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First Things Podcast

How Legalized Bribery Stole Your Freedom

First Things Podcast

First Things

Religion & Spirituality

4.6699 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Philip Hamburger joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, "Purchasing Submission: Conditions, Power, and Freedom.

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0:00.0

Hello there. This is Mark Bauerline with another conversation. Before we get to it, a word about one of our sponsors.

0:15.0

Located in the foothills of Wyoming's spectacular wind river range, Wyoming Catholic College,

0:20.6

an accredited four-year Great Books

0:22.2

Institution is built on the ancient Western tradition of the liberal arts and the freedom

0:26.2

of the American West.

0:28.2

The college offers its students an immersion in the primary sources of the classical tradition,

0:32.6

the grandeur of the mountain wilderness, and the spiritual heritage of the Catholic Church.

0:37.2

Students experience the illumination of imagination and intellect through the great books and the spiritual heritage of the Catholic Church. Students experience

0:37.6

the illumination of imagination and intellect through the great books and traditional

0:40.9

disciplines, literature and philosophy, mathematics and theology, science and Latin, and an outdoor

0:46.6

program second to none. The college celebrated an in-person graduation with its seniors last

0:52.4

year and welcomed its largest freshman class ever this

0:55.7

year. Learn more about the college's unique space in the world of American higher education at

1:00.0

Wyoming Catholic.edu. We have with us today Philip Hamburger, professor of law at Columbia

1:06.5

Law School and also president of something called the New Civil Liberties Alliance.

1:12.2

He's been with us before a couple years ago on a previous book.

1:15.3

Among his many writings is, is administrative law unlawful?

1:21.1

And a new book now called Purchasing Submission, Conditions, Power, Freedom.

1:30.3

Our topic today. Welcome, Professor Hamburger. Thank you so much. Great to be here with you.

1:32.3

First, a question for an administrator.

1:35.3

What is the new Civil Liberties Alliance?

1:38.3

Thanks for asking.

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