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Puzzle of 303 Creative --Hadley Arkes in First Things

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 3 2023
In a piece for First Things, JWI Founder & Director Hadley Arkes analyzes how the issues of speech and religion have proven a challenge to the Court for years. should be clear that neither “coerced speech” nor “religious belief” can…

“In Search of Original Meaning- the Religion Clauses Part II”- Ted Hirt in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 3 2023
In the second of two articles in Anchoring Truths, Ted Hirt describes the policy and jurisprudential implications of the thesis advanced by Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz in his book Religious Liberty and the American Founding, Natural Rights…

Born-Alive Act Redux! --Hadley Arkes in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 27 2023
Prof. Arkes reflects on his work crafting the Born Alive Act and takes some time to analyze the latest version of the Act, to him the best ever. You're invited to read the full piece at AnchoringTruths.org

“In Search of Original Meaning- The Religion Clauses Part I”- Ted Hirt in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 27 2023
In the first of two articles in Anchoring Truths, Ted Hirt describes the central claims advanced by Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz in his book Religious Liberty and the American Founding, Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First…

Myth of Overpunishment--Criminologist Barry Latzer on Anchoring Truths Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 14 2023
Join Anchoring Truths Podcast host & JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and criminologist Barry Latzer for an in-depth look at Latzer’s new book, The Myth of Overpunishment, arguing provocatively that America underincarcerates.…

"Positivism Only?: Privileges or Immunities in The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment" - Garrett Snedeker in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 28 2022
JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker offers his thoughts on Profs. Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick's recent book, The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. He discusses their positivist approach to interpreting the Privileges or…

After Dobbs & the Crisis of the House Divided--JWI Founder & Director Hadley Arkes

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 28 2022
On October 28, 2022, Prof. Hadley Arkes, JWI Founder and Director, delivered the public address to kick off our Senior Seminar. The talk, “After Dobbs & The Crisis of the House Divided,” centered on the recent Supreme Court…

"Conservative Affirmation" - Anchoring Truths Podcast with Dan McCarthy

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 21 2022
In this episode of the Anchoring Truths podcast, Garrett Snedeker and JWI Intern Jacob Shields sit down with scholar and journalist Daniel McCarthy to discuss his foreword for the recently republished edition of populist-friendly political…

“A Man of Iron” - Anchoring Truths Podcast with Troy Senik

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 9 2022
In this episode of the Anchoring Truths podcast, Garrett Snedeker and JWI intern Jacob Shields sit down with Troy Senik to discuss his new book titled, “A Man of Iron; The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland” They…

VIDEO: JWI Trustee & Senior Scholar Gerard Bradley Honored with Defender of Life Award

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 1 2022
On October 6th, James Wilson Institute Senior Scholar and Trustee Gerard Bradley was celebrated with the Human Life Review's Defender of Life Award in New York City. We congratulate Professor Bradley on this special honor. Our Founder and…

VIDEO: Webinar on "The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics"

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 18 2022
JWI, with our co-sponsors, the Center for Religion Culture and Democracy at First Liberty Institute, and the Civitas Institute, present this webinar. The webinar featured Profs. Justin Dyer and Kody Cooper discussing their new book on the…

“Religious Liberty and the American Founding” - Anchoring Truths Podcast with Professor Phillip Muñoz

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 9 2022
In this episode of the Anchoring Truths Podcast, Garrett Snedeker joins Notre Dame Professor Phillip Muñoz to discuss his new book on religious liberty. They discuss the Founders’ natural rights understanding of the freedom to worship,…

“Rethinking Libel, Defamation, and Press Accountability” Anchoring Truths Podcast with Carson Holloway

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 1 2022
In this episode of the Anchoring Truths Podcast, Garrett Snedeker and JWI intern Jacob Shields sit down with Professor Carson Holloway of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, to discuss his recent article for the Claremont Press…

"What Thomas Aquinas via Harry Jaffa Can Say to the New Right" - Glenn Ellmers in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 1 2022
Glenn Ellmers outlines the lessons the New Right can learn from Harry Jaffa’s insights on the need for a “ruling principle” in a political society. Ellmers argues that, while the New Right’s tendency to emphasize the concrete grounds of…

VIDEO: Roe Changed the Culture, Was Dobbs the Cure? – Hadley Arkes at Notre Dame

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 29 2022
On September 23, 2022, Hadley Arkes delivered a lecture at the University of Notre Dame titled “Roe Changed the Culture, Was Dobbs the Cure?”. The lecture was part of the James Wilson Institute’s Seminar on Natural Law at Notre Dame that…

"Protecting Babies Who Survive Abortions Is the First Step" - Hadley Arkes in WSJ

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 13 2022
In a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, Hadley Arkes argues for a reintroduction of the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. We've included an excerpt of the letter below: "Surely the most critical political challenge to…

James Wilson Summer Legal Fellowship 2022

By The James Wilson Institute • Sep 9 2022
On July 31 2022, we convened our annual James Wilson Fellowship. The class and fellowship were among our best yet. In the spring, we selected a group of outstanding law students and young lawyers to comprise our ninth class of Fellows. We…

"Don’t Ignore the Federal Levers on Abortion" - Hadley Arkes in National Review

By The James Wilson Institute • Aug 29 2022
Hadley Arkes argues that conservatives must use federal power to protect the rights of the unborn. Even before Roe v. Wade, the federal government involved itself in regulating abortion. After Dobbs, Arkes says the levers of federal power…

Fundraising Dinner: Leadership & the Law Award

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 15 2022
Judge Janice Rogers Brown was confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 2005 where she served until she retired in 2017. From 1996 to 2005, she was Associate Justice of the California Supreme…

"Liberty To Do What?" — Hadley Arkes at The Human Life Review

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 6 2022
On June 1, 2022, James Wilson Institute Founder and Director Hadley Arkes joined First Things editor Rusty Reno and City College of New York's George McKenna for a panel hosted by The Human Life Review. They first discussed the potential…

"The Greatest Living American Issues His Career-defining Court Opinion" - Josh Hammer

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 28 2022
Josh Hammer is opinion editor of Newsweek, a research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation, counsel and policy advisor for the Internet Accountability Project, a syndicated columnist through Creators and a contributing editor for…

"What Comes After Roe" by Gerard V. Bradley

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 28 2022
Gerard V. Bradley is a trustee of JWI and a professor of law at Notre Dame School of Law "Almost fifty years after handing down its calamitous abortion decision on January 22, 1973, SCOTUS has finally corrected the biggest mistake it…

Podcast: Nate Hochman on "What Comes After the Religious Right?"

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 10 2022
In this episode, Garrett Snedeker joins talented young journalist Nate Hochman to discuss his recent article, “What Comes After the Religious Right?” The New York Times featured this article in its Sunday Section in early June of 2022.…

"A Jurisprudential Red Pill: Part II" - Evelyn Blacklock

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 2 2022
Evelyn Blacklock continues her review of Prof. Adrian Vermeule’s book Common Good Constitutionalism in part two of “A Jurisprudential Red Pill.” In this final installment, she discusses the classical legal tradition as the tradition of the…

"Hunt down the Supreme Court leaker" — Josh Hammer in The Spectator World

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 1 2022
In "Hunt down the Supreme Court leaker," 2021 James Wilson Fellow Josh Hammer discusses the leak of Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. He explains that, while the decision will likely…

"A Post-Roe Legislative Agenda for Congress" — Josh Craddock in Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 1 2022
Josh Craddock, a 2019 James Wilson Fellow, introduces a strategy for pro-life congressmen to follow after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. He establishes that Congress' definition of personhood lies at the root of the abortion issue and must…

"The Conservative Legal Movement at the Edge of Schism" — Hadley Arkes in Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • May 31 2022
Hadley Arkes elaborates upon Josh Craddock's vision of the pro-life movement after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health. He unpacks how the decision will impact the strategies that must be taken up at the State and Federal levels. Further Prof.…

Remembering Holden Tanner ('20)

By The James Wilson Institute • May 22 2022
Holden Tanner at the 2020 Fellowship JWI mourns the tragic death of Holden Tanner, 2020 James Wilson Fellow. In this time of grief, we offer our deepest condolences to all who knew him and pray for the repose of Holden's soul. Please…

"A Jurisprudential Red Pill: Part I" -- Evelyn Blacklock

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 27 2022
Evelyn Blacklock reviews Prof. Adrian Vermeule's "Common Good Constitutionalism," which argues that both originalism and living constitutionalism have abandoned the classical legal tradition.

"The Conservative Legal Movement Sputters" -- Josh Hammer in the Spectator World

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 20 2022
Taking an honest look at today's conservative jurisprudence, Josh Hammer calls for a return to the Bible, natural law, and the substantive precepts underpinning our constitutional order. Some excerpts: "A sober, empirical assessment…
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