So Many Things Could Have Gone Wrong. Tim The Lawyer Talks To A&G

About this episode

Tim Sandefur discusses his book on the origins of the Declaration of Independence.

Tim “The Lawyer” Sandefur ( Vice President for Legal Affairs with The Goldwater Institute) joins Jack to talk about this latest book, Proclaiming Liberty: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence , which details the story of the origins of The Declaration.       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Jack

Guest: Tim Sandefur

Topics covered

• legal affairs
• American history
• Declaration of Independence
• book discussion
• founding fathers

Keywords

• Tim Sandefur
• Goldwater Institute
• Proclaiming Liberty
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Declaration of Independence
• legal affairs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Goldwater Institute

Books & works: Proclaiming Liberty: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence, The Declaration of Independence

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