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James Wilson Summer Legal Fellowship 2022

By The James Wilson Institute • Sep 9 2022

On July 31 2022, we convened our annual James Wilson Fellowship. The class and fellowship were among our best yet. In the spring, we selected a group of outstanding law students and young lawyers to comprise our ninth class of Fellows. We…

"Don’t Ignore the Federal Levers on Abortion" - Hadley Arkes in National Review

By The James Wilson Institute • Aug 29 2022

Hadley Arkes argues that conservatives must use federal power to protect the rights of the unborn. Even before Roe v. Wade, the federal government involved itself in regulating abortion. After Dobbs, Arkes says the levers of federal power…

Fundraising Dinner: Leadership & the Law Award

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 15 2022

Judge Janice Rogers Brown was confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 2005 where she served until she retired in 2017. From 1996 to 2005, she was Associate Justice of the California Supreme…

"Liberty To Do What?" — Hadley Arkes at The Human Life Review

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 6 2022

On June 1, 2022, James Wilson Institute Founder and Director Hadley Arkes joined First Things editor Rusty Reno and City College of New York's George McKenna for a panel hosted by The Human Life Review. They first discussed the potential…

"The Greatest Living American Issues His Career-defining Court Opinion" - Josh Hammer

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 28 2022

Josh Hammer is opinion editor of Newsweek, a research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation, counsel and policy advisor for the Internet Accountability Project, a syndicated columnist through Creators and a contributing editor for…

"What Comes After Roe" by Gerard V. Bradley

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 28 2022

Gerard V. Bradley is a trustee of JWI and a professor of law at Notre Dame School of Law "Almost fifty years after handing down its calamitous abortion decision on January 22, 1973, SCOTUS has finally corrected the biggest mistake it…

Podcast: Nate Hochman on "What Comes After the Religious Right?"

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 10 2022

In this episode, Garrett Snedeker joins talented young journalist Nate Hochman to discuss his recent article, “What Comes After the Religious Right?” The New York Times featured this article in its Sunday Section in early June of 2022.…

"A Jurisprudential Red Pill: Part II" - Evelyn Blacklock

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 2 2022

Evelyn Blacklock continues her review of Prof. Adrian Vermeule’s book Common Good Constitutionalism in part two of “A Jurisprudential Red Pill.” In this final installment, she discusses the classical legal tradition as the tradition of the…

"Hunt down the Supreme Court leaker" — Josh Hammer in The Spectator World

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 1 2022

In "Hunt down the Supreme Court leaker," 2021 James Wilson Fellow Josh Hammer discusses the leak of Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. He explains that, while the decision will likely…

"A Post-Roe Legislative Agenda for Congress" — Josh Craddock in Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 1 2022

Josh Craddock, a 2019 James Wilson Fellow, introduces a strategy for pro-life congressmen to follow after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. He establishes that Congress' definition of personhood lies at the root of the abortion issue and must…

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