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"Standing Against Falsehood" -- Justin Dyer at Anchoring Truths and Law & Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 23 2021
In 2021, JWI begins a collaborative partnership 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…

"Toward a New Jurisprudential Consensus: Common Good Originalism" - Josh Hammer in Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 22 2021
In an essay for Public Discourse, JWI Affiliated Scholar Josh Hammer implores conservatives to embrace a new approach to originalism that emphasizes the common good. He argues that originalism has become entirely unmoored from conservatism…

"Moral Constitutionalism"-- Gerry Bradley in First Things

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 16 2021
In an essay for the print edition of First Things, JWI Senior Scholar and Trustee Gerry Bradley argues that the dominant form of originalism has failed conservatives time and time again in matters of moral consequence, and a reassessment…

"Letter to a Noble Lawyer" -- Hadley Arkes at Anchoring Truths and Law & Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 11 2021
In 2021, JWI begins a collaborative partnership 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…

"The Misadventures of a Pro-Life Senator": Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 11 2021
In his column for The Catholic Thing, Professor Hadley Arkes details Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse's recent efforts as lead sponsor to pass a bill that would protect babies who survive botched abortions. This is an updated version of the…

Announcing Three New JWI Trustees

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 10 2021
We are pleased to introduce three new additions to our 2021 JWI Board of Trustees: Mrs. Mary Ellen Bork, Prof. Gerry Bradley and Mr. Michael Crofton. Mary Ellen Bork is a freelance writer and lecturer on issues of Catholic life and…

"It Was The Supreme Court’s Liberals Who Established Protests Are Not ‘Sedition’" - Professor Hadley Arkes in The Federalist

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 8 2021
In an essay for the Federalist, JWI founder and director Professor Hadley Arkes explores the Court's approach to demonstrations under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. He examines how Supreme Court justices have regarded with concern…

"The Limits of 'Free Speech'" - Josh Hammer in Newsweek

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 6 2021
In a piece for Newsweek, Josh Hammer explores how conservatives should approach the issue of free speech from both a practical and philosophical perspective, in light of past comments made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) that have…

"Jefferson Thought Religious Freedom is a Natural Right": David Collins in the Wall Street Journal

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 5 2021
In a brief response to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, friend of JWI David Collins notes that Thomas Jefferson did not understand the Bill of Rights as granting religious liberty. Rather, Jefferson held that the right to religious…

"Civic Virtue as Moral Facts: Recovering the Other Half of Our Founding" - Professor Daniel Mahoney in RealClearPublicAffairs

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 5 2021
In an essay for Real Clear Public Affairs, Professor Daniel Mahoney of Assumption University argues that the American Founding presupposed a belief in moral facts and the immutability of human nature. The Founding Fathers, and the American…

"President Joe Biden's Blue America" - Professor Gerard V. Bradley in the National Catholic Register

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 3 2021
In a piece for the National Catholic Register, Gerard V. Bradley, a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and member of the James Wilson Institute Board of Scholars, presents a religious critique of the theme of unity emphasized…

"Religious Liberty Isn't Enough": Ryan Anderson in the Wall Street Journal

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 1 2021
In a recent op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, EPPC President and JWI affiliated scholar Dr. Ryan Anderson argues that in order to protect our values and way of life, conservatives must fight for our social beliefs in the realm of public…

"Biden As an 'Authoritative Type'": Professor Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 29 2021
In his column for The Catholic Thing, Professor Hadley Arkes comments on the problems that President Biden's Catholicism is creating for the faithful in America. Because Biden so adamantly supports social causes that directly oppose…

PODCAST: Prof. Greg Collins on "Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy"

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 26 2021
The James Wilson Podcast features Prof. Greg Collins of Yale University on his book on Edmund Burke's economic thought. Author and Professor Greg Collins joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Chance Cook to discuss…

LISTEN: C.S. Lewis on Politics and the Natural Law - Justin Dyer on the In the Trenches Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 22 2021
On January 21, Professor Justin Dyer, a JWI Affiliated Scholar, joined Seth Root and Cal Davenport on the "In the Trenches" podcast to discuss his book C.S. Lewis on Politics and the Natural Law.

The President's Advisory 1776 Commission Releases "The 1776 Report"

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 21 2021
The President's Advisory 1776 Commission, established to support the teaching of patriotic education, has released "The 1776 Report." According to a White House statement, the report seeks to present "a definitive chronicle of the American…

VIDEO: Congress, Policy, and a Conservative Strategy in a New Administration

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 20 2021
On January 19th, Terry Schilling of the American Principles Project and Rachel Bovard of the Conservative Partnership Institute joined JWI's Garrett Snedeker for an interactive webinar on the Biden Administration's likely legislative goals…

LISTEN: Faith, Judges, and the Supreme Court - Prof. Hadley Arkes on the Bridge Builder Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 18 2021
On January 17th, JWI founder and director Prof. Hadley Arkes joined Minnesota Catholic Conference's Bridge Builder Podcast to offer insight into his faith and the state of conservative jurisprudence. He explores how originalist justices…

VIDEO: Courts and Legal Challenges in a Biden Administration

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 18 2021
On January 13, 2021, Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network and Adam White of the Scalia School of Law at George Mason University joined JWI's Garrett Snedeker for an interactive webinar on the regulatory agenda that the Biden…

"Thoughts on a Late Administration": Professor Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 14 2021
In his column for The Catholic Thing, Professor Arkes details the mixed legacy that President Trump and his administration will leave when he departs the White House on January 20th. There were certainly many victories for his…

“Ballast on the Ship of State: Statesmanship as Human Excellence” – Professor Daniel Mahoney in Modern Age

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 12 2021
In an essay for Modern Age, Professor Daniel Mahoney of Assumption University demonstrates that true statesmanship consists in moral excellence and self-control. He argues against moral relativism, as well as the Machiavellian view of…

"Signs of Mind": Professor Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 11 2021
In his column for The Catholic Thing, Professor Arkes reflects on the various experiences that lead one to a realization of the existence of God. Universal truths, for example, and the argument from causality both suggest the presence of a…

Narnian Natural Law: JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer on The Babylon Bee Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 22 2020

The Magical World of “Climate Change”: Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 16 2020
In his latest article for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes writes about the Left's obsession with climate change. Climate change gives the Left a "moral" code, a kind of pseudo-religion, without the reasoning…

PODCAST: 1619 Project and its Challenge to the American Founding--with Prof. Lucas Morel

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 8 2020
Professor and renowned Lincoln scholar Lucas Morel, joined JWI deputy director Garrett Snedeker and intern Jovan Tripkovic to discuss his take on the New York Times 1619 project, identity politics, revisionist history on the American…

"Lincoln's House Divided and Ours": Justin Dyer in Starting Points

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 7 2020
James Wilson Institute Affiliated scholar Justin Dyer published an article in Starting Points. This article was originally presented as remarks for a panel discussion on race, protests, and justice. In his article, Prof. Dyer analyzes…

"Electoral College Continues to Serve the National Interest": Michael Maibach in The Virginia-Pilot

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 7 2020
Our own Managing Director and a Distinguished Fellow for Save Our States, Michael Maibach, co-authored an op-ed with Professor Patrick Garry, a professor at the University of South Dakota Law School. The authors address a bill before…

"‘What It Means to Be Human’ Review: Unchosen Obligations": Yuval Levin in The Wall Street Journal

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 4 2020
Yuval Levin, a friend of the James Wilson Institute, wrote an excellent piece for the Wall Street Journal recently. In this article, titled Unchosen Obligations, Levin reviewed the book What it Means to be Human, authored by Prof. O.…

"Who’s Afraid of the Common Good?": Josh Hammer in The American Mind

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 4 2020
JWI affiliated scholar and Newsweek opinion editor, Josh Hammer, published an article in The American Mind titled: Who's Afraid of the Common Good? This essay comes as a fiery response to C. Bradley Thompson's argument that America's…

"Reason, Revelation and the American Regime": Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 3 2020
In the latest article for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes writes about the nature and roots of the American Regime. Professor Arkes points out that the moral roots of the American Founding are in both reason…
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