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A project of the @JamesWilsonInst. Teaching anew the grounding axioms of the American regime, and seeking to restore the wisdom of the Founding Generation.
Joined July 2021
🎧 LISTEN: EVERSON MUST FALL. @tlloydcline joins the Anchoring Truths Podcast to argue that the famous 1947 #SCOTUS decision on the Establishment Clause should be overturned. Drawn from his co-authored @HarvardJLPP article w/ @josh_hammer & @yhazony . Episode below👇.
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🎧From our contributing editor @josh_hammer on @realDonaldTrump Executive Order on flag burning 👇.
In Texas v. Johnson and U.S. v. Eichman, SCOTUS erroneously held that flag burning is protected "speech.". But it isn't speech—it's conduct. Trump's new EO also rebukes judicial supremacy and returns us to Lincolnian departmentalism. Today's show 🎙️
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RT @RobLutherLawyer: I recently spoke on judicial nominations in @realDonaldTrump’s second term for the @JamesWilsonInst podcast @Anchoring….
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Join us for this episode as Professor Robert Luther anticipates judicial nomination selection in Trump's second term. Professor Luther asks two types of questions: formally, "How will the Senate...
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RT @JamesWilsonInst: The Skrmetti decision was something of a paradox: right and wrong at the same time. but how so? In the fourth episode….
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Amidst the surging desire for a moral understanding of the law, what do we do with originalism? Why is it lacking in that respect, and how did we get here? If you haven't already, listen to our latest podcast with Dennis Weiboldt to see how.". Tune in here:
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Is our "Natural Law Moment" the first of its kind? Have there been moments like it before? Join us as Notre Dame's Dennis Wieboldt shares why it might be better to say, "Our Natural Law Moment(s)." . Listen here:
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RT @JamesWilsonInst: Conservatives have cause to celebrate recent wins at #SCOTUS, but many fall subject to one critical problem. In this e….
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"[James] Wilson held that liberty without law is no longer liberty at all. In other words, to use liberty poorly is precisely to destroy its nature so that we can no longer properly call it liberty. This means that liberty, of its essence, must be intrinsically tied to virtuous.
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". the Preamble can be profitably read under an Aristotelian light. However, we must acknowledge that this is not the only possible reading. for the “natural lawyer," this type of analysis is sufficient, because that lawyer does not place all hope in the bare text. Rather, the.
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The Preamble is a sacrosanct text in our democracy, both memorized in grade school and scrupulously studied in law school. Anchoring Truths Writing Fellow @pauldcupp demonstrates how these revered words-with help from Aristotle-embody the Natural Law. Read here:
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The serious practice of natural law isn't always easy today. Listen as the 2023 recipient of the James Wilson Leadership & Law Award Judge Janice Rogers Brown (U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C., ret.) gives remarks on "Judicial Courage" in today's socio-legal atmosphere. Tune in
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What's the relationship between property law and natural rights? Tune in as Professor Eric Claeys of @georgemasonlaw explains his ideas from his new book "Natural Property Rights." . Listen here:
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Abraham Lincoln, Harry Jaffa, and "Prophetic Statesmanship." Listen as Professor Edward Erler joins us to cover his recent book on this episode of Anchoring Truths. Listen here:
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Professor @JuliaMahoneyUVA of @UVALaw joins us to explain what restoring the classical legal tradition in American jurisprudence truly looks like. Listen here:
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👀 “Everson Must Fall” -co-authored by our contributing editor @josh_hammer, Anchoring Truths podcast guest and contributor @tlloydcline, and @yhazony.
We're told "separation of church and state" is real. But that's a lie—and a very damaging one. Post-Dobbs, the conservative legal movement must hone in on a new goal: Overturn Everson. New @HarvardJLPP article from me, @tlloydcline, and @yhazony 🖋️
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RT @JamesWilsonInst: In this freshly released @WSJopinion letter to the editor, JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker notes #SCOTUS's crucia….
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In our latest podcast, Prof. Eric Claeys discusses the ways a natural right for property is justified and limited. Listen now:
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