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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…

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