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Wheatley Fellow Judge Thomas Griffith Shares His Perspective of the Supreme Court with Deseret News

May 19, 2022 09:00 AM
Former Federal Judge, and Wheatley Fellow, Thomas Griffith shares his thoughts on the critique that follow choices made by the Supreme Court. He argues for the justices are able to seperate the decision making with the way to which they entered the Supreme Court.
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Wheatley Fellow Hal Boyd Welcomes a New Age of Countercultural Christianity

May 19, 2022 09:00 AM
Hal Boyd voices his perspective on being a christian in modern times. Boyd’s post comes in response to a talk given to Ensign College by President Dallin H. Oaks of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Oak’s addressed students of Ensign College along with Elder Clark G. Gilbert, the church comissioner of education, on May 17th of 2022 in Salt Lake City.
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Deseret News Features Wheatley Fellow Jenet Erickson's Perspective on Roe V. Wade

May 20, 2022 09:00 AM
Jenet Jacob Erickson, an Associate Professor of Religious Education at Brigham Young University and Wheatley Institute Fellow, shared her thoughts on Supreme Court draft leak regarding Roe v. Wade. The draft penned by Justice Samuel Alito seeks to overturn the Roe v. Wade case of 1973 that granted the right to receive an abortion.
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Wheatley Study Featured in Newsweek

February 15, 2022 09:00 AM
This week, Newsweek published an opinion editorial featuring the 2022 State of Our Unions study on marriage. Newsweek’s op-ed focuses on the benefits of marrying earlier in life rather than later, highlighting research from the 2022 report.
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Biden's Childcare Plan and Families

May 05, 2021 09:00 AM
In a recently published commentary in the Wall Street Journal, Wheatley Fellow Jenet Erickson, and her co-author J.D. Vance, raise important questions about the wisdom of President Joe Biden’s $225 billion budget proposal for daycare. Apart from questioning the cost, Erickson and Vance question how to ensure efficacious care for millions of children moved abruptly into childcare.
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Making Space: The Value of Religious Pluralism in the Workplace

July 21, 2026 04:00 PM
Paul Lambert, Wheatley Religion Initiative Director, and Sumreen Ahmad, the Global Change Management Lead at Accenture, sat down for a discussion about religious pluralism, its value in the workplace, and how they both became involved in the field.
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A Latter-day Saint Perspective on Religious Liberty

July 14, 2026 10:27 AM
In a recent interview, Interfaith America asked Wheatley Religion Initiative Director Paul Lambert to share some of his own faith community's experiences with religious liberty and pluralism.
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In Defense of the Independent Judiciary

July 13, 2026 02:46 PM
Wheatley Fellow Thomas Griffith, former judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, writes on the constitutional responsibilities of the judiciary and the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. Barbara.
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The Case for Mercy

July 08, 2026 03:48 PM
As America celebrates its 250 year-old legacy, Wheatley Fellow Shima Baughman makes a case for the future: "whether liberty endures will depend on whether we remain a people capable of mercy".
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