Articles tagged as Gerard Bradley
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VIDEO: JWI Trustee & Senior Scholar Gerard Bradley Honored with Defender of Life Award
On October 6th, James Wilson Institute Senior Scholar and Trustee Gerard Bradley was celebrated with the Human Life Review’s Defender of Life Award in New York City. We congratulate Professor Bradley on this special honor. Our Founder and Director Hadley Arkes joined Professor Bradley for the occasion. Video below. Gerard “Gerry” Bradley teaches Constitutional Law […] -
Fulton and the Future of Religious Liberty – Prof. Gerard V. Bradley at First Things
After being cited twice yesterday in the Court’s much anticipated ruling on religious liberty, JWI Trustee and Senior Scholar Gerard V. Bradley declares that “Fulton v. Philadelphia is a remarkable case indeed.” Professor Bradley outlines where the Court currently stands on the controversial 1990 ruling in Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith. […] -
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia – Professor Gerard V. Bradley cited by Supreme Court
Associate Justice Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court of the United States cited JWI Trustee and Senior Scholar Gerard V. Bradley twice in his concurrence for today’s decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. This highly anticipated ruling on religious liberty has garnered much speculation among the public and is one of the biggest rulings […] -
Revisiting ‘Roe’: Prof. Gerry Bradley in the National Catholic Register
In an article titled “Revisiting ‘Roe’: Why the Supreme Court Decision on Mississippi Case Will Likely Ditch Viability” for the National Catholic Register, JWI Senior Scholar and Trustee Gerry Bradley predicts the approach of certain Justices of the Supreme Court thought to be pro-life after the announcement of that the Court would hear Dobbs v. […] -
“An Opportunity to Overturn Roe” – Gerry Bradley in First Things
In an essay for First Things, JWI Senior Scholar and Trustee Gerry Bradley explores the future of Roe v. Wade and the implications of Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the Supreme Court for the pro-life movement. Recently, the Court refused to take action on the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, in which […] -
“The Constitution’s ‘Value Judgements'” — Gerard V. Bradley at Anchoring Truths and Law & Liberty
JWI has launched a collaborative partnership for 2021 with the Liberty Fund’s online journal, Law & Liberty. Led by its Director, Richard Reinsch, Law & Liberty has become one of the premier journals on the right for writing on jurisprudence, politics, and culture. Prof. Hadley Arkes opened our first symposium in February 2021 with “Letter to a […] -
“Moral Constitutionalism”– Gerry Bradley in First Things
In an essay for the print edition of First Things, JWI Senior Scholar and Trustee Gerry Bradley argues that the dominant form of originalism has failed conservatives time and time again in matters of moral consequence, and a reassessment of it is in order. Originalism, he writes, does indeed remain the correct way of deciding […] -
Announcing Three New JWI Trustees
We are pleased to introduce three new additions to our 2021 JWI Board of Trustees: Mrs. Mary Ellen Bork, Prof. Gerry Bradley and Mr. Michael Crofton. Mary Ellen Bork is a freelance writer and lecturer on issues of Catholic life and culture. Over the years, she has been an advocate for the pro-life and conservative legal movements, promoting Catholic culture […] -
“Scenes From A Revolution? After Bostock”: Gerard Bradley in the National Catholic Register
JWI friend and Notre Dame law professor Gerard Bradley argues in the National Catholic Register that Bostock v. Clayton County need not be understood as a sweeping, regime-altering decision, such as previous Supreme Court decisions like Roe v. Wade and Obergefell v. Hodges. In Roe and Obergefell, the Court embarked on exercises of constitutional revision, […] -
“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 […]