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EPISODE · May 14, 2025 · 1H 17M

How the Justice System Lost Its Soul – and How to Get It Back | Hadley Arkes

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In 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 against relativism and abortionHis conversion from Judaism to CatholicismThis conversation is a serious dose of truth delivered by a rare legendary scholar who doesn't take himself too seriously.Learn more about Hadley Arkes' work at https://www.jameswilsoninstitute.org/Please subscribe to The Conor Gallagher Show and turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode!Chapters(00:01) Preview(02:15) Hadley Arkes Bio(06:15) What Is Natural Law?(09:22) When Conor Made Justice Scalia Angry(11:50) Unnecessarily Overcomplicating Right and Wrong(19:55) Cohen v. California(28:45) The Erosion of Natural Law(35:15) How Arts Can Elevate and Debase Culture(39:40) The Exorcist of Relativism and Roe v. Wade(55:00) Federal vs. State issues(1:07:00) James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights & the American Founding(1:12:52) Why Hadley Converted from Judaism to Catholicism#NaturalLaw #HadleyArkes #ProLife #ProtectTheUnborn #Privacy #Rights #ConorGallagherShow #TANBooks #CatholicFaith #Justice #JusticeSystem #Truth

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Conor Gallagher and Hadley Arkes sit down for a refreshing conversation full of common sense and objective truth in a world that seems to have abandoned the concept of natural law.

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