Commentary by Hadley Arkes
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“Letter to a Noble Lawyer” — Hadley Arkes at Anchoring Truths and Law & Liberty
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 jurisprudence, politics, and the culture. With this feature piece, Prof. Hadley Arkes opens our first symposium with […] -
Lincoln and the Electric Cord of the Fourth of July: A Statement from Hadley Arkes, JWI Founder & Director
The Fourth of July comes this year when we are seeing a massive movement in the streets, professing to be “protests,” but seething with a rejection of the American Founding and our institutions. The fine points–if there are fine points–get lost, and what comes through is a hatred of America. We find “Juneteenth” offered now, not […] -
Prof. Arkes on COVID-19 and Limits to Authority
When the news came out that a panel of the 6th Circuit weighed in to help a governor find the limits to his authority under the Lockdown, it was suspected that one of our friends in that newly improved circuit would have a hand in it. And sure enough, that hand was detected, but it […] -
Judge O’Connor, Obamacare, and First Things: The Judge Cites Prof. Arkes While Striking Down Obamacare
Reed O’Connor has been quite an interesting federal district court judge in Texas, and this last week, in Texas v. U.S., he managed to stir ripples in our politics and law as he moved, in effect, to strike down Obamacare. The Republican Congress had not repealed the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), but it did […] -
A Letter of Deep Thanks on the Gathering in New York on April 7, 2016
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“Response to Prof. Robert Miller—Again”—Prof. Hadley Arkes
Prof. Arkes responds to a spirited exchange of essays he shared with Prof. Robert Miller August 2014 in the Public Discourse on the grounds and scope of religious liberty in the aftermath of the Hobby Lobby case