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"Conservatives After Fulton: Time for a New Path": Hadley Arkes in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 28 2021
In an exclusive essay for JWI's newest publication, Anchoring Truths, JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes offered some reflections on the recent Supreme Court ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia. He describes the conservative frustration…

Life After Lemon - Nick Reaves ('15) in Law & Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 25 2021
JWI Fellowship alumnus and legal counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Nick Reaves ('15) responded to JWI Scholar Francis Beckwith's piece declaring Lemon to be dead with a roadmap for Establishment jurisprudence. Reaves begins…

PODCAST: Jesse Merriam and Josh Hammer on "An Even Better Originalism?"

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 25 2021
Patrick Henry College Associate Professor Jesse Merriam and JWI affiliated scholar Josh Hammer joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker to discuss Professor Merriam's article, "A Better Legal Conservatism," published in The American…

"How are Natural Rights Related to Just Laws?" - Prof. Hadley Arkes at the Federalist Society

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 24 2021
The Federalist Society released their latest installment in a series of videos featuring JWI Founder and Director, Professor Hadley Arkes, discussing the natural law foundations of our Constitution and jurisprudence. In this latest short…

The Imperative of a Boring Judiciary: Eric Dean Hageman '16 in Law & Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 18 2021
In an essay as part of our ongoing collaboration with Law & Liberty, Eric Hageman, James Wilson Fellowship Class of '16, adds his analysis of the current legal and judicial landscape to the current discussion that has been sparked by…

Fulton and the Future of Religious Liberty - Prof. Gerard V. Bradley at First Things

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 18 2021
After being cited twice yesterday in the Court's much anticipated ruling on religious liberty, JWI Trustee and Senior Scholar Gerard V. Bradley declares that "Fulton v. Philadelphia is a remarkable case indeed." Professor Bradley outlines…

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia - Professor Gerard V. Bradley cited by Supreme Court

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 17 2021
Associate Justice Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court of the United States cited JWI Trustee and Senior Scholar Gerard V. Bradley twice in his concurrence for today's decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. This highly anticipated ruling…

The Court: Looking for the Low Door under the Wall - Prof. Hadley Arkes at The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 15 2021
In his column for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes expresses worry that the Supreme Court might seek to take the easy way out of the ultimate question haunting our jurisprudence: should the Court overturn Roe…

How to Become an Appellate Advocate - Joshua Prince ('18) at SCOTUS101

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 14 2021
https://shows.acast.com/scotus101/episodes/sco101_060421 SCOTUS101, a Heritage Foundation podcast, recently interviewed JWI Fellowship alumnus and junior associate at the law firm Schaerr Jaffe LLP Joshua Prince ('18) about "how a…

Moral Truth and Constitutional Conservatism: Prof. Gerry Bradley in the Louisiana Law Review

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 3 2021
JWI Trustee and Senior Scholar Gerry Bradley has written a "must-read" law review article that eloquently and forcefully argues for a jurisprudence of Natural Law as a corrective against the ills of progressive approaches to constitutional…

Revisiting ‘Roe’: Prof. Gerry Bradley in the National Catholic Register

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 3 2021
In an article titled "Revisiting ‘Roe’: Why the Supreme Court Decision on Mississippi Case Will Likely Ditch Viability" for the National Catholic Register, JWI Senior Scholar and Trustee Gerry Bradley predicts the approach of certain…

“The Right to... WERK” – Prof. Hadley Arkes on Dissed Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 3 2021
On an episode of Dissed, a podcast about famous Supreme Court dissents with attorneys Anastasia Boden and Elizabeth Slattery, Prof. Hadley Arkes speaks about the moral grounding for economic liberty in our constitutional order. Prof.…

The Court Sets Off Tremors – Again: Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 2 2021
In his column for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes comments on the Supreme Court decision to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case about a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks…

"Lemon v. Kurtzman at 50" - Francis Beckwith in Law and Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 1 2021
In an article at Law and Liberty, JWI Scholar Francis Beckwith traces the history and eventual demise of the Lemon Test created by Chief Justice Burger in Lemon v. Kurtzman on its 50th anniversary. The Court has inconsistently applied the…

PODCAST: Sohrab Ahmari on "The Unbroken Thread," Part 2

By The James Wilson Institute • May 24 2021
Author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Guy Denton for a two-part discussion of his new book, The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos.…

PODCAST: Sohrab Ahmari on "The Unbroken Thread," Part 1

By The James Wilson Institute • May 17 2021
Author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Guy Denton for a two-part discussion of his new book, The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos.…

"In Defense of 'A Better Originalism'" - Prof. Hadley Arkes in Law & Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • May 10 2021
In an essay for Law & Liberty, James Wilson Institute Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes defends JWI's recent call in The American Mind for judges to adopt an "originalism of moral substance" against criticism by John Grove. Prof.…

"Originalism and Its Discontents" -- David Forte at Anchoring Truths and Law & Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • May 6 2021
Senior JWI Scholar David Forte responds to the co-authored piece "A Better Originalism" at JWI’s online journal Anchoring Truths. In a symposium in collaboration with Law & Liberty, Forte defends the place of positive law in a "correct…

"An Opportunity to Overturn Roe" - Gerry Bradley in First Things

By The James Wilson Institute • May 4 2021
In an essay for First Things, JWI Senior Scholar and Trustee Gerry Bradley explores the future of Roe v. Wade and the implications of Justice Amy Coney Barrett's appointment to the Supreme Court for the pro-life movement. Recently, the…

VIDEO: "A Better Originalism" Debate featuring JWI's Garrett Snedeker and Prof. Ilan Wurman

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 19 2021
JWI's Garrett Snedeker and Prof. Ilan Wurman debated the merits of the statement Snedeker co-authored in March 2021, titled "A Better Originalism," for the Scalia Law School Federalist Society Chapter.

PODCAST: Stephen Soukup on "The Dictatorship of Woke Capital"

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 19 2021
Stephen Soukup, author and publisher of The Political Forum, joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Peter Spence to discuss his new book, The Dictatorship of Woke Capital. Soukup's book examines the methodical takeover by…

Reformed Theology and Natural Law

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 12 2021
JWI and the First Liberty Institute host an interactive webinar on the compatibility between natural law and reformed theology. Prof. Hadley Arkes of JWI moderates the discussion and is joined by Profs. Justin Dyer, Jordan Ballor, Frank…

"Visit to a Familiar, Now Distant Place" - Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 9 2021
In his latest column for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes reflects on a speech that he recently delivered before the Catholic Boston College Republicans, who invited him to discuss Natural Law. He was pleased…

Fellowship Alumni Spotlight: David Dewhirst '14

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 9 2021
David Dewhirst, a 2014 James Wilson Fellow, is the current Solicitor General of Montana. He graduated from Regent University before obtaining his J.D. from George Washington University Law School, where he served as president of his…

"A Better Originalism" - Arkes and Snedeker in The American Mind

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 29 2021
A new statement of purpose published in The American Mind, written by Prof. Hadley Arkes, Garrett Snedeker, Joshua Hammer, and Matthew Peterson calls upon conservatives to adopt an originalism of moral substance. The authors…

The Test of Heartbeats for Judges--and Other Former Fetuses: Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 29 2021
In his weekly column for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes details some of the history of the Right's strategy on pro-life legislation in Congress and the Courts. Republicans, Arkes contends, have not tried to…

"A Better Originalism" -- Arkes, Hammer, Peterson, and Snedeker in The American Mind

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 29 2021
Responding to Bostock v. Clayton County, Hadley Arkes, Joshua Hammer, Matthew Peterson, and Garrett Snedeker appeal to conservatives for an originalism of moral substance and outline four common good-centric principles for legal…

PODCAST: Professor Scott Yenor on "The Recovery of Family Life"

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 15 2021
The James Wilson Podcast features Professor Scott Yenor of Boise State University on his book examining the challenges facing the modern family. Author and Professor Scott Yenor joins JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern…

"The Constitution's 'Value Judgements'" -- Gerard V. Bradley at Anchoring Truths and Law & Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 15 2021
JWI has launched a collaborative partnership for 2021 with the Liberty Fund’s online journal, Law & Liberty. Led by its Director, Richard Reinsch, Law & Liberty has become one of the premier journals on the right for writing on…

"On the Moral Alchemy of the Political Party": Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 2 2021
In his column for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes reflects on the historical role of political parties in the U.S. and the state that they are in today. The parties of the present have lost their sense of…
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