Hale Institute Podcast

Allen Mendenhall, research fellow for the Institute of Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, comes on show to talk about his career as a lawyer, academic, and think tanker, the state of corporate and education reform, and the future of the conservative legal movement.

David Upham, professor of law at St. Thomas University College of Law and senior fellow of politics and law at the University of Dallas, talks to Timon about the 14th Amendment and the privileges and immunities of American citizenship.    Taking American Citizenship Seriously https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/taking-american-citizenship-seriously-9781978761438/ Citizenship & the 14th Amendment with Prof. David Upham https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/06/18/citizenship-the-14th-amendment-with-prof-david-upham/

Jeremy Christiansen, professor of law at Regent University School of Law, returns to the show to talk about what the recent Trump v. Barbara decision means for citizenship and originalism. Trump v. Barbara: "A Rare Species of Victory?" Trump v. Barbara and the End of Originalism Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Afroyim Has Got to Go! Are Latter-day Saints Christians? - First Things

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