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Chris Anadale interviews law professor Nathaniel Fouch about the influence of the Declaration of Independence on state constitutions and its relevance today.

The widely circulated first draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights was a key influence on the Declaration of Independence. Chris Anadale interviews law professor Nathaniel Fouch about the influence of the Declaration of Independence on state constitutions, the authority of America's founding principles, different responses to Jefferson's egalitarian rhetoric, and more. Nathaniel Fouch is Assistant Professor of Law at Capital University School of Law in Columbus Ohio, where he teaches Criminal Law and Torts and studies state constitutional law, legal history, jurisprudence, appellate law, and religious liberty and conscience rights. He earned his Juris Doctor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. He was also a Nisbet Fellow at our society's March 2026 conference in Omaha, where he presented a paper titled "The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and State Constitutions." Christopher Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. ====== 0:00 Introduction to The Sower Episode 881:24 Summary of the Declaration of Independence's Influence on State…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Anadale

Guest: Nathaniel Fouch

Topics covered

• Declaration of Independence
• State Constitutions
• Legal History
• Egalitarian Rhetoric
• Jurisprudence

Keywords

• Declaration of Independence
• State Constitutions
• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Egalitarianism
• Legal History
• Jurisprudence
• Nathaniel Fouch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Capital University School of Law, Ciceronian Society

Books & works: Virginia Declaration of Rights, Declaration of Independence

Places: Omaha, Columbus Ohio, Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, Maryland

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