Institutional Settlement, Determination, and “Mere Natural Law”
In reviewing “Mere Natural Law,” scholar Jordan Perkins argues that it is necessary that legal cognition be infused with moral reasoning.
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Clarence Thomas: The People’s Justice with Judge Amul Thapar
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 …
John Yoo on Recent SCOTUS Term & Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court
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 …
Natural Born Lawyers: A Scholar Challenges The Conservative Legal Movement
David Deavel reviews Mere Natural Law, showing how it ddraws out the moral arguments present in nature.
“After Dobbs and the Crisis of the House Divided” – Public Lecture from Hadley Arkes and Gerard Bradley
In this episode of the Anchoring Truths podcast, we share a public lecture by Hadley Arkes delivered on October 28th, 2022 to a crowd in Washington, DC. The speech was titled, “After Dobbs and the Crisis of the House Divided.” It was Prof. Arkes’s most complete statement on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dobbs …
The Next Pro-Life Goal Is Constitutional Personhood
Josh Hammer and Josh Craddock outline the path ahead for the pro life movement at the Federal level, as legislators act to prevent our nation becoming “a house divided against itself.”
Diseconomies of Law
Anchoring Truths co-founder Garrett Snedeker reviews Trouble at the Bar on Law and Liberty.
Roe v. Wade Is Already Dead
Roe is, practically speaking, already dead — regardless of what the Court decides to do in Dobbs.
What the Hearings Missed
In the aftermath of Judge Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Hadley Arkes analyzes the Senate hearings. Despite some well-timed questions, Republicans ultimately missed their chance to put Judge Jackson on the record defending the right to kill unwanted children even after birth.
Breaking the Sotomayor Mold
Kody Cooper argues that a new Supreme Court justice in the style of Sotomayor would fail to pass the “test of truth” when it comes to abortion, religious liberty, and takings. If the Senate Judiciary Committee cares about truth, it should therefore disavow the Sotomayor mold.
