Religion
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“Here’s The Only Path Open to Republicans After Neil Gorsuch’s Betrayal”: Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Federalist
In his latest article for The Federalist, Prof. Hadley Arkes calls on Republicans to look to Abraham Lincoln for a response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC. Following the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, Lincoln and congressional Republicans acknowledged that the Supreme Court had the authority to determine the […] -
“Why I Am A Natural Lawyer”: Prof. Paul R. DeHart in Law & Liberty
In an essay for Law & Liberty, James Wilson Institute friend Prof. Paul DeHart responds to Prof. F.H. Buckley’s attack on natural law as the foundation for conservative jurisprudence. In an earlier piece for Law & Liberty, Prof. Buckley accused natural lawyers of Pelagianism and argued that natural law theory fails to answer the Humian […] -
“Michael Martin Uhlmann, 1939 – 2019” Tributes from his friends, colleagues, and students in the Claremont Review of Books
The Claremont Review of Books recently published a collection of tributes, including one by JWI founder and director Hadley Arkes, in memoriam of Michael M. Uhlmann, who passed away on October 8, 2019. Below are some especially moving excerpts from each tribute. “I came to realize that the no-nonsense authority I had first observed in […] -
“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 […] -
“The Enduring Scalia” — Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In another article for The Catholic Thing titled “The Enduring Scalia,” Prof. Hadley Arkes, founder and director of the James Wilson Institute, continues his critique of the “subjectivizing” of conscience and religious objection. He analyzes Justice Antonin Scalia’s famous opinion in Employment Division v. Smith (1990). Prof. Arkes defends Justice Scalia as inviting the Religious […] -
“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 […] -
“A Few Minutes with Hadley Arkes” – Steven Hayward interviews Prof. Arkes on The Power Line Show
Steve Hayward of The Power Line Show caught up with Prof. Hadley Arkes, Founder and Director of the James Wilson Institute, for a wide-ranging conversation about free speech, moral relativism, abortion, and other constitutional questions. You can find a link to the conversation here. -
“Steps from God…to the Religion of the Self” — Prof. Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In an article titled, “Steps from God…to the Religion of the Self” in The Catholic Thing, Prof. Hadley Arkes traces the transformation of the identification of religion solely with beliefs rather than with a combination of beliefs and reasoned truths. The erosion of the meaning of religion, Prof. Arkes says, can be most clearly seen […] -
“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 […] -
“David French Channels Monty Python: A Response from Hadley Arkes” – The American Mind
JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes addresses and challenges the arguments of David French in a essay titled, “David French Channels Monty Python: A Response from Hadley Arkes.” Posted in The American Mind, Prof. Arkes questions French on how far French would be willing to argue with real moral substance in the culture war. French […]