Joe Griffith
@joekgriffith
William Blackstone Professor of Law & Society, @AshbrookCenter at @Ashland_Univ | PhD @Baylor | researching #parentalrights #classicaleducation #conlaw
Delighted to share my recent article on the right of parents to direct their children's education and the common-law origins of the Supreme Court's decisions in Meyer and Pierce! 🧵 1/ @AshbrookCenter @Ashland_Univ @tandfonline tandfonline.com/eprint/BIPEQ9J…
“To the extent that we inhabit a culture where thought and writing have become effortless, we will also inhabit a culture incapable of responsible and redemptive relationships.” @jeff_bilbro plough.com/en/topics/life…
ICYMI: my thoughts on Mahmoud v. Taylor.
Mahmoud v. Taylor protects the right of parents to direct their children’s *religious* education under the First Amendment! But what rights do non-religious parents have? And what about Employment Division v. Smith? My thoughts at @LawLiberty lawliberty.org/a-victory-for-…
Wes Anderson’s new movie shows a weapons dealer traipse the world to save his wealth … and, after every near-death assassination attempt, at the pearly gates. “What is the real profit if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?” Great review from @alissamarie!
Wes Anderson appears to have entered his religious era: nytimes.com/2025/05/29/mov…
@joekgriffith explains what Mahmoud v. Taylor could mean for parents across the country. loom.ly/lBJwyyQ
"The Committee on Evil Literature was formally disbanded years ago, yet its guiding principles are ingrained in Ireland. For the sake of the West, it must be rooted out." My piece in @LawLiberty today.
"The US has several peaceful avenues to pressure Ireland to defeat its obsession with censorship," writes @roger_berkeley. Read more on how they plan to do it: loom.ly/vCGMLgQ
Lord have mercy. We were in community group with Jill and Patrick (and their kids) for years in Waco. Sarah was just a little older than our eldest. She was 8. The whole thing feels unbelievable.
Early morning on the Fourth of July, record-setting flash floods swept away 27 girls at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, and washed through campgrounds where generations of young Texans have spent their summers along the Guadalupe River. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/camp-m…
Essential reading for students concerning AI: If we cannot reason or read the writings of wise teachers, then “we cannot strategize or philosophize—and we will no longer be able to maintain our freedom. Our only consolation will be that we will no longer deserve it.”
It was my honor to give the keynote address at a dinner last week for the amazing @HudsonInstitute Political Studies Program. I warned the students that AI was first going to destroy them, and then America. AI and education seem topical this weekend, so I thought I'd just post my…
John Adams, in a letter to his wife: “The second day of July 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.”
Truly bizarre arc for the University of Tulsa: From trashing its humanities program (city-journal.org/article/storm-…) to embracing a revivalist program under @jennfrey to abandoning the new effort, all in just six years: x.com/jennfrey/statu…
Now for some personal news: today is my last day as Dean. I was stunned to be informed by our new provost there will no longer be a Dean of Honors, period. Nor an Assistant Dean. Rather, I was told there will be a “director” of honors--but that person will not be me. (12/21)