Essays
September 9, 2022
What Thomas Aquinas via Harry Jaffa Can Say to the New Right
Where does Harry Jaffa's account of Natural Law differ from Thomas Aquinas’s, if at all, and how can that inform the New Right.
August 19, 2022
Stricter Scrutiny for Common Good Constitutionalism
How does the common good constitutionalism of Adrian Vermeule compare to the natural law originalism of Hadley Arkes?
July 22, 2022
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."
July 22, 2022
Selective History in the Dobbs Dissent
JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer criticizes Justice Sotomayor's dissenting opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case. However, he also appreciates that the dissent does not exclusively rely on historicism.
July 14, 2022
Diseconomies of Law
Anchoring Truths co-founder Garrett Snedeker reviews Trouble at the Bar on Law and Liberty.
July 4, 2022
The God of the Declaration
The American Founders and Lincoln believed in a Natural Law and a natural lawgiver at the moral core of the project they brought forth, argues JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer
July 4, 2022
The Declaration's Substantive Global Appeal
The Declaration of Independence's unique appeal globally cannot be explained by its formal aspects only