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"Secular Materialism Can't Make Sense of Reality" by Professor Justin Dyer

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 18 2018

Writing in The Public Discourse "Secular Materialism Can't Make Sense of Reality", Professor Justin Dyer, a JWI Affiliated Scholar, confronts the philosophies of materialism which seem to increasingly gain prominence in modern society.…

"Is Relativism the Best Constitutional Defense of Free Speech?" Richard Reinsch Interviews Hadley Arkes for LibertyLawTalk

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 18 2018

Richard Reinsch, the editor of the Online Library of Law and Liberty and the host of LibertyLawTalk, interviewed Hadley Arkes to discuss his thoughts on the Supreme Court's jurisprudence on issues of speech, as articulated in cases such…

"Another Pro-Life Victory?" --Professor Hadley Arkes in First Things

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 5 2018

In an essay titled, “Another Pro-Life Victory?,” published at First Things, Professor Hadley Arkes probes the logic of the recent Supreme Court ruling in NIFLA v. Becerra. In doing so, he finds the conservative justices achieving yet…

Free Speech, Ordinary People, and Ordinary Judgments: Hadley Arkes responds to Robert Miller

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 26 2018

In defense of his recently published piece "Conservatives and Freedom of Speech," Professor Arkes, writing in Public Discourse, carefully responds to Professor Robert Miller’s critique that even the most objectively offensive and harmful…

JWI Audio: Joseph Tartakovsky's “The Lives of the Constitution: Ten Exceptional Minds that Shaped America’s Supreme Law.”

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 20 2018

On Friday, June 15th, JWI’s Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and Intern Michael McCall shared a discussion with Joseph Tartakovsky, author of the new book The Lives of the Constitution: Ten Exceptional Minds that Shaped America’s Supreme…

"51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law"--Judge Jeffrey Sutton at The Heritage Foundation

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 12 2018

Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals discussed his new book, "51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law," (Oxford University Press, 2018) at the Heritage Foundation on June 12, 2018.…

"Conservative Jurisprudence Resorts to Relativism"--Professor Hadley Arkes in First Things

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 7 2018

Writing at First Things, Professor Arkes weighs in on the decision of the Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop. The majority opinion has been described as a "narrow" decision to vindicate a Colorado baker in his refusal to supply a…

"Is Judicial Deference to Agency Fact-Finding Unlawful?" by Professor Evan Bernick '15

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 5 2018

JWI Fellow Alumnus Prof. Evan Bernick '15, in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, examines the sparsely addressed doctrine of judicial deference to agency fact-finding, in which the Administrative Procedure Act, as well as…

"The True Meaning of the Pentagon Papers"- Professor Hadley Arkes in City Journal

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 1 2018

Writing in City Journal, Professor Hadley Arkes debunks the now-iconic narrative--championed most recently in Steven Spielberg's film The Post--that the Pentagon Papers case (1971) presents a high-water mark for the Supreme Court's…

"Religious Totalitarianism, Secular Totalitarianism, and Other Threats to International Religious Freedom" & "Domestic Challenges to Religious Liberty—From Left and Right" by Professor Daniel Mark

By The James Wilson Institute • May 23 2018

In a two part piece at Public Discouse, JWI Affiliated Scholar Professor Daniel Mark discusses the threats and challenges that religious freedom faces internationally and domestically. In "Religious Totalitarianism, Secular…

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