Just as the philosophy of Aristotle is foundational to Western thought, it is also central to the mission and work of the James Wilson Institute. Our weeklong fellowships and seminars on Natural Law Jurisprudence typically begin not with the writings of our institute’s namesake or even other familiar figures from the Founding, but rather with …
JWI Founder and Co-Director Hadley Arkes joined the Civitas Institute’s America 250 panel on Constitution Day 2026. C-SPAN covered and filmed the panel. Hadley P. Arkes, Founder & Co-Director, James Wilson Institute Samuel Gregg, Chair, American Institute for Economic Research Wilfred M. McClay, Professor, Hillsdale College History Department Richard Reinsch, Editor-in-Chief of Civitas Outlook at …
As we are about to celebrate Constitution Day in 2026, our latest guest on the Anchoring Truths Podcast says we no longer live under the Constitution as the people who wrote and ratified it understood it. That guest is Ilan Wurman, the Julius E. Davis Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota. The topic …
