Hadley P. Arkes, Ph.D., is the Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College where he taught for 50 years. He is also the founder/director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Law and the American Founding in Washington, D.C. Among his numerous books are "First Things" (1986), "Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths" (2010), and "Beyond the Constitution" (2021).