Politics
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“The Man Who Saved the Electoral College”: Christopher DeMuth on Michael Uhlmann in National Affairs
In the wake of JWI Senior Scholar Michael Uhlmann’s passing in October 2019, Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow, Christopher DeMuth singles out the pivotal role that Ulhmann, then a 30-year-old Senate staffer, played in stopping a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College. In “The Man Who Saved the Electoral College,” published in National Affairs, DeMuth […] -
Professor Arkes “Life, Liberty, and Law” Podcast of Americans United for Life
Earlier in January 2020, Professor Hadley Arkes, JWI Founder and Director, appeared on the podcast “Life, Liberty and Law” to discuss the relationships between culture, politics, and law. Is culture downstream of politics and law or are politics and law downstream of culture? Or perhaps all three influence one another persistently? In the podcast, Arkes […] -
“The Constitution and the Sources of Refuge”: Professor Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
Writing for The Catholic Thing in the first of a two part series, JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes argues that conservative opponents of abortion should heed the lessons of Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans’ attempt to push back on the infamous Dred Scott decision. Lincoln chose to respect the outcome of Dred Scott as […] -
Hadley Arkes Keynote Address at the American Principles Project 2019 Gala
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“Judicial Fortitude: The Last Chance to Rein in the Administrative State” James Wilson Podcast with Peter Wallison
AEI Portraits – (Photo by Jay Westcott/for AEI) In November 2019, JWI’s Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Samuel Lucas had a conversation with Peter Wallison, author of the book Judicial Fortitude: The Last Chance to Rein in the Administrative State. Mr. Wallison is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former White […] -
“Abortion as Positive Good: The Democrats’ New Rhetoric Has Vile Precedents” – Josh Craddock in National Review
Writing in a piece for the National Review, Josh Craddock, a 2019 JW Fellow and the latest addition to our Affiliated Scholars, addresses the shift in rhetoric from “Pro-Choice” to “Pro-Abortion.” A new wave of celebrations of abortion from the “Shout Your Abortion” movement to the popularization of “birthday” cakes for abortions evidence that something […] -
“How Old Does a Monument Need to Be?” — Prof. Mark David Hall in Law & Liberty
In a recent piece for Law & Liberty, JWI Affiliated Scholar Mark David Hall of George Fox University critiques using the age of religious memorials on public property as the determining factor for their constitutionality. The primary problem with this argument, he writes, is the lack of an agreed-upon age at which monuments become recognized […] -
“Bill Barr Gives a Speech” – Prof. Hadley Arkes in The American Mind
JWI Founder & Director Hadley Arkes, in a piece for The American Mind titled, “Bill Barr Gives a Speech,” takes up the defense of Attorney General Bill Barr and his October 2019 speech at the Notre Dame Law School. Prof. Arkes responds to critics who mocked Barr’s address on religious liberty as one of the […] -
“Full Court Press” – Michael Uhlmann in the Claremont Review of Books
In a review for the Claremont Review of Books, Prof. Michael M. Uhlmann, a James Wilson Institute Senior Scholar, analyzed the commentary of former White House Counsel Peter Wallison on the administrative state. Prof. Uhlmann traces the rise of the administrative state through the 20th century and the now growing critique of its policies. The […] -
“Athens and Jerusalem, Rome and America” – Gunnar Gundersen in The American Mind
In a piece titled “Athens and Jerusalem, Rome and America” for The American Mind, Gunnar Gundersen responds to the argument of Patrick Deneen and others who claim that America is a Hobbesian experiment, made without Christian moral reasoning. Gundersen, a JWI Affiliated Scholar and Attorney, argues instead that the history of the United States shows […]