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Leadership & the Law Awards Dinner 2023 - Honoring Judge Janice Rogers Brown

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 25 2023

We had the pleasure of celebrating the jurisprudence and life's work of former Judge Janice Rogers Brown this spring with our second Leadership & the Law Award. It was a wonderful evening to spend with friends and colleagues,…

"Who Will Tame the Bots? Regulating Artificial Intelligence with Adam Thierer"

By The James Wilson Institute • Apr 21 2023

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have reentered our public discourse due to some fascinating new applications, yet AI’s role in these areas has also made many question the moral place of AI and its implications on our culture…

"The New College: 'A Hillsdale of the South' with Mark Bauerlein"

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 31 2023

Garrett Snedeker sits down with Mark Bauerlein to discuss The New College of Florida, the importance of new alternative educational institutions, and what these kinds of long-term strategies mean for the conservative movement. The podcast…

“Why We Cannot Avoid Natural Law in Constitutional Debates”- Michael Hayes in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 31 2023

In an essay for Anchoring Truths, Michael Hayes argues that the textualism relied upon by originalist jurists is insufficient to reverse decades of progressive victories in the culture war. Instead, he posits that only natural law…

My Warm Up for Judge Duncan—and What Next for Stanford?--Hadley Arkes in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 30 2023

I supplied a rehearsal, or perhaps merely, a gesture of foreplay, for the spectacle that was loosed upon my friend Kyle Duncan recently at the law school at Stanford. I was invited to do a lecture there four years ago by the Federalist…

Who Deserves Scalia's Mantle?--Garrett Snedeker in The American Conservative

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 14 2023

With Who Deserves Scalia's Mantle?, JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker in the March/April 2023 issue of The American Conservative considers whether a live debate on the subject of administrative law is a microcosm for the debate over the…

"Chevron Deference, Conservatism’s Pivot, and Scalia’s Mantle"

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 10 2023

Garrett Snedeker and Prof. Jesse Merriam sit down with Daniel Osborne to discuss their reviews of Prof. Thomas Merrill’s recent book, The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise and Fall and the Future of the Administrative State. They demonstrate the…

“James Wilson and the Nature of Law”- Prof. Jonathan Gienapp in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Mar 3 2023

In an article for Anchoring Truths adapted from his remarks in a webinar, Prof. Jonathan Gienapp discusses his perception of the contributions of James Wilson to the theoretical discourse surrounding the American founding. In particular,…

"Gov. Ron DeSantis 'The Free State of Florida' with Contributing Editor Josh Hammer on The Josh Hammer Show"

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 28 2023

Newsweek Opinion Editor and Anchoring Truths Contributing Editor Josh Hammer hosts Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for a lively discussion of the Governor’s tenure in office on The Josh Hammer Show. The podcast can be found here.

“James Wilson and ‘We the People’”- Prof. John Mikhail in Anchoring Truths

By The James Wilson Institute • Feb 24 2023

In an article for Anchoring Truths adapted from his remarks on a webinar, Prof. John Mikhail highlights the enormous contributions made by James Wilson in the formation of the Constitution, emphasizing his status as the author of the first…

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