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"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:…

Does Gordon Giampietro Need a Defense?- Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 3 2018

Writing in The Catholic Thing, Professor Hadley Arkes defends Gordon Giampietro, a nominee for a federal district judgeship in Wisconsin in a piece titled "Does Gordon Giampietro Need a Defense?" A “controversy” was generated because of…

"What's Wrong with Rod Dreher's Straussian Narrative of the American Constitution" - Paul DeHart from Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 23 2018

In "What's Wrong with Rod Dreher's Straussian Narrative of the American Constitution" Professor Paul R. DeHart examines the argument that modernity begins with the Enlightenment and how that premise impacts any understanding of the…

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