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William Wagner’s prior public service includes serving as a federal judge in the United States Courts, legal counsel in the U.S. Senate, senior assistant United States attorney in the Department of Justice, and as an American diplomat, and Senior Advisor for Global Criminal Justice at the Department of State. He currently holds the academic rank of Distinguished Professor Emeritus after a teaching career in both secular and religious universities. His writing is published in numerous journals and books.
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May 8, 2026 ∙ 3 min
Of Democracy and Illusion
Identity Politics vs. the Constitutional Republic Appearing around social media circles is recent article entitled, “Another Swipe at Democracy” A growing tendency in modern political discourse substitutes emotional narrative for constitutional reasoning and ideological assumptions for objective truth. While the article speaks passionately about voting rights and representation, it ultimately advances a deeply flawed understanding of both democracy and the constitutional framework that...
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May 8, 2026 ∙ 3 min
The Maple Leaf and the Muzzle
The passage of Québec’s Bill C-9 presents far more than a provincial policy disagreement over secularism. It reflects a deeper constitutional and moral crisis increasingly visible throughout the modern West: the gradual transformation of the state from a protector of fundamental liberties into an arbiter of permissible belief and public conscience. When government claims authority not merely to regulate conduct, but to suppress the public manifestation of religious conviction, constitutional...
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Apr 29, 2026 ∙ 2 min
Supreme Court Upholds the Right to Associate in Protecting Life
In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court again affirmed that government must never wield its power to chill the exercise of fundamental freedoms. In First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, the Court permitted a faith-based ministry to challenge a state subpoena demanding disclosure of its donors, an act that threatened to silence both speech and conscience. This case raises fundamental moral and constitutional questions about the nature of freedom itself. At stake is...
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Hon. William Wagner (Ret)
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WFFC Distinguished Chair
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