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Professor Hadley Arkes on Born-Alive Legislation on The Mike Janocik Show

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 14 2019
Professor Hadley Arkes, Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute, was a guest of Mike Janocik on The Mike Janocik Show on WLCR 1040AM in Louisville, KY in early March 2019. Prof. Arkes discussed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors…

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,…

VIDEO: Judge Janice Rodgers Brown on C.S. Lewis and the Role of the Judge-- "Judicial Impiety: Dissin' the Tao"

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 31 2018
On October 19th, 2018, Judge Janice Rogers Brown, formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, delivered a lecture to a capacity crowd on C.S Lewis and the role of the judge. The lecture was titled, "Judicial Impiety: Dissin…

VIDEO: "Religious Freedom and the Crisis Over Conservative Jurisprudence," Prof. Hadley Arkes

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 4 2018
On October 2nd, the Institute for Religion and Democracy hosted the 8th Annual Diane Knippers Memorial Lecture, featuring Professor Hadley Arkes. The title of the lecture was "Religious Freedom and the Crisis over Conservative…

"Conservatives and Moral Relativism"--Mark Bauerlein Interviews Hadley Arkes for First Things Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 2 2018
Prof. Arkes recently sat down with Mark Bauerlein of First Things to discuss some concerns about recent conservative approaches to the issue of speech. In reacting to intolerance on college campuses, Prof. Arkes argues that conservatives,…

"Democrats and Media Clamor for a Background Investigation—But the Wrong One"--Professor Hadley Arkes in National Review

By The James Wilson Institute • Sep 25 2018
With the testimonies of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Prof. Christine Blasey Ford looming, Prof. Hadley Arkes makes the case that Prof. Ford’s story warrants close scrutiny, including rigorous cross-examinations. Prof. Arkes demonstrates the…

Remembering Daniel Nicholas Robinson (1937-2018)

By The James Wilson Institute • Sep 19 2018
With heavy hearts, we share Prof. Hadley Arkes's reflection on the passing of his lifelong friend and James Wilson Senior Scholar, Prof. Daniel Robinson: I write, just past tears, to convey the sad news of the death of my dearest friend…

AUDIO: Prof. Hadley Arkes on "The Eric Metaxas Show"

By The James Wilson Institute • Aug 17 2018
On August 8th, Prof. Hadley Arkes appeared on The Eric Metaxas Show to discuss a variety of subjects with Mr. Metaxas including the Kavanaugh hearing, the state of American jurisprudence on abortion, natural law and moral reasoning, and…

AUDIO: "Slavery and Natural Law"--Prof. Justin Dyer on Liberty Watch Radio

By The James Wilson Institute • Aug 10 2018
JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer recently joined Charles Heller on Liberty Watch Radio to discuss the place of reasoning from the Natural Law in public life, and especially its relevance to the Supreme Court's debates about the issue of…

"From Termination to Extermination: The International Down Syndrome Genocide"--Professor David Forte in Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 24 2018
In a powerful, sobering essay for Public Discourse, JWI Senior Scholar David Forte takes the occasion of Gerber's newly named baby of the year to offer a reflection on the natural right to life and the genocidal logic at play in…

AUDIO: Prof. Arkes on the Implications of Justice Kennedy's Retirement, the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and NIFLA v. Becerra

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 24 2018
With the Supreme Court's recent decision in NIFLA vs. Becerra (2018), the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy at the end of July, and the President's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, many are speculating on…

"Abortion and the Brett Kavanaugh Hearings: A Plan for Senate Republicans" Professor Hadley Arkes in National Review

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 23 2018
With the upcoming hearings over Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh,  Prof. Hadley Arkes makes the case for a different Republican strategy at National Review Online with his latest essay, "Abortion and the Brett Kavanaugh Hearings: A…

"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…
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