveness to the Natural Law grow from its Christian foundation.
David Deavel reviews Mere Natural Law, showing how it ddraws out the moral arguments present in nature.
James Rosen, author of Scalia: Rise to Greatness, and Chief White House Correspondent for Newsmax, joins host Garrett Snedeker for an insider’s look at Antonin Scalia’s life before he became Justice Scalia. Their discussion touches on Scalia’s upbringing in New York, his early positions in the Nixon and Ford White Houses, his tenure as a …
Hadley Arkes reflects on the year since the overturning of “Roe v. Wade” and unpacks the next steps a brave judge could take in protecting the pre-born.
