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My first guest on the Tami Jackson Show* tonight will be Michael Farris.\n\nMichael P. Farris is president, CEO, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom. In January 2017, he became only the second person to occupy that position in the organization\u2019s 23-year history. He brings to the role a remarkably diverse background as an effective litigator, educator, public advocate, pastor, and communicator, and wide recognition for his successful work on both the national and international stage.\n\nFarris was founding president of both the Home School Legal Defense Association (1983) and Patrick Henry College (2000) and continues to serve as chairman of the board of HSLDA and chancellor emeritus of PHC.\n\nHe graduated from Western Washington State College, magna cum laude, with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Political Science, followed by a Juris Doctor from Gonzaga University (with honors). At Gonzaga, he was articles editor of the Law Review and winner of the Linden Cup Moot Court Competition. He also earned an LL.M. in Public International Law (with honors) from the University of London.\n\nFarris has specialized in constitutional appellate litigation. In that capacity, he has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, eight federal circuit courts of appeals, and in the appellate courts of 13 states. He is also the author of numerous amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court.\n\nA fixture on Capitol Hill for over 30 years, Farris has testified many times before both the House and Senate. He was an executive committee member of the Coalition for the Free Exercise of Religion that successfully lobbied Congress for the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, and served as co-chairman of the drafting committee that wrote the law.\n\nFarris also has substantial experience in international human rights advocacy. He served for nearly a decade on the board of Christian Solidarity International\u2014a Swiss-based human rights organization. He served as International Vice President of CSI for a number of years and participated in missions to the former Soviet Union and Romania. He has also engaged in private diplomatic missions to China and the Czech Republic.\n\nFarris is nationally known as a pioneering leader of the modern homeschooling movement. His leadership of HSLDA has taken him to nearly every state and a growing number of other nations.\n\nAs the founding president of Patrick Henry College, he helped launch a highly regarded Christian educational institution founded on a strong commitment to biblical truth and the classical liberal arts, the twin pillars of education for the founding generations of the United States. At PHC, Farris has taught constitutional law, public international law, and coached the Moot Court team to nine national championships between 2004 and 2016.\n\nFarris is the author of over 15 books, as well as law review and other scholarly articles, and countless pieces for the popular press.\n\nMichael and his wife, Vickie, have 10 children and 20 grandchildren.\n\nListen in as Michael and I discuss his substantive work in advancing legal protections for the homeschool movement and talk about the momentous victory of the\xa0Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer SCOTUS ruling: the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of ADF's client Trinity. Mike and I will talk about the repercussions of the ruling,\xa0Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission,\xa0the court complexion with Justice Gorsuch, and the possibility of one or two more SCOTUS appointments during President Trumps enure.\n\n*******************\n\nIn the second 1/2 hour I will be joined by Henry Olsen.\n\nHenry Olsen is an elections analyst and political essayist who studies conservative politics, both here and abroad. He looks at election returns and poll data to understand why people vote the way they do and how conservative politicians and thinkers can best advance their ideas in the climate they face.\n\nOlsen is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Prior to that, he was a vice president at the American Enterprise Institute, a vice president at the Manhattan Institute, and president of the Commonwealth Foundation.\n\nHe has also been a lawyer at the firm currently known as Dechert, a clerk for the Honorable Judge Danny J. Boggs on the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a staffer for the California Assembly Republican Caucus, and an associate at the political consulting firm of Hoffenblum-Mollrich.\n\nOlsen graduated with a B.A. in political science from Claremont McKenna College, and received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.\n\nOlsen\xa0is the proud father of two children, a twelve-year old son who likes Vivaldi and a sixteen-year old daughter who likes Eminem. He passionately supports the New York Yankees and Tottenham Hotspur.\n\nHenry and I will have a conversation about his new book which is debuting TODAY,\xa0The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism, and how\xa0how Trump can build Reagan\u2019s lasting, working-class coalition.\n\nBook highlights:\n\nReagan developed a unique conservative philosophy that accepted rather than opposed the New Deal's basic promise: that government should help Americans earn comfort, dignity, and respect -- provided they work to the best of their ability.\nContrary to conventional wisdom, Reagan was not a supply-sider on economics. In fact, he explicitly rejected the idea that conservatism belonged only to ideologues and activists.\nThroughout his career, Reagan held true to his belief in the importance of organized labor.\nReagan, like Trump, believed strongly in the preservation of Social Security and other entitlement programs designed to protect society\u2019s most vulnerable.\nThis will be another must listen show with two phenomenal guests!\n\nFollow Michael Farris on Twitter at @michaelfarris, Henry Olsen at\xa0@henryolsenEPPC,\xa0and me at @tamij AND tweet your questions/comments during the show using hashtag #tjrs.\n\n*Sponsored by Rentacomputer, your premier\xa0source for Server Rentals , by ROBAR\xae Guns, a True Custom firearms and firearms finishing shop\xa0located in Phoenix, AZ, and found online at RobarGuns.com, and by Dispatches, your site for the BEST conservative resources to fight and win the information war.