constitution
The Tragedy of “Progressive” Prosecution with Gerry Bradley
Delivered on November 1, 2024, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., we bring you the remarks of Professor Gerry Bradley from the Tragedy of “Progressive” Prosecution. Since George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, the U.S. has undergone a significant reevaluation of its criminal justice system and has moved towards a more “progressive” …
Litigating the Second Amendment & Natural Right to Self-Defense with Ed Wenger

Join host Garrett Snedeker and appellate litigator Edward “Ed” Wenger to discuss a recent decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that allowed limits on gun magazine capacity within the nation’s capital. The court affirmed a lower court’s opinion that “extra large capacity magazines” could be prohibited within city limits, but Judge Justin Walker …
American Leviathan and the Administrative State with Ned Ryun

American Leviathan is the story of the rise of Progressive Statism and their massive, bureaucratic Administrative State at the turn of the 20th century and how we got to where we are today in the 21st century with governmental abuse by a class of so-called experts. Because of Progressives’ quiet regime change over the last …
His Wisdom Persists Into Our Modern Age: Reviewing Two Books on Abraham Lincoln

Reviewing Allen C. Guelzo, Our Ancient Faith – Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment (Alfred A. Knopf, 2024) and Harold Holzer, Brought Forth On This Continent – Abraham Lincoln And American Immigration (Dutton, 2024) The character, career and enduring legacy of our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, continue to fascinate and inspire both scholars and the …
Obligations, the Other Side of the Coin as Rights: An essay in response to Daniel Mark’s “The Nature of Law”

This essay originally appeared in the Center on Religion Culture and Democracy‘s Reading Wheel. It is reprinted with permission. Right-of-center writers on philosophy and law have penned some fascinating books in recent years calling attention to rights as well as their attendant obligations. From Adrian Vermeule with Common Good Constitutionalism, to Erika Bachiochi with The …
Restoring Constitutional Unity with Yuval Levin

Join host Garrett Snedeker and JWI Intern Joshua Janniere for an interview with Yuval Levin on his recent book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation – and Could Again. In this podcast, Professor Levin discusses the crisis of unity in America and his hopeful vision for the future of republican revival. He outlines …
Once More Into the Breach: Making Again the Case for Natural Law with Hadley Arkes – Webinar Co-Sponsored by JWI and the Catholic Bar Association
Judicial Value Judgments and the Common Good

Introduction “Common good constitutionalism” is chiefly a criticism of what might be helpfully described as “mainstream” legal conservatism—the prescription for constitutional adjudication exemplified in the opinions of Antonin Scalia and those (in and out of the judiciary) who follow his lead. The “common-good” constitutionalists’ critique centers on the stated commitment of contemporary judicial conservatism to originalism; …