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Justice Barrett & Rejecting Judicial Supremacy with Prof. Kevin Walsh

The James Wilson Institute | November 9, 2023

Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast team and Professor Kevin C. Walsh from Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law for a discussion over Prof. Walsh’s fascinating talk with Justice Amy Coney Barrett. We trace the intellectual origins of judicial supremacy from Lincoln’s time to the years of the Warren Court to our current political moment and discuss the proper role of the Supreme Court to distill what the law means today.

The Forgotten Protection for Individual Liberty

Trey Dimsdale | October 13, 2023

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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.”

Institutional Settlement, Determination, and “Mere Natural Law”

Jordan Perkins | September 1, 2023

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In reviewing “Mere Natural Law,” scholar Jordan Perkins argues that it is necessary that legal cognition be infused with moral reasoning.

John Yoo on Recent SCOTUS Term & Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court

The James Wilson Institute | July 14, 2023

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 …

‘Dobbs’ a Year Later: The Lady in the Hat and the Vase

Hadley Arkes | June 30, 2023

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.

Restoring the Lincolnian Vision: Rep. Keith Rothfus

The James Wilson Institute | May 19, 2023

Congressman Keith Rothfus joins the AT Podcast for a discussion of the Lincolnian approach to statesmanship and governance, particularly as applies to the issue of abortion, and why it needs to be restored in our political and legal discourse. We also chat about his terms in Congress and what reforms he advocates for a better functioning U.S. House.