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AUDIO "Recasting Religious Freedom: Is Conservative Jurisprudence Backing into Relativism?" - Hadley Arkes at Faith and Law

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 10 2019

In a speech delivered at the U.S. Senate before an audience gathered by Faith & Law, Prof. Hadley Arkes, JWI Founder and Director, demonstrates how the Supreme Court has caused a deep coarsening in the culture of our nation. Prof.…

"Abortion as Positive Good: The Democrats’ New Rhetoric Has Vile Precedents" - Josh Craddock in National Review

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 1 2019

Writing in a piece for the National Review, Josh Craddock, a 2019 JW Fellow and the latest addition to our Affiliated Scholars, addresses the shift in rhetoric from "Pro-Choice" to "Pro-Abortion." A new wave of celebrations of abortion…

2019 - A Year in Review

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 25 2019

We would like to take a minute to look back over the accomplishments and highlights from this past year. We are grateful for all of our community who have helped make these events possible. If you would like to support JWI with a…

"How Old Does a Monument Need to Be?" -- Prof. Mark David Hall in Law & Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 19 2019

In a recent piece for Law & Liberty, JWI Affiliated Scholar Mark David Hall of George Fox University critiques using the age of religious memorials on public property as the determining factor for their constitutionality. The primary…

"The Enduring Scalia" -- Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 10 2019

In another article for The Catholic Thing titled "The Enduring Scalia," Prof. Hadley Arkes, founder and director of the James Wilson Institute, continues his critique of the "subjectivizing" of conscience and religious objection. He…

"Bill Barr Gives a Speech" - Prof. Hadley Arkes in The American Mind

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 30 2019

JWI Founder & Director Hadley Arkes, in a piece for The American Mind titled, "Bill Barr Gives a Speech," takes up the defense of Attorney General Bill Barr and his October 2019 speech at the Notre Dame Law School. Prof. Arkes responds…

"The Supremes Ride the Spiral Down" -- Prof. Hadley Arkes in Law & Liberty

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 24 2019

In a recent essay published at Law & Liberty titled, "The Supremes Ride the Spiral Down," Prof. Hadley Arkes laments the recent Supreme Court decision in Iancu v. Brunetti, in which the Court allowed a profane trademark for a…

"A Few Minutes with Hadley Arkes" - Steven Hayward interviews Prof. Arkes on The Power Line Show

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 22 2019

Steve Hayward of The Power Line Show caught up with Prof. Hadley Arkes, Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute, for a wide-ranging conversation about free speech, moral relativism, abortion, and other constitutional…

"Steps from God...to the Religion of the Self" -- Prof. Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 9 2019

In an article titled, “Steps from God…to the Religion of the Self” in The Catholic Thing, Prof. Hadley Arkes traces the transformation of the identification of religion solely with beliefs rather than with a combination of beliefs and…

Michael Martin Uhlmann: In Memoriam (1939-2019)

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 9 2019

JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes writes on the passing of one of his dearest friends, JWI Senior Scholar Michael Uhlmann. We come to our friends today with heart-breaking news, on the death of our beloved Michael Uhlmann…

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