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  • “Who Will Tame the Bots? Regulating Artificial Intelligence with Adam Thierer”

    by James Wilson Institute on April 21, 2023
    Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have reentered our public discourse due to some fascinating new applications, yet AI’s role in these areas has also made many question the moral place of AI and its implications on our culture beyond these applications. We’ll be discussing these topics and more with one of the foremost experts on […]
  • “The New College: ‘A Hillsdale of the South’ with Mark Bauerlein”

    by James Wilson Institute on March 31, 2023
    Garrett Snedeker sits down with Mark Bauerlein to discuss The New College of Florida, the importance of new alternative educational institutions, and what these kinds of long-term strategies mean for the conservative movement. The podcast can be found here.
  • “Why We Cannot Avoid Natural Law in Constitutional Debates”- Michael Hayes in Anchoring Truths

    by James Wilson Institute on March 31, 2023
    In an essay for Anchoring Truths, Michael Hayes argues that the textualism relied upon by originalist jurists is insufficient to reverse decades of progressive victories in the culture war. Instead, he posits that only natural law arguments that accurately account for human nature will be effective at advancing a true alternative view of the law […]
  • My Warm Up for Judge Duncan—and What Next for Stanford?–Hadley Arkes in Anchoring Truths

    by James Wilson Institute on March 30, 2023
    I supplied a rehearsal, or perhaps merely, a gesture of foreplay, for the spectacle that was loosed upon my friend Kyle Duncan recently at the law school at Stanford. I was invited to do a lecture there four years ago by the Federalist Society. And of course a campaign was launched by the Left to cancel […]
  • Who Deserves Scalia’s Mantle?–Garrett Snedeker in The American Conservative

    by James Wilson Institute on March 14, 2023
    With Who Deserves Scalia’s Mantle?, JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker in the March/April 2023 issue of The American Conservative considers whether a live debate on the subject of administrative law is a microcosm for the debate over the future of the conservative legal movement. And claiming the mantle of Justice Scalia is key for both […]
  • “Chevron Deference, Conservatism’s Pivot, and Scalia’s Mantle”

    by James Wilson Institute on March 10, 2023
    Garrett Snedeker and Prof. Jesse Merriam sit down with Daniel Osborne to discuss their reviews of Prof. Thomas Merrill’s recent book, The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise and Fall and the Future of the Administrative State. They demonstrate the pivot in the Conservative Legal Movement that once promoted Chevron Deference among judges and now openly opposes […]
  • “James Wilson and the Nature of Law”- Prof. Jonathan Gienapp in Anchoring Truths

    by James Wilson Institute on March 3, 2023
    In an article for Anchoring Truths adapted from his remarks in a webinar, Prof. Jonathan Gienapp discusses his perception of the contributions of James Wilson to the theoretical discourse surrounding the American founding. In particular, Prof. Gienapp focuses on Wilson’s thinking pertaining to such concepts as popular sovereignty, social compact theory, and the indivisible nature […]
  • “Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘The Free State of Florida’ with Contributing Editor Josh Hammer on The Josh Hammer Show”

    by James Wilson Institute on February 28, 2023
    Newsweek Opinion Editor and Anchoring Truths Contributing Editor Josh Hammer hosts Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for a lively discussion of the Governor’s tenure in office on The Josh Hammer Show. The podcast can be found here.
  • “James Wilson and ‘We the People’”- Prof. John Mikhail in Anchoring Truths

    by James Wilson Institute on February 24, 2023
    In an article for Anchoring Truths adapted from his remarks on a webinar, Prof. John Mikhail highlights the enormous contributions made by James Wilson in the formation of the Constitution, emphasizing his status as the author of the first draft of the American governing charter. Introducing the subject of Wilson’s work by way of his […]
  • “‘How to Save the West’ with author Spencer Klavan”

    by James Wilson Institute on February 23, 2023
    Western Culture is in a state of crisis. Objective truth is being replaced by virtual reality, humanity by “transhumanism,” meaning by meaninglessness, and religion by whole-hearted devotion to scientism. And these are just a few examples of the situation the West faces. We discuss these subjects and more with Spencer Klavan, the author of How […]
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— James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1790
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