Ilan Wurman

Bio

Ilan Wurman is a graduate of Stanford Law School. He will be a law clerk for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit during the 2013-14 court term. Ilan graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2009 with a degree in government and physics. His writing has appeared in Commentary, The Weekly Standard, and Public Discourse.
Shelby County v. Holder: Constitutional Principles Explained In Plain English
By Ilan Wurman
Reading Supreme Court opinions can be a slog. They are filled with citations and quotations from other cases, many unimportant. The arguments appear overburdened. When it comes to these important constitutional cases, sometimes the Court ought to…
Who won the presidential debate? Romney wins; Obama still a bit smug
By Ilan Wurman
*** UPDATE UPDATE -- EACH OF THE BLOGGERS HERE WILL GIVE THEIR CONCLUDING THOUGHTS. I WILL POST THESE IN A POST-DEBATE ARTICLE. STAY TUNED. *** Tonight is the third and last presidential debate of what promises to be one of the closest elections in…
Who Won the Presidential Debate: Romney Wins Because Obama Cannot Articulate His Foreign Policy Principles
By Ilan Wurman
I was excited when debate moderator Bob Schieffer asked the candidates what should America's role in the world be, a question I thought needed to be asked and answered.  Romney answered that he believes we need to promote our ideals -- elections,…
Final Presidential Debate: Some Critical Foreign Policy Questions Obama and Romney Are Not Answering
By Ilan Wurman
The presidential polls now show a dead-heat. As Peggy Noonan wrote in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, the presidential debates this year “have been more consequential than such debates have ever been.” A lot is at stake, and if tonight’s debate…
What the Hebrew Bible Tells Us About Individualism, Community, and Moral Obligation
By Ilan Wurman
Yoram Hazony’s new book, The Philosophy of the Hebrew Scripture, is a welcome addition to the series of studies on the Hebrew Bible written over the last two decades. As Hazony writes, scholars of the “source-critical” method of studying the Hebrew…
Obama vs Romney: The President Has Undermined the Constitution, and We Must Hold Him Accountable
By Ilan Wurman
No president in recent memory has shown more disrespect to the notions of rule of law and constitutionalism than has Barack Obama. If we re-elect him, we would be acquiescing to another four years of a president who recognizes few constitutional…
Millennials and College: Why Higher Education Might Not be the Best Choice for Generation Y
By Ilan Wurman
The other day, in responding to PolicyMic’s question on student debt to both presidential campaigns, the Obama campaign boasted that the president “believes higher education shouldn’t be a luxury — it’s an economic necessity for every American.” The…