Hale Institute Podcast

Carl Richard, professor at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, comes on the show to talk about several of his books on how the American founders were influenced by both antiquity and scripture. 

 

The Founders and the Classics: Greece, Rome, and the American Enlightenment
https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Classics-Greece-American-Enlightenment/dp/0674314263

The Founders and the Bible
https://a.co/d/00iZB7PL 

So Help Us, God: American Presidents and the Bible
https://a.co/d/0fD6gMls

With Trump v. Barbara before the Supreme Court, Ilan Wurman, professor of law at the University of Minnesota, joins the show to discuss his scholarship on the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment citizenship clause. 

JURISDICTION AND CITIZENSHIP by Ilan Wurman
https://journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2026/02/49.Wurman.pdf

Clearing Up Confusion on Birthright Citizenship by Ilan Wurman
https://americanmind.org/salvo/clearing-up-confusion-on-birthright-citizenship/

BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE PROFESSOR ILAN WURMAN IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-365/392842/20260127175852031_Trump%20v%20Barbara%20-%20Wurman%20Amicus%20Brief%20-%20FINAL.pdf

The Constitution of 1789: A New Introduction by Ilan Wurman
Amazon.com: The Constitution of 1789: A New Introduction: 9781009485692: Wurman, Ilan: Books

Scott Yenor, professor at Boise State and Director, B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at the Heritage Foundation, talks to Timon about how conservatives can capture and reform legal education. 

 

The Long Game in the Legal Academy

https://tomklingenstein.com/the-long-game-in-the-legal-academy/

Compulsory Feminism

https://firstthings.com/compulsory-feminism/

Up from Conservatism

https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/up-from-conservatism/

What is the future of legal conservatism? How should it reorient itself to present challenges? Jesse Merriam, professor at Patrick Henry College, joins the show to answer these questions (and more). 

Legal Conservatism for Our Time - The American Mind

https://americanmind.org/features/legal-conservatism-for-our-time/

Shock Therapy for Our Lawless Legal System - The American Mind

https://americanmind.org/features/legal-conservatism-for-our-time/shock-therapy-for-our-lawless-legal-system/

A debate over common good constitutionalism, natural law, and classical jurisprudence has occupied much of the conservative legal world for the past several years. Jeremy Christiansen, professor of law at Regent University School of Law and editor of the New Digest, comes on the show to talk about what the classical legal tradition is. 
 
Jeremy M. Christiansen, J.D. | Regent University
https://www.regent.edu/faculty/jeremy-christiansen/
 
Substack: The New Digest | Managing Editors
https://thenewdigest.substack.com/