Twenty-five years later, we remember not only what America lost on September 11, 2001, but what ordinary Americans revealed about courage, sacrifice, faith, and freedom. There are moments in life when history suddenly ceases to be something we study and becomes something we experience. September 11, 2001, was such a moment. I was serving on the federal bench at the time, but that morning I was at the University of Florida, where I was teaching future leaders in a law school c

"We Hold These Truths" event will explore the Declaration, the Constitution, and the future of American liberty The Wagner Faith & Freedom Center will host its Constitution Day 2026 event on Thursday, September 17, 2026, at 12:00 noon in the Aspen Room of the Dining Commons on the Spring Arbor University campus. This year's program, themed "We Hold These Truths: The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Future of American Liberty," marks the 250th anniversary of the Declarat

The Collected Constitutional Writings of the Hon. William Wagner (Ret) Preface Law is more than the resolution of individual disputes. Properly understood, it reflects a coherent understanding of justice, constitutional government, and the nature of the human person. Every judicial opinion, every scholarly article, every constitutional argument, and every act of advocacy rests, whether acknowledged or not, upon deeper first principles. This Portfolio preserves the developme