We were alerted last week by several redoubtable alumni of our James Wilson Fellowship to a fine concurring opinion by Chief Justice James “Jimmy” Blacklock in the Benavides case, on marriage and guardianship in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court unanimously voided a divorce that was filed by the daughters of an elderly husband. The justices noted …
Claremont Institute senior fellow Glenn Ellmers joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and JWI Intern Seth Root to discuss his forthcoming book, The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America. In the podcast, we discussed Jaffa’s views on the moral roots of the American regime and Jaffa’s books, Crisis of the …
In this video from the Federalist Society’s No. 86 Series, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes summarizes Aristotle’s study of human nature. Human beings are naturally social and political animals. The American Founders logically concluded from these premises that natural law means all men are created equal and that government properly exists only by …
