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John Quincy Adams contra Patrick Deneen: Marriage, Family, and the Story of the American Founding- Professor Justin Dyer in Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 25 2019

JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer, in an essay for Pubic Discourse, contextualizes the pronounced decline in America’s social fabric, as a result of the collapse of marriage. Professor Dyer presents a set of diverse narratives that seek…

Professor Hadley Arkes on Abortion, Congress, and the Courts on Issues, Etc. Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 25 2019

Professor Hadley Arkes, Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute, was recently a guest of Jeff Shafer on the Issues, Etc. podcast to discuss abortion, Congress, and the courts. Within the conversation Prof. Arkes gives his…

"The Rediscovery of the Born-Alive Act" - Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 19 2019

JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes, in an essay for The Catholic Thing titled “The Rediscovery of the Born-Alive Act,” points out the disturbing position of the nation’s political left on abortion, along with the role the media and…

"What’s the Difference Between Abortion and Infanticide?"- Professor Justin Dyer in Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 8 2019

In an essay for Public Discourse titled “What’s the Difference Between Abortion and Infanticide?”, JWI Affiliated Scholar Prof. Justin Dyer evaluates the legally problematic link between the so called “right to abortion” and infanticide.…

The Inequality of the Equality Act: Concerns from the Left - A Panel Discussion Presented by the Heritage Foundation

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 29 2019

JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes provides some background for our sharing of a video of a panel at the Heritage Foundation in January 2019 on the proposed Equality Act: Our dear friend Ryan Anderson put on at the Heritage Foundation…

“Dickinson 'Penman of the Revolution,' on Freedom of the Press"–Professor David Forte in Law and Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 22 2019

In an eloquent essay for the Library of Law and Liberty, JWI Senior Scholar Prof. David Forte articulates the "radical premises" Founding Father John Dickinson used as justification for independence. Dickinson's chief contributions to The…

"Melting Pot Or Civil War? A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders" An Interview with Reihan Salam

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 20 2018

Reihan Salam In November 2018, JWI's Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and Intern Scott Kim shared a discussion with Reihan Salam, author of the book Melting Pot Or Civil War?: A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders…

Judge O'Connor, Obamacare, and First Things: The Judge Cites Prof. Arkes While Striking Down Obamacare

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 19 2018

Reed O'Connor has been quite an interesting federal district court judge in Texas, and this last week, in Texas v. U.S., he managed to stir ripples in our politics and law as he moved, in effect, to strike down Obamacare. The Republican…

"Natural Law and Democracy: The Philosophy of James Wilson" -- Professor Roberta Bayer

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 20 2018

Prof. Roberta Bayer offers an excellent summary of James Wilson's views on where democracy's legitimacy comes from in a piece at the Library of Law and Liberty. Wilson believed that democracy was premised on a capacity to have a knowledge…

JWI Symposium on Substantive Due Process in Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 6 2018

In partnership with Prof. Randy Barnett’s Center for the Constitution at Georgetown University Law Center, we were pleased to host the JWI Conference: “Who’s Afraid of Substantive Due Process?” on April 21, 2017. In its 2018 Summer Issue,…

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