Articles tagged as Potter Stewart

  • “Is it Time to Rethink the School Prayer Cases?” — Francis Beckwith

    by James Wilson Institute on November 12, 2021
    Prof. Francis Beckwith argues that the Supreme Court should overturn Engel and Schempp, which put religious people at a decided disadvantage, rather than establishing religious equality. Returning to the original understanding of the First Amendment would enable local governments to seek the common good.  Some excerpts: “There was a time, not too long ago, when […]
  • “The Moral Turn”–Hadley Arkes in First Things

    by James Wilson Institute on June 2, 2017
    We share with you Prof. Arkes’s latest piece in the May 2017 print edition of First Things titled, “The Moral Turn.” “The argument in the piece is largely drawn from an ongoing topic of discussion in one of our JWI programs, our biannual Senior Seminar. A year ago, our core attendees of judges and law professors contrasted the dissent from conservative justices Rehnquist […]