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Claiming James Wilson for the Modern Left?
As the nation marks its 250th anniversary, Jesse Wegman’s new biography The Lost Founder has brought fresh attention to James Wilson, the Institute's namesake. Wilson, the Scottish-born signer of the Declaration and Constitution, author of the first full draft that began with “We the People,” and one of the first Supreme Court justices, certainly deserved a fresh biography. But Wegman, a former New York Times editorial board member and Brennan Center senior fellow, presents Wilson a bit differently than JWI does. Wegman's Wilson is a democratic champion of popular sovereignty whom the…
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