Articles tagged as Free Speech
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“Garland’s Refusal to Protect Supreme Court Justices Endangers the Country” -Hadley Arkes in The Federalist
In a piece for The Federalist, Professor Hadley Arkes criticizes Attorney General Merrick Garland’s evasion of his duty to protect Supreme Court justices from ongoing verbal harassment. Although it is a federal crime to picket outside a justice’s residence, protestors continue to congregate around the homes of Justices Alito and Kavanaugh with impunity. AG Garland […] -
Puzzle of 303 Creative –Hadley Arkes in First Things
In a piece for First Things, JWI Founder & Director Hadley Arkes analyzes how the issues of speech and religion have proven a challenge to the Court for years. should be clear that neither “coerced speech” nor “religious belief” can supply the ground of the judgment. At oral argument, he thought that Justices Kavanaugh and […] -
PODCAST: Michael Knowles on Speechless
Best-selling author Michael Knowles joined the Anchoring Truths podcast to discuss his new release, Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds. In the podcast, we discuss how conservatives should not expect to win the culture war by abandoning objective standards, how critical theory made its “long march through the institutions,” and the need for conservatives to adopt a […] -
“It Was The Supreme Court’s Liberals Who Established Protests Are Not ‘Sedition’” – Professor Hadley Arkes in The Federalist
In an essay for the Federalist, JWI founder and director Professor Hadley Arkes explores the Court’s approach to demonstrations under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. He examines how Supreme Court justices have regarded with concern the right of protestors to demonstrate in particular locations, such as outside the Supreme Court while trials are underway. Justices […] -
“The Limits of ‘Free Speech'” – Josh Hammer in Newsweek
In a piece for Newsweek, Josh Hammer explores how conservatives should approach the issue of free speech from both a practical and philosophical perspective, in light of past comments made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) that have recently surfaced. Although Hammer acknowledges the Left’s hostility to free speech, he cautions conservatives against appealing to […] -
“The Wages of Relativism”: Gunnar Gundersen in The American Mind
JWI Affiliated Attorney Gunnar Gundersen takes on rioters, Nazis, and Antifa looters in an article attacking the relativistic view of free speech advanced by the American Civil Liberties Union and other free speech fundamentalists. Gundersen argues that by holding as equally valid the speech of neo-Nazis marching through a Jewish neighborhood and the speech of […] -
PODCAST: Shoshana Weissmann and Jon Schweppe on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
Shoshana Weissmann is the senior manager of digital media and a fellow at the R Street Institute, a free-market think tank. She oversees RSI’s social media, email marketing, and website while also working and writing on a variety of policy and regulatory subjects. She also likes SpongeBob. Follow her on Twitter at @senatorshoshana Jon Schweppe […] -
“Originalism Has Failed”: Gunnar Gundersen in The American Mind
In an essay for a symposium at The American Mind, James Wilson Institute Affiliated Attorney and Fellowship Faculty member Gunnar Gundersen argues, in agreement with Harvard Law professor Adrian Vermeule, that originalism has failed and is merely a mask for liberalism. According to Gundersen, a jurisprudence that truly captured the furnishings of mind of the […] -
VIDEO “Should We Limit Free Speech?”: An Evening with Arthur Milikh and Hadley Arkes
In April 2020, Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the Heritage Foundation hosted a discussion with Mr. Arthur Milikh and Prof. Hadley Arkes. Mr. Milikh is the associate director of The Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and Prof. Arkes is the founder and director of the James Wilson Institue. Prof. Arkes and Mr. Milikh […] -
“The Supremes Ride the Spiral Down” — Prof. Hadley Arkes in Law & Liberty
In a recent essay published at Law & Liberty titled, “The Supremes Ride the Spiral Down,” Prof. Hadley Arkes laments the recent Supreme Court decision in Iancu v. Brunetti, in which the Court allowed a profane trademark for a streetwear company. Drawing on the great Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Thomas Reid, Prof. Arkes criticizes some justices […]