Prof. Arkes argues that moral judgments, rather than belonging to legislators instead of judges, are an essential – indeed inescapable – part of the work of a judge, especially in recognizing the most basic facts that bear on their judgments.
Prof. Arkes argues that moral judgments, rather than belonging to legislators instead of judges, are an essential – indeed inescapable – part of the work of a judge, especially in recognizing the most basic facts that bear on their judgments.
Prof. Arkes reflects on his work crafting the Born Alive Act and takes some time to analyze the latest version of the Act, to him the best ever.
Earlier this year, in the landmark case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court finally overruled Roe v. Wade. Nearly fifty years after Roe, five Justices had the moral courage, despite harassment, death threats, and even an assassination attempt, to correct Roe’s grievous error. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito stated: “It …
In this episode of the Anchoring Truths podcast, we share a public lecture by Hadley Arkes delivered on October 28th, 2022 to a crowd in Washington, DC. The speech was titled, “After Dobbs and the Crisis of the House Divided.” It was Prof. Arkes’s most complete statement on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dobbs …
On September 23, 2022, Hadley Arkes delivered a lecture at the University of Notre Dame titled “Roe Changed the Culture, Was Dobbs the Cure?”. The lecture was part of the James Wilson Institute’s Seminar on Natural Law at Notre Dame that weekend. We’d like to thank the Notre Dame Right to Life, the Center for …
Prof. Hadley Arkes responds in the WSJ explaining how reviving the Born Alive Infants Protection Act could prove the best strategy for Republicans in Congress.
The James Wilson Institute was one of the co-sponsors of the National Conservatism Conference in Miami, Florida from September 11-13 2022. We were grateful to be invited by the Edmund Burke Foundation, the conference organizer, to convene a panel titled “Constitutional Issues Post-Dobbs.” This panel provided unique insights into the state and direction of legal …
The James Wilson Institute co-sponsored the National Conservatism Conference in Miami, Florida from September 11-13. We, along with the conference organizers, the Edmund Burke Foundation, convened a panel titled “Constitutional Issues Post-Dobbs.” This panel provided unique insights into the state and direction of legal conservatism. You can watch each of our panelists’ remarks below. JWI …
The following is a transcript of remarks originally given in Miami at the National Conservatism Conference JWI helped to organize in September 2022. In 2020, Harvard Law School professor Adrian Vermeule first outlined his proposal for a jurisprudence of “common good constitutionalism” in an essay in The Atlantic. I initially responded with a friendly essay at the Claremont Institute’s American Mind site that …
