Catholic Bar Association General Assembly

On October 27-30, the Catholic Bar Association (CBA) hosted its inaugural General Assembly. CBA was established to unite Catholic legal professionals. In addition to uniting individuals, the CBA also brings together outstanding Catholic and conservative lawyer groups, such as the Thomas More Society, the Federalist Society, and the Catholic Lawyers Guilde. During the conference, Prof. Arkes delivered a lecture to the assembly.

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Anchoring Truths - a James Wilson Institute project

The James Wilson Institute has sought to recover, and to teach again, those anchoring truths that provided for the Founders the moral ground of the law.

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Law and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of our love, unless they first become the objects of our knowledge.

— James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1790

The James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding