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Power LineThe Three Whisky Happy Hour: High Crimes & MisdemeanorsWe lead this week's show with a few short news announcements, including new menu items from McDonalds to excite John, and the debut of a new podcast competitor: Hadley Arkes and his merry band at the James Wilson Institute have launched "The 'Natural Law Moment' Podcast," surely goaded by our constant mangling of his central arguments. WE hope to have a crossover episode with Hadley at some early opportunity, if we can ever get our difficult schedules sorted out.This round-robin format episode features a vigorous discussion of whether Obama and the Deep Staters (sounds like a bad...2025-07-251h 04
JWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastLincoln's Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward ErlerIn the pantheon of intellectual giants of modernconservatism, standing first among equals is the late professor Harry Jaffa. Jaffa, who influenced generations of students from his academic perch at Claremont Graduate University, might have been the 20th century’s greatest scholar on the thought of Abraham Lincoln. Jaffa, who along with JWI Founder & Co-Director Hadley Arkes was a student of the great Leo Strauss, produced two seminal books on Lincoln. First, in 1958, he gave us Crisis of the House Divided, a close analysis of the Lincoln Douglas debates, andthen forty two years later, A New Birth of Freedom, which wa...2025-06-1250 min
The Simple TruthMere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution (Hadley Arkes) - 6/5/256/5/25 - In Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution, legal philosopher Hadley Arkes argues that originalism alone is insufficient to counter judicial activism. He contends that the framers of the Constitution viewed “self-evident” truths of Natural Law as foundational, and that interpreting the Constitution without acknowledging these principles leads to incoherence in the legal system. Arkes emphasizes the importance of grounding constitutional interpretation in moral principles known to all, rather than relying solely on textual analysis or theoretical constructs. He critiques both liberal and conservative approaches that neglect the moral underpinnings of the Constitution, advocating for a re...2025-06-0644 min
The Conor Gallagher ShowHow the Justice System Lost Its Soul – and How to Get It Back | Hadley ArkesIn this episode of The Conor Gallagher Show, Conor sits down with Hadley Arkes, the main advocate and architect of the bill that became known as the Born-Alive Infants’ Protection Act, to discuss how the justice system lost its soul and how to get it back.Arkes, the founder and director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights & the American Founding, lends his expertise on issues he has taught and written about for decades, including:The natural right of people to govern themselvesThe justice system's inability to grasp natural law and common senseLeading the fight ag...2025-05-141h 17JWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastNatural Law & Labor Law with Alex MacDonaldAlex MacDonald, a DC-based labor lawyer, touches on the historical roots of the right to work, the right’s connection with natural-law principles, and its return to modern jurisprudence. Informed by JWI Co-Director Hadley Arkes's Mere Natural Law, Alex examines how that return could transform modern labor law, especially the concept of exclusive representation. This episode, adapted from a lecture he delivered to the James Wilson Institute and the Center on Religion Culture & Democracy in 2024, draws largely upon Alex’s article published in the North Dakota Law Review.2025-02-0645 minPower LineThe Three Whisky Happy Hour: Merry Christmas EditionWe were going to take up the transcendent matters appropriate for the climax of Advent, but the headlines won't let us! The dam started breaking this week about Joe Biden's unfitness for office, which, as the Wall Street Journal reported, began during the 2020 campaign. Just who has been president for the last four years? And aside from the perfidy of the complacent and compliant (to Democrats) news media, should there be a serious congressional investigation into what is clearly one of the greatest coverups in American history. Biden's senior staff and cabinet should have to answer uncomfortable questions about this...2024-12-211h 08Power LineThe Three Whisky Happy Hour: Gonzo Unplugged EditionThis is going to be unlike any previous edition of the Three Whisky Happy Hour, because it was literally recorded during happy hour at the annual meeting of the Federalist Society in Washington, in a corner of the mass reception hall where John Yoo and I invited all comers to swing by to offer a few comments. This completely unstructured (but therefore highly authentic!) conversation included Ilya Shaprio and Rafael Mangual of the Manhattan Institute, the esteemed Roger Pilon, emeritus of the Cato Institute, our old pal Hadley Arkes, prominent appellate attorney Eric Jaffa, and Utah lawyer (and loyal 3WHH...2024-11-1633 minJWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastLitigating Second Amendment & Natural Right to Self-Defense with Ed WengerWe are excited to be dive into Second Amendment jurisprudence and the Natural Right to Self Defense. Our entry into that topic is collection of opinions in Hanson v. United States from a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from October 29, 2024. In that case, the majority upheld the District’s ban on the possession and sale of what it called “extra-large capacity magazines." The panel ruled the city’s ten-round limit for magazines fit within the nation’s historical tradition of regulating “particularly dangerous weapons” and those “capable of unprecedented lethality,” even though ther...2024-10-3134 minJWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastMinisode 6: National Conservatism Conference ScenesFor a special minisode, Hadley Arkes and Garrett Snedeker, who attended the 2024 National Conservatism Conference July 8-10, share impressions of both the public panel discussions and how the conference fits within our larger political and cultural moment.
Edmund Burke Foundation, Organizer of NatCon 4
Video of NatCon 4 speeches and panels2024-07-1230 min
Hillsdale College Podcast Network SuperfeedIndependence Day Special: The ConstitutionGuests: Ronald J. Pestritto, Hadley P. Arkes, & David Azerrad Host Scot Bertram talks with Ronald J. Pestritto, dean of the Graduate School, professor of Politics, and Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at Hillsdale College, about his lectures in Hillsdale's Constitution 101 Online Course. Hadley P. Arkes, Edward N. Ney professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions Emeritus at Amherst College, describes the natural law roots of our Constitution. And David Azerrad, assistant professor and research fellow at the Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College, shows how the Constitution's preamble serves as a "political mission...2024-07-0548 minThe Radio Free Hillsdale HourIndependence Day Special: The ConstitutionGuests: Ronald J. Pestritto, Hadley P. Arkes, & David Azerrad Host Scot Bertram talks with Ronald J. Pestritto, dean of the Graduate School, professor of Politics, and Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at Hillsdale College, about his lectures in Hillsdale's Constitution 101 Online Course. Hadley P. Arkes, Edward N. Ney professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions Emeritus at Amherst College, describes the natural law roots of our Constitution. And David Azerrad, assistant professor and research fellow at the Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College, shows how the Constitution's preamble serves as a "political mission...2024-07-0548 minJWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastMinisode 4: Arkes Abroad! Scenes from BudapestMinisode 4 features JWI Founder & Co-Director Hadley Arkes, who shares scenes from his recent trip to Budapest, Hungary where he keynoted a conference on the rule of law. With host Garrett Snedeker, they discuss how the Hungarian government is offering an alternative to the reigning orthodoxies and policy prescriptions of the European Union. He also details some colorful personalities with whom he enjoyed the conference hosted by the Danube Institute.2024-06-1525 min
Socrates in the CityHadley Arkes: Mere Natural LawIs there a “law” hidden beneath the written law? Hadley Arkes, professor of law for nearly fifty years, and host Eric Metaxas sit down to discuss how the framers of the Constitution regarded the “self-evident” truths of the Natural Law as foundational.
The post Hadley Arkes: Mere Natural Law first appeared on Socrates in the City.2024-05-1720 min
Cross & Gavel Podcast165. Introduction to Natural Law — David VanDrunenIn this week's discussion, David VanDrunen returns to the studio to talk about his new short companion on the natural law (buy here). David is the Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Westminster Seminary California (faculty page here). He has written a number of other popular books, ranging from Divine Covenants and Moral Order: A Biblical Theology of Natural Law, Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms: A Study in the Development of Reformed Social Thought and Politics after Christendom: Political Theology in a Fractured World. RELATED CONTENT Bridging the Civil & Divine - K...2024-05-0846 minJWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastExposing the Hidden Behemoth Funding the Left with Scott WalterArabella Advisors is the largest network advising and steering billions of dollars to left-of-center causes. All but a tiny percentage of Americans is unaware of its influence. Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, and author of a new book about Arabella, joins host Garrett Snedeker to explore what is Arabella and how it drives so much of what happens on the Left, particularly for progressives in the legal sphere through more well-known initiatives such as Demand Justice and Fix the Court.
Scott Walter is president of Capital Research Center. He served in the George W...2024-05-0347 min
Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and CultureTent Cities, Immunity, and Natural LawIt's the end of oral arguments, and this week the Court heard two big ones. Your hosts discuss Grants Pass, where the Court will decide whether it's "cruel and unusual punishment" to enforce anti-camping laws, and they discuss the Trump immunity case, which has big implications not only for the presidential election but for the office of the presidency forever. After that, Zack interviews legendary legal philosopher Hadley Arkes about his latest book, Mere Natural Law, and then Zack shows off his criminal-law expertise in 8th Amendment trivia.Follow us on X @scotus101 and @tzsmith. And...2024-04-2647 minJWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastHadley Arkes Celebrates the Constitutional Thought of Gerry Bradley, JWI's New Co-DirectorJWI Founder & Co-Director Hadley Arkes celebrates the advent and arrival of new JWI Co-Director Gerry Bradley at a conference JWI co-hosted with First Liberty Institute in March 2024. Prof. Arkes details and praises Prof. Bradley's intellectual contributions over a lifetime of teaching constitutional law.2024-03-291h 03Power LineThe Three Whisky Happy Hour—With a Twist!This episode could be mistaken for the Three Martini Happy Hour, because this week's episode comes with a tangy twist. John Yoo is away this week, so we brought in a ringer to take his place: Prof. Hadley Arkes! Thus this episode become a Positivism-Free Zone, in which we review the deepest ground of the natural law unencumbered by John's usual alarums, excursions, and errors.The episode comes in three parts: Hadley made some news yesterday, celebrating the retirement of the noted Notre Dame Law professor Gerard V. Bradley, who will be joining Hadley at the James Wilson I...2024-03-231h 17
The Buck Sexton ShowBuck Brief - Hadley ArkesBuck Sexton breaks down the latest headlines with a fresh and honest perspective! He speaks truth to power, and cuts through the liberal nonsense coming from the mainstream media. Subscribe to never miss an episode of The Buck Sexton Show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-03-2023 minCross & Gavel Podcast160. Justice As Friendship — Seow Hon TanJoining me this week to talk a little jurisprudence is an Associate Professor at the Singapore Management University School of Law, Seow Hon Tan (faculty page). She is the author of the book Justice as Friendship: A Theory of Law (purchase), which looks at the idea of friendship and how it can help us formulate a more just legal system. RELATED CONTENT Bridging the Civil & Divine - Karen Taliaferro (Episode # 133) Christianity & Constitutionalism: Higher Law - Li-ann Thio (Episodes # 148) Mere Natural Law - Hadley Arkes (Episode # 159) Cross & Gavel is a production of CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY. The ep...2024-02-2833 minJWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastLong Awaited Translation of Montesquieu with Profs. W.B. Allen and Hadley ArkesJoin the Anchoring Truths Podcast team for our first episode of 2024, featuring an extended episode. Our guest is the distinguished political scientist Prof. W.B. "Bill" Allen, who chatted with us about his new translation, fifty years in the making, of Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws. JWI Founder & Co-Director Hadley Arkes paid a surprise visit to the podcast to join the discussion.
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Hale Institute PodcastEpisode 1: Mere Natural Law (feat. Hadley Arkes)Timon Cline, Director of Scholarly Initiatives at the Hale Institute, talked with Hadley Arkes about his new book, Mere Natural Law, Hadley’s storied career, conservative jurisprudence, and much more.
2024-01-261h 11Cross & Gavel Podcast159. Mere Natural Law — Hadley ArkesJoining me this week in our first episode of the new year is a renowed thinker and writer on constitutional theory and natural law, Hadley Arkes. Hadley is the Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College and the founding director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding. His new book and the focus of this episode is called Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. RELATED CONTENT Bridging the Civil & Divine - Karen Taliferro (Episode # 133) Summer Series on "Christianity & Constitutionalism" (see Epi...2024-01-2451 min
Acton UnwindJavier Milei vs. Davos ManThis week, Eric, Dan, and Noah discuss Javier Milei’s speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Did the Davos set know what they were getting into when they invited him? How important and refreshing was it to hear a voice opposed to the elite consensus at Davos? Will anyone listen to him? Next, Donald Trump claims that a president can’t be the president without also being guaranteed full and complete immunity from prosecution. Is there any legal basis for this? What will be the consequences of the continual degradation of norms in our society? And finally, Sout...2024-01-221h 01
Situation ReportNatural Law & Rights with Professor Hadley ArkesWe've talked about natural law and where our rights come from, but on this episode of Situation Report, we're joined by Professor Hadley Arkes, who has written many books and articles on many topics, but his newest book is titled Mere Natural Law Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. We dive into this book and more on this episode of Situation Report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-01-0539 min
Ordain and EstablishWhat is the Law For?: Making Men Moral Lunchtime Conversation Featuring: – Hadley Arkes, Director, James Wilson Institute – O. Carter Snead, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame – Andrew T. Walker, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary – Ryan T. Anderson, President, Ethics & Public Policy Center 2023-12-171h 10
In Conversation: An OUP PodcastRobert P. George's 'Making Men Moral': A 30th Anniversary ConferenceThe first book in the storied career of one of the most influential conservative legal scholars and philosophers of our day is the focus of an upcoming conference in Washington, DC. Making Men Moral (1993) is the book and Robert P. George is the man behind it—Princeton professor of jurisprudence, bioethicist and pro-life and civil liberties champion. Scheduled speakers include some of the most important thinkers on social conservatism and legal thought of the generations he has molded, plus many of his peers and George himself. This conference is our focus for today.As the founder and directo...2023-11-181h 01
New Books in Political ScienceRobert P. George's 'Making Men Moral': A 30th Anniversary ConferenceThe first book in the storied career of one of the most influential conservative legal scholars and philosophers of our day is the focus of an upcoming conference in Washington, DC. Making Men Moral (1993) is the book and Robert P. George is the man behind it—Princeton professor of jurisprudence, bioethicist and pro-life and civil liberties champion. Scheduled speakers include some of the most important thinkers on social conservatism and legal thought of the generations he has molded, plus many of his peers and George himself. This conference is our focus for today.As the founder and directo...2023-11-181h 01
New Books in Politics and PolemicsRobert P. George's 'Making Men Moral': A 30th Anniversary ConferenceThe first book in the storied career of one of the most influential conservative legal scholars and philosophers of our day is the focus of an upcoming conference in Washington, DC. Making Men Moral (1993) is the book and Robert P. George is the man behind it—Princeton professor of jurisprudence, bioethicist and pro-life and civil liberties champion. Scheduled speakers include some of the most important thinkers on social conservatism and legal thought of the generations he has molded, plus many of his peers and George himself. This conference is our focus for today.As the founder and directo...2023-11-181h 01
New Books in Intellectual HistoryRobert P. George's 'Making Men Moral': A 30th Anniversary ConferenceThe first book in the storied career of one of the most influential conservative legal scholars and philosophers of our day is the focus of an upcoming conference in Washington, DC. Making Men Moral (1993) is the book and Robert P. George is the man behind it—Princeton professor of jurisprudence, bioethicist and pro-life and civil liberties champion. Scheduled speakers include some of the most important thinkers on social conservatism and legal thought of the generations he has molded, plus many of his peers and George himself. This conference is our focus for today.As the founder and directo...2023-11-181h 01
New Books in American PoliticsRobert P. George's 'Making Men Moral': A 30th Anniversary ConferenceThe first book in the storied career of one of the most influential conservative legal scholars and philosophers of our day is the focus of an upcoming conference in Washington, DC. Making Men Moral (1993) is the book and Robert P. George is the man behind it—Princeton professor of jurisprudence, bioethicist and pro-life and civil liberties champion. Scheduled speakers include some of the most important thinkers on social conservatism and legal thought of the generations he has molded, plus many of his peers and George himself. This conference is our focus for today.As the founder and directo...2023-11-181h 01
FedSoc EventsMere Natural LawThe U.S. Supreme Court’s originalist jurisprudence has been on display in its most recent terms – consider the constitutional analysis in major cases like Bruen and Dobbs. But is the Court’s originalism sound? In his newly released book, Mere Natural Law, Professor Hadley Arkes argues that the Court’s ascendant mode of interpretation insufficiently relies upon the natural moral law. Critics assert that such reliance would be difficult, if not impossible, to moor to objectively discernible standards. This panel brings together several of the most formidable constitutional scholars of a generation to discuss natural law and constitutional conservatism alongsid...2023-11-171h 21Power LineA Conversation with Hadley Arkes about Natural LawWay back in 1960, Leo Strauss wrote in the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences that "Natural law, which was for many centuries the basis of the predominant Western political thought, is rejected in our time by almost all students of society who are not Roman Catholics." In the decades since then, however, natural law has enjoyed a revival of sorts, and is implicated today in the rise of constitutional originalism at the Supreme Court. But it is also a confusing subject, because many so-called "new natural law" theories seem to concede too much to modern philosophy, as if the...2023-10-3032 minThe Simple TruthReclaiming the "Patriarchy" | Prolife Updates (Fr. Stephen Imbarrato) 10-20-202310-20-2023 - Jim Havens and Fr. Stephen Imbarrato talk about the recent testimony with Dr. Hadley Arkes and preview the upcoming march and rally for personhood in Boston, MA while providing cutting-edge pro-life updates that you won't hear anywhere else.2023-10-2052 minThe Simple TruthThe Right to Choose | A Testimony from Dr. Hadley Arkes – 10/17/202310/17/2023 - Dr. Hadley Arkes joins us today to speak and tells us about his life and journey in the Pro-life movement.2023-10-1751 min
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First Things PodcastNatural Law in the CourtsOn this episode, Hadley Arkes joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book “Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution.”
Music by Advent Chamber Orchestra via Creative Commons.2023-07-3132 min
Thinking in Public with Albert MohlerAnchoring Truths, Natural Law, and Moral Order — A Conversation with Professor Hadley ArkesThis is Thinking in Public, a program dedicated to intelligent conversation about frontline theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them.In this edition of the popular podcast series “Thinking in Public,” Albert Mohler speaks with founder and director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding, Professor Hadley Arkes, about his most recent book “Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution.”If you enjoyed this episode of Thinking in Public, you can find hundreds of these conversations here.You can purchase “Mere Natural Law: Originalis...2023-07-1956 minNew Books in American PoliticsMere Natural Law: A Conversation with Hadley ArkesWhat is natural law, and what does it have to do with originalism? Why does the Right defend religion yet so often struggle to define it? Next up in our "Summer of Law" series, Hadley Arkes, the Edward Ney Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Amherst College and the Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute sits down to chat about his recent book, Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution (Regnery Publishing, 2023).
More on Prof. Arkes is available here.
About the The James Wilson Institute, here.
The Stanford Review's "religion," referenced during the p...2023-07-181h 04New Books in Politics and PolemicsMere Natural Law: A Conversation with Hadley ArkesWhat is natural law, and what does it have to do with originalism? Why does the Right defend religion yet so often struggle to define it? Next up in our "Summer of Law" series, Hadley Arkes, the Edward Ney Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Amherst College and the Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute sits down to chat about his recent book, Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution (Regnery Publishing, 2023).
More on Prof. Arkes is available here.
About the The James Wilson Institute, here.
The Stanford Review's "religion," referenced during the p...2023-07-181h 04
New Books in LawMere Natural Law: A Conversation with Hadley ArkesWhat is natural law, and what does it have to do with originalism? Why does the Right defend religion yet so often struggle to define it? Next up in our "Summer of Law" series, Hadley Arkes, the Edward Ney Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Amherst College and the Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute sits down to chat about his recent book, Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution (Regnery Publishing, 2023).
More on Prof. Arkes is available here.
About the The James Wilson Institute, here.
The Stanford Review's "religion," referenced during the p...2023-07-181h 04
Madison's NotesMere Natural Law: A Conversation with Hadley ArkesWhat is natural law, and what does it have to do with originalism? Why does the Right defend religion yet so often struggle to define it? Next up in our "Summer of Law" series, Hadley Arkes, the Edward Ney Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Amherst College and the Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute sits down to chat about his recent book, Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution (Regnery Publishing, 2023).
More on Prof. Arkes is available here.
About the The James Wilson Institute, here.
The Stanford Review's "religion," referenced during the p...2023-07-181h 04New Books in Intellectual HistoryMere Natural Law: A Conversation with Hadley ArkesWhat is natural law, and what does it have to do with originalism? Why does the Right defend religion yet so often struggle to define it? Next up in our "Summer of Law" series, Hadley Arkes, the Edward Ney Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Amherst College and the Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute sits down to chat about his recent book, Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution (Regnery Publishing, 2023).
More on Prof. Arkes is available here.
About the The James Wilson Institute, here.
The Stanford Review's "religion," referenced during the p...2023-07-181h 04New Books in Political ScienceMere Natural Law: A Conversation with Hadley ArkesWhat is natural law, and what does it have to do with originalism? Why does the Right defend religion yet so often struggle to define it? Next up in our "Summer of Law" series, Hadley Arkes, the Edward Ney Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Amherst College and the Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute sits down to chat about his recent book, Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution (Regnery Publishing, 2023).
More on Prof. Arkes is available here.
About the The James Wilson Institute, here.
The Stanford Review's "religion," referenced during the p...2023-07-181h 04
Hillsdale College Podcast Network SuperfeedHadley Arkes on the Anchoring Truths of the ConstitutionGuests: Miles Smith, Hadley Arkes, & Ingrid Jacques Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith, Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about his recent Op-ed at Chicago Tribune, "Activism and niches are killing the history profession." Hadley Arkes, Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College, discusses the natural law tradition and his new book Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. And Ingrid Jacques, Columnist at USA Today and Hillsdale alumna, talks about the state of journalism and opinion writing and how Hillsdale helped prepare her for her career. 2023-06-3050 minThe Radio Free Hillsdale HourHadley Arkes on the Anchoring Truths of the ConstitutionGuests: Miles Smith, Hadley Arkes, & Ingrid Jacques Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith, Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about his recent Op-ed at Chicago Tribune, "Activism and niches are killing the history profession." Hadley Arkes, Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College, discusses the natural law tradition and his new book Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. And Ingrid Jacques, Columnist at USA Today and Hillsdale alumna, talks about the state of journalism and opinion writing and how Hillsdale helped prepare her for her career. 2023-06-3050 min
Your American HeritageYour American Heritage 6 24 2023 with Professor Hadley ArkesEd Bonderenka speaks with author Hadley Arkes about his latest book "Mere Natural Law".
You may not know him, but Scalia did, and Alito and Thomas are still his friends.2023-06-2549 min
Timothy Gordon Rules for Retrogrades PodcastThe Natural Law w/ Dr. Hadley ArkesThe Natural Law w/ Dr. Hadley ArkesPlease purchase Dr. Hadley Arkes book here: https://www.amazon.com/Mere-Natural-Law-Originalism-Constitution/dp/1684513014**Moving? Use a Catholic pro-life realtor who donates substantially to the pro-life cause!! Contact Real Estate For Life: https://realestateforlife.org/**No matter what your Catholic vocation, The Saintmaker™ is a one-of-a-kind personal journal and planner to help you reignite your faith, succeed in life, and experience true spiritual freedom! With the Saintmaker Free Trial Offer, you can try it out for 90 days risk free. If you decide it’s not for...2023-05-181h 47
The American Mind PodcastFirst PrinciplesDr. Hadley Arkes joins the editors this week to offer advice to the pro-life movement and discuss the precepts of common sense that must underlie sound legal reasoning. The editors then turn to an analysis of the Durham Report and how it plays for 2024, as well as a brief discussion of Article 42 and Trump's CNN town hall. And of course: read the damn site! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit claremontinstitute.substack.com2023-05-181h 01
Conservative Conversations with ISIHadley Arkes on “Mere Natural Law,” Abortion, and the Logic of Law and MoralsIn this episode:Hadley Arkes, founder and director of the James Wilson Institute, joins the podcast to discuss his newest book, Mere Natural Law how the Dobbs ruling dodged the essential moral questions at the heart of abortion, and why conservative jurisprudence has failed to do sohow principles of natural law are so suffused into America’s law and the American regime that they are inseparable from any judgments about law in the judiciaryTexts Mentioned:Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution by Hadley ArkesFirst Things by Hadley ArkesMere Christianity by C.S...2023-05-1645 min
Federalist Radio HourRethinking SCOTUSOn this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Hadley Arkes, legal philosopher and founding director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the relationship between "originalism" and "natural law" and explain how underlying moral truths should inform conservative judicial thinking. You can find Arkes' book "Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution" here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mere-Natural-Law/Hadley-Arkes/97816845130172023-05-1253 min
Acton LineMere Natural LawWe live in what appears at first glance to be a highly skeptical age, one characterized by moral relativism in public discourse and ‘value-freedom’ in science. But is this really the case? Hadley Arkes believes that, despite many people’s protest to the contrary, what they do is informed–perhaps unwittingly–by an understanding of natural law. In this wide-ranging conversation, the founding director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding unpacks this paradox as explored in his new book, Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution.-What is na...2023-05-1058 min
Get Lost In Your Ears To A Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook.Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution by Hadley ArkesPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680813to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution
Author: Hadley Arkes
Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
Release date: May 2, 2023
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Originalism Is Not Enough The Founding Fathers held certain truths to be "self-evident." Do we? In this profoundly important reassessment of constitutional interpretation, the eminent legal philosopher Hadley Arkes argues that "originalism" alone is an inadequate answer to the judicial activism of the left. Without recourse to "mere Natural Law"—the moral principles knowable by...2023-05-029h 17
Full Trial Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsMere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution by Hadley ArkesPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution Author: Hadley Arkes Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Originalism Is Not Enough The Founding Fathers held certain truths to be "self-evident." Do we? In this profoundly important reassessment of constitutional interpretation, the eminent legal philosopher Hadley Arkes argues that "originalism" alone is an inadequate answer to the judicial activism of the left. Without recourse to "mere Natural Law"—the moral principles kno...2023-05-0205 minDownload Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsMere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution by Hadley ArkesPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680813to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution
Author: Hadley Arkes
Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
Release date: May 2, 2023
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Originalism Is Not Enough The Founding Fathers held certain truths to be "self-evident." Do we? In this profoundly important reassessment of constitutional interpretation, the eminent legal philosopher Hadley Arkes argues that "originalism" alone is an inadequate answer to the judicial activism of the left. Without recourse to "mere Natural Law"—the moral principles knowable by...2023-05-029h 17
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Life, Liberty, and LawCatherine Glenn Foster, Hadley Arkes, and Josh Craddock on Dobbs and what it means for the pro-life movementTom Shakely introduces an important recent joint-webinar hosted by Americans United for Life and the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding, held in the wake of the Dobbs decision and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, Hadley Arkes, Founder of the James Wilson Institute, and Josh Craddock, Affiliated Scholar at the James Wilson Institute, come together to discuss the Dobbs decision and how it changes the pro-life movement.
Hadley Arkes is Professor emeritus at Amherst College, Founder of JWI, main advocate, and...2022-07-131h 28Federalist Radio HourDid The Dobbs Decision Go Far Enough?On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Hadley Arkes, the founder and director of the James Wilson Institute and professor at Amherst College, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to analyze the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision and evaluate whether the ruling went far enough.2022-07-0743 min
Know Your EnemyHow They Did It, Pt. 3: The End of the BeginningIn the third and final episode in their series on the overturning of Roe v. Wade—recorded on the day it happened—Matt and Sam pick up with 1990s, the George W. Bush administration, and eventually take listeners up to the present. They focus especially on way conservative, mostly Christian intellectuals, many of them connected to the religious journal First Things, brought Catholics and evangelicals together to fight against abortion rights, with figures like Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, Robert P. George, and Hadley Arkes providing language and arguments in a more elite idiom—a project that deeply influenced Bush's presid...2022-06-301h 47
The Big Ben ShowHadley P. Arkes & Why The Supreme Court Got It RightOn this episode, Ben sits down with Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence at Amherst College and Founder & Director of the James Wilson Institute, Hadley Arkes, to break down the legal doctrine that led to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.Ben and Professor Arkes break down the intricacies of where there is disagreement amongst Republicans and within the pro-life movement, as well as what individual states may do now that abortion is no longer a constitutionally guaranteed right.Later, Ben previews his new FOX Nation documentary, Overturning Roe.Follow Ben on T...2022-06-2759 min
Keep The Faith's PodcastIn Praise of Representative Henry HydeDr. Hadley Arkes gives an excellent presentation of Representative Henry Hyde's long years of work. With courage and faith he fought for the unborn. 29 min. Taken from: Communion Breakfast Series2022-04-1929 min
First Things PodcastHadley Arkes on Roe v. WadeEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Hadley Arkes to talk about his article from the March print edition, “On Overturning Roe.” They discuss the shortcomings of originalist jurisprudence, the necessity of natural law in the fight to safeguard the rights of the unborn, and the opportunity facing the Supreme Court in the impending Dobbs decision.2022-03-0228 min
In The Trenches PodcastEpisode 76: Natural Law and The Constitution w/Prof. Hadley Arkes & Garrett SnedekerIn this episode, Seth sat down with JWI's own Hadley Arkes & Garrett Snedeker to talk about the principles before the Constitution and how those principles helped inform it. Then they transition to some issues of the day, and Seth asks both of his guests how they would use Natural Law to deal with things like free speech and abortion.
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2021-09-171h 02JWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastHarry Jaffa and The Soul of Politics with Author Glenn EllmersGlenn Ellmers, author of "The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America," joins the Anchoring Truths Podcast to discuss the singular contributions of Jaffa to our understanding of the moral ground of the American regime. Topics include how Jaffa and JWI Founder Hadley Arkes overlap in their views on morality and law, the fight over conservatism in America since World War II, and Jaffa's recasting of Lincoln as the securer of the Founding.2021-08-1354 min
First Things PodcastConservative Jurisprudence Must Change- Conversations with Mark Bauerlein (7.8.21)On this episode, Hadley Arkes joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent article “Conservatives After Fulton: Time for a New Path.”2021-07-0835 minLife, Liberty, and LawHadley Arkes on human rights, natural law and moral reasoning, and ‘recovering the things we used to know’“Judges have delivered themselves into our hands—if we have the political wit to spring the trap. On the other hand, if we don't act, if we acquiesce in this, then we may be sleepwalking. We may be merely going through the motions when we vote again later this year on partial-birth abortion. It may be unavailing. It may become a gesture without consequence.”
Those are the words of Professor Hadley Arkes, pro-life legal maverick and friend of AUL’s “Life, Liberty, and Law”. He delivered those words at an Americans United for Life legislators conference in 1998, prior to the...2021-06-2944 min
DissedThe Right to... WERKA license to arrange flowers? Laws mandating higher prices during difficult financial times? Government lawyers defending economic regulations on the basis of possible extraterrestrial activity? Welcome to the wacky world of the constitutional right to earn a living, which since the 1930s has been relegated to the lowest level of protection by the Courts. In this episode, the ladies discuss the origins of the “tiers of scrutiny” that apply depending on whether you’re talking about judicially favored rights, like free speech, or other rights, like the right to earn a living. In a scorching hot dissen...2021-06-0250 min
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergFirst-Degree WonkeryOnly those in the wonky 1 percent should subject themselves to today’s nerdtastic Remnant, in which Jonah is joined for a third time by the Manhattan Institute’s Andy Smarick. The pair use Andy’s recent Dispatch piece on the folly of never-ending school closures to launch a wide-ranging discussion of the pandemic culture war and divisions among conservatives. Should you be friends with politicians? Why are some Americans desperate for normalcy to never return? And is it wise for so many right-wing whippersnappers to reject the so-called “dead consensus”? Unsurprisingly, Jonah thinks Hayek has the answer to at least one...2021-04-141h 27
Advisory OpinionsOriginalism of 'Moral Substance'On today’s action-packed pod, our hosts start with an interesting certiorari grant to U.S. v. Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing case. The appellate court overturned the trial court’s death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the grounds that 1) the trial judge did not ask the jurors about their pretrial media consumption, and 2) that he did not allow evidence about the his brother Tamerlan’s alleged involvement in a previous murder to inform the case. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police after the 2013 bombing. Sarah and David give us their predictions on how the Supreme Court is lik...2021-03-221h 25
Bridge Builder PodcastHadley Arkes On Faith, Judges, And The Supreme CourtIn this episode we have a great discussion about the role of faith in how judges make decisions. Should their faith influence outcomes? Plus, we delve into the potential impacts the Supreme Court’s decision on an employment discrimination case could have down the line especially for religious employers. We are joined by Professor Hadley Arkes the Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding.
In our mailbag segment we’re talking about lobbyists. What do lobbyists do and why would the Church have lobbyists?
And of course, we want to leave you with...2021-01-1730 minLife, Liberty, and LawHadley Arkes on originalism, the John Roberts Court, and the principles that lie beyond the Constitution’s textHadley Arkes returns to "Life, Liberty, and Law" with Tom Shakely and Noah Brandt to talk originalism, the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts, and the principles and moral sensibilities that lie beyond the Constitution's text. David French and Josh Craddock have joined "Life, Liberty, and Law" previous to talk on originalism and textualism, and as the debate over the practical usefulness of originalism intensifies, Hadley contributes to this important conversation. Hadley also discusses the possibilities for pro-life law and policy in light of what appears to be a U.S. Supreme Court increasingly comfortable with...2020-06-221h 15
Notable SpeechesHadley Arkes on the Law as a Moral Teacher of the CultureHadley Arkes, the founder of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding, was the architect of the Born-Alive Infants’ Protection Act, signed into law in 2002.
A follow-up bill, known as the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, passed the House in 2018 but was not taken up in the Senate during that session of Congress.
Mr. Arkes is a professor emeritus at Amherst College and the author of Natural Rights and the Right to Choose (2002) and Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths: The Touchstone of the Natural Law (2010), both published by Cambridge University Press.
...2020-01-2439 minLife, Liberty, and LawHadley Arkes on culture, politics, and the role of the law as a teacherDoes culture shape politics? Or does politics shape culture? Hadley Arkes, author, professor, and political scientist, joins Tom Shakely and Noah Brandt of Americans United for Life to consider these questions and speak on natural law, the moral foundations of law, the role of the U.S. Supreme Court, and more. Hadley has long been at the forefront of cultural, political, and life issues as professor emeritus at Amherst College and founder and director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding, and he continues to advance life-affirming law and policy in Washington, DC.2020-01-061h 41
Faith and LawRecasting Religious Freedom: Is Conservative Jurisprudence Backing into Relativism?Hadley Arkes has been a member of the Amherst College faculty since 1966, and since 1987 he has been the Edward Ney Professor of Jurisprudence. Since 2016, he has assumed emeritus status. He has written five books with Princeton University Press: Bureaucracy, the Marshall Plan and the National Interest (1972), The Philosopher in the City (1981), First Things (1986), Beyond the Constitution (1990), and The Return of George Sutherland (1994). But his most recent books have been with Cambridge University Press, including Natural Rights and the Right to Choose (2002), and Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths: The Touchstone of the Natural Law (2010). His articles have appeared in professional...2019-12-0636 min
Power LineA Few Minutes with Hadley ArkesLast week I caught up with Hadley Arkes, Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College and the founder and director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights & the American Founding, for a wide-ranging conversation about free speech, moral relativism, abortion, and other constitutional questions. Hadley is the author of numerous indispensable... Source2019-10-0453 min
The Institute of World PoliticsCommencement Remarks By Dr. Hadley ArkesDr. Hadley Arkes gave the keynote address at The Institute of World Politics Commencement on May 20, 2017.
Dr. Arkes is the Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions Emeritus at Amherst College and the Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights & the American Founding.
Video by Adam Savit, Center for Security Policy2017-06-0830 min
Mike Church Show Preview ChannelThe Mike Church Show 072616 1-2: Have-It-Your-Way Democrats Lay Women’s Health Upon Their Makeshift Altar At The DNCMandeville, LA - We are watching history being made at the DNC. We're witnessing what happens when a civilization decides it is going to, by affirmation, deny the existence of, the supremacy, and the right of Almighty God to govern and rule. God will not be mocked! Boy howdy, is He being mocked today. What is emanating from that sewer is nothing short of diabolical evil. What is principally driving this demonic and diabolical takeover of the hearts and minds of these attendees to the DNC? Radical feminism, the subjugation of women, laying of abortion and women's reproductive health upon...2016-07-2600 min
Life LineShow 217: Hadley Arkes 2-21-15Preacher: Melinda Knight | Series: Life Line
Today's guest is Hadley Arkes. He talks about the Born alive infant protection act. Learn more at jameswilsoninstitute.org2015-02-2100 min
Grab Free Audiobook in Nonfiction, PhilosophyThe Modern Scholar: First Principles & Natural Law: The Foundations of Political Philosophy, Part II by Professor Hadley Arkes | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Modern Scholar: First Principles & Natural Law: The Foundations of Political Philosophy, Part II
Author: Professor Hadley Arkes
Narrator: uncredited
Format: Original Recording
Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-19-12
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Summary:
In Part II of First Principles and Natural Law, Professor Hadley Arkes delves further into the classic connection between morality and law. Indeed, this link between the basis of law and the principles that form the groundwork of moral judgment is very much at play in todays world, as...2012-09-194h 30