The Next Pro-Life Goal Is Constitutional Personhood
Josh Hammer and Josh Craddock outline the path ahead for the pro life movement at the Federal level, as legislators act to prevent our nation becoming “a house divided against itself.”
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Diseconomies of Law
Anchoring Truths co-founder Garrett Snedeker reviews Trouble at the Bar on Law and Liberty.
After Dobbs, What Comes Next for the Conservative Legal Project?
Josh Hammer celebrates the victories of conservatives in several recent Supreme Court decisions while arguing that conservatives should orient themselves toward an offensive legal strategy.
Roe v. Wade Is Already Dead
Roe is, practically speaking, already dead — regardless of what the Court decides to do in Dobbs.
Hunt Down the Supreme Court Leaker
Josh Hammer, a 2021 James Wilson Fellow, questions why Gail Curley has not discovered the leaker of Justice Alito’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization opinion. He also explains how leaving a leak with an unfinished investigation affects the integrity of the media and of the Supreme Court.
What the Hearings Missed
In the aftermath of Judge Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Hadley Arkes analyzes the Senate hearings. Despite some well-timed questions, Republicans ultimately missed their chance to put Judge Jackson on the record defending the right to kill unwanted children even after birth.
Breaking the Sotomayor Mold
Kody Cooper argues that a new Supreme Court justice in the style of Sotomayor would fail to pass the “test of truth” when it comes to abortion, religious liberty, and takings. If the Senate Judiciary Committee cares about truth, it should therefore disavow the Sotomayor mold.
The Subjugation of the Deplorables
On June 27, 2019, the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Department of Commerce v. New York, a case pertaining to the Trump-era Census Bureau’s decision to ask census recipients if they were U.S. citizens. The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, was one of the most tortured pieces of legal writing …
The Biden Administration Is Playing Dumb—and Into a Trap
JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker argues that the Biden administration’s decision to extend the eviction moratorium in defiance of the Supreme Court provides precedent for a future Republican administration to buck the Court to vindicate conservative priorities.
Conservatives after Fulton: Time for a New Path
In this exclusive essay, Prof. Arkes argues that the conservative justices have become caught in a mirage with their opinions in the recent Fulton case. Finally resolving the issue, he argues, requires them to return to its root.
