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"Memories of Ralph and Lessons for Lawyers in Crisis": Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Aug 13 2020

In his column for The Catholic Thing, Prof, Arkes honors his late friend Ralph McInerny by drawing on McInerny's explanation of natural law as "something your grandmother would understand." Rather than being an esoteric theory, natural law…

In Memoriam: Judge Stephen Williams

By The James Wilson Institute • Aug 13 2020

JWI mourns the loss of our good friend, scholar, and deeply influential member of the bench, Judge Stephen Williams. Judge Williams was always a joy to be around, whether it was his participation in JWI conferences, his marvelous opinions…

"Scenes From A Revolution? After Bostock": Gerard Bradley in the National Catholic Register

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 30 2020

JWI friend and Notre Dame law professor Gerard Bradley argues in the National Catholic Register that Bostock v. Clayton County need not be understood as a sweeping, regime-altering decision, such as previous Supreme Court decisions like…

Jewish Pro Life Foundation Issues Statement Coauthored by Rabbi David Novak

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 30 2020

James Wilson Institute friend Rabbi David Novak coauthored a recent statement by the Jewish Pro Life Foundation (JPLF) in response to the National Council of Jewish Women's (NCJW) statement "The Jewish Case for Abortion Rights." Rabbi…

"The Wages of Relativism": Gunnar Gundersen in The American Mind

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 28 2020

JWI Affiliated Attorney Gunnar Gundersen takes on rioters, Nazis, and Antifa looters in an article attacking the relativistic view of free speech advanced by the American Civil Liberties Union and other free speech fundamentalists.…

"'Unalienable Rights' Made America Great": Josh Craddock in Newsweek

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 22 2020

JWI Affiliated Scholar Josh Craddock lauded the recent draft report of the State Department's Commission on Human Rights in a new article for Newsweek. He broke down the distinction between the American tradition of natural rights and the…

"Conservative Jurisprudence Without Truth": Prof. Hadley Arkes in First Things

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 20 2020

In First Things, JWI founder and director Prof. Hadley Arkes criticizes conservative commentators who have taken greater issue with the legal methodology in Justice Neil Gorsuch's Bostock v. Clayton County opinion than with the fundamental…

LISTEN: Prof. Hadley Arkes on Racial Protests, Riots, and Social Justice on the Issues, etc. Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 20 2020

On July 7th, JWI founder and director Prof. Hadley Arkes sat down with Lutheran Radio's Issues, etc. Podcast to discuss the Black Lives Matter protests, incendiary riots, and the nation's complicated history with slavery. Prof. Arkes…

Listen: Prof. Hadley Arkes on Bostock and Transgenderism for the Issues etc. Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 18 2020

On June 25th, JWI founder and director Prof. Hadley Arkes sat down with Lutheran Radio's Issues, etc. to discuss the Supreme Court's Bostock ruling on transgenderism and what it means for conservatives and religious freedom moving forward.…

"On the Monuments: May We Really Honor All of the Dead?": Prof. Hadley Arkes in Newsweek

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 15 2020

This article was originally published in Newsweek and may be accessed here. When General Ulysses S. Grant received General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox to arrange the surrender of his Army, Grant recalled their service together in the…

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