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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…

"If walls could talk, would they advertise abortions?" by Catherine Glenn Foster '16

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 23 2018

Catherine Glenn Foster, a 2016 James Wilson Fellow, offers commentary on the pending case on the rights of NIFLA v. Becerra before the Supreme Court with her piece, "If walls could talk, would they advertise abortions?" Foster, who serves…

Interview with 2017 James Wilson Fellow: Tom Johnson

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 2 2018

Tom Johnson was recently hired as a general counsel for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Previously, he was the Deputy Solicitor General for the State of West Virginia. He also practiced appellate and constitutional law and…

"Putting The 'Big' In Big Government" - Prof. Michael Uhlmann in The Claremont Review of Books

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 6 2018

In a piece for the Claremont Review of Books, JWI Senior Scholar Prof. Michael Uhlmann reviews Prof. Joseph Postell's Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State's Challenge to Constitutional Government. Prof. Uhlmann articulates the…

"Conservatives And Freedom Of Speech" - Prof. Hadley Arkes in the Claremont Review of Books

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 5 2018

Writing in the Claremont Review of Books, Prof. Hadley Arkes details the intellectual poverty of defending a notion of "free of speech" that denies any limiting principles on speech. The piece, "Conservatives and Freedom of Speech:…

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