Please enjoy this video footage of JWI Co-Director Gerard “Gerry” Bradley addressing the White House’s Religious Liberty Commission, courtesy of the Department of Justice: Note – Prof. Bradley’s remarks begin at minute 47:40. Additionally, please read Prof. Bradley’s full remarks HERE.
Editor’s Note: On May 1, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission to direct the federal government to “promote citizens’ pride in our foundational history, identify emerging threats to religious liberty, uphold Federal laws that protect all citizens’ full participation in a pluralistic democracy, and protect the free exercise of …
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared as an entry in a multi-part series hosted by the New Civil Liberties Alliance reflecting on “how bad bureaucratic decisions made COVID-19 worse.” The piece is reprinted at Anchoring Truths with permission. Forced closure of houses of worship during the Covid pandemic demonstrated how far-reaching administrative edicts could be. …
CRCD Executive Director Trey Dimsdale hopes that a focus on religious liberty protections in the states can “play a significant role in rekindling popular and political interest in federalism and republicanism for the sake of advancing and securing the liberty to which all Americans are entitled.”
In this article, Phillip Muñoz suggests how we can read the religious free exercise and establishment clauses in light of the Constitution’s original design and purposes, being situated properly in a tradition of natural law and rights.
Prof. Mark David Hall, JWI Affiliated Scholar and Professor at George Fox University, joins host Garrett Snedeker for a discussion of Mark’s new book Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land: How Christianity Has Advanced Freedom and Equality for All Americans. The two discuss the vital place of religious liberty in American culture, both historically and …
In Part II, Assistant Editor Ted Hirt concludes with an evaluation of Phillip Munoz’s understanding of the Constitution’s religious clauses.
Anchoring Truths Assistant Editor Ted Hirt reviews Philip Muñoz’s book, “Religious Liberty and the American Founding, Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment.” This first of two pieces analyzes the work the Muñoz has done to outline the foundations of our Religious Liberty.
In this episode of the podcast, Garrett Snedeker sits down with Dr. Jordan Ballor, Director of Research at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy at First Liberty Institute, to discuss the CRCD’s new project to measure and rank each state’s safeguards for religious liberty. You can access the study here.
JWI, with our co-sponsors, the Center for Religion Culture and Democracy at First Liberty Institute, and the Civitas Institute, present this webinar. The webinar featured Justin Dyer and Kody Cooper discussing their upcoming book on the natural law influences of the American Founding. We were also joined by Jordan Ballor, in addition to a surprise …
