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"Pro-Lifers Settle for Dhimmitude" -Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 11 2016

Writing in The Catholic Thing on the occasion of an exchange during the 2016 Vice Presidential Debate between Gov. Mike Pence and Sen. Tim Kaine, Prof. Hadley Arkes critiques the popular political opinion that being pro-life is a matter…

"Autonomy or Worthiness? How to Find Dignity in Death" -Margaux Killackey in Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 7 2016

We invite you to read a piece entitled "Autonomy or Worthiness? How to Find Dignity in Death," by our Deputy Assistant Director, Margaux Killackey. Miss Killackey wrote this piece in response to an earlier Public Discourse article by Dr.…

"The Conservative Lawyers Versus the Never Trumpers" -Hadley Arkes in First Things

By The James Wilson Institute • Sep 19 2016

We invite you to read Prof. Arkes writing for First Things, in which he addresses the grave matters at stake if Hillary Clinton is elected president. "At a recent gathering in Washington, D.C., a conservative lawyer, active in the bar of…

Interview of Prof. Hadley Arkes by Marvin Olasky in The World Magazine

By The James Wilson Institute • Aug 19 2016

We invite you to read an interview of Prof. Arkes in The World Magazine with Marvin Olasky. In this interview, Prof. Arkes reflects on being a professor, the 2016 election, the pro-life movement, his Faith, and his marriage. Some…

"Tim Kaine: An Explosion Waiting to Happen?" --Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 26 2016

Prof. Arkes provides a commentary on the Catholic VP running-mate of Hillary Clinton for the 2016 elections in his column "Tim Kaine: An Explosion Waiting to Happen?" "We have seen this script before: The Democrats, confirmed now as a…

"The Shell Game of 'Tiers of Scrutiny' Exposed, Once and for All" --Prof. Arkes in the Library of Law and Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 13 2016

We invite you to read Prof. Arkes's essay, "The Shell Game of 'Tiers of Scrutiny' Exposed, Once and for All," in the Library of Law and Liberty. In the piece, Prof. Arkes offers commentary on the 2016 Texas abortion case, Whole Woman's…

"On the Alchemy of Party" --Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 12 2016

Prof. Arkes switches our focus for a moment from considering the 2016 presidential candidates as the individual personalities of Trump and Clinton, to considering them as standard bearers of their respective parties. In a piece for The…

"Revisiting Subsidiarity" --Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 29 2016

In a piece in The Catholic Thing, Prof. Arkes further elaborates on the notion of "subsidiarity" with "Revisiting Subsidiarity: Temptations and Limits." Prof. Arkes further explains the proper place of this valuable principle in Catholic…

"Pro-Lifers Discover Again the Perils of Indirection" --Prof. Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 29 2016

After the terrible loss at the Supreme Court for the state of Texas in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, Prof. Arkes provides an analysis of the weakness of the argument from the pro-life side in the case with his piece in The Catholic…

"The Lure of Subsidiarity" --Prof. Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 14 2016

In The Catholic Thing, Prof. Arkes writes about the principle of subsidiarity gone wrong: when it prevents the nation as a whole from affirming fundamental moral principles that apply to all times, and to all places. Subsidiarity ought…

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