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AUDIO: “Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State and American Constitutionalism” An Interview with Prof. Joseph Postell
In late July 2018, JWI’s Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and Intern Gregory Mill shared a discussion with Prof. Joseph Postell, author of the book Bureuacracy in America: The Administrative State and American Constitutionalism (University of Missouri Press, 2017). Prof. Postell is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. Postell has written […] -
Remembering Daniel Nicholas Robinson (1937-2018)
With heavy hearts, we share Prof. Hadley Arkes’s reflection on the passing of his lifelong friend and James Wilson Senior Scholar, Prof. Daniel Robinson: I write, just past tears, to convey the sad news of the death of my dearest friend of 50 years, Daniel Nicholas Robinson. Dan died Monday night September 17, on the […] -
AUDIO: “Slavery and Natural Law”–Prof. Justin Dyer on Liberty Watch Radio
JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer recently joined Charles Heller on Liberty Watch Radio to discuss the place of reasoning from the Natural Law in public life, and especially its relevance to the Supreme Court’s debates about the issue of slavery leading up to the Civil War. Professor Dyer fielded questions from callers as well as Mr. […] -
“From Termination to Extermination: The International Down Syndrome Genocide”–Professor David Forte in Public Discourse
In a powerful, sobering essay for Public Discourse, JWI Senior Scholar David Forte takes the occasion of Gerber’s newly named baby of the year to offer a reflection on the natural right to life and the genocidal logic at play in significant segments of the “pro-choice” community. Lucas, a beaming two-year-old, is the company’s first ever […] -
AUDIO: Prof. Arkes on the Implications of Justice Kennedy’s Retirement, the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and NIFLA v. Becerra
With the Supreme Court’s recent decision in NIFLA vs. Becerra (2018), the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy at the end of July, and the President’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, many are speculating on what these events mean for future cases that consider freedom of speech and abortion, as well as what […] -
“Abortion and the Brett Kavanaugh Hearings: A Plan for Senate Republicans” Professor Hadley Arkes in National Review
With the upcoming hearings over Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Prof. Hadley Arkes makes the case for a different Republican strategy at National Review Online with his latest essay, “Abortion and the Brett Kavanaugh Hearings: A Plan for Senate Republicans.” Prof. Arkes begins by reviewing the traditional Republican playbook: promising to have the nominee keep his […] -
“Secular Materialism Can’t Make Sense of Reality” by Professor Justin Dyer
Writing in The Public Discourse ”Secular Materialism Can’t Make Sense of Reality“, Professor Justin Dyer, a JWI Affiliated Scholar, confronts the philosophies of materialism which seem to increasingly gain prominence in modern society. Pointing to the thoughts of modern philosophers such as Saul Smilansky, he observes that secular materialism, which reduces “every thought, every hope, and every […] -
“Is Relativism the Best Constitutional Defense of Free Speech?” Richard Reinsch Interviews Hadley Arkes for LibertyLawTalk
Richard Reinsch, the editor of the Online Library of Law and Liberty and the host of LibertyLawTalk, interviewed Hadley Arkes to discuss his thoughts on the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on issues of speech, as articulated in cases such as Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), Matal v. Tam (2016), and NIFLA v. Becerra (2018). Their discussion centered on the Court’s tendency […] -
“51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law”–Judge Jeffrey Sutton at The Heritage Foundation
Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals discussed his new book, “51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law,” (Oxford University Press, 2018) at the Heritage Foundation on June 12, 2018. In the video below, the Judge provides a brief overview of his central thesis, and then talks about […] -
“Conservative Jurisprudence Resorts to Relativism”–Professor Hadley Arkes in First Things
Writing at First Things, Professor Arkes weighs in on the decision of the Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop. The majority opinion has been described as a “narrow” decision to vindicate a Colorado baker in his refusal to supply a wedding cake for a same-sex marriage ceremony. At stake were the defendant’s rights to free expression […]