Mark Pulliam

Mark Pulliam is a contributing editor of Law and Liberty.

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Alaska: America’s Last Frontier

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Heading towards Lion's Head along Alaska's Glenn National Scenic Byway in Fall (Rocky Grimes/Adobe Stock Images).
Alaska is the antithesis of hipster mecca Austin—in a good way

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Unlawful Discrimination Is Supposed to Be about Group-Based Animus

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In response to: Desire or Dominance?: Sexual Harassment’s Legal Maze

How did Title VII’s ban on discrimination become the basis for regulating sexual innuendo, lewd comments, and other risqué conduct in the workplace?

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Law Schools Need a New Governance Model

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The governance model that has led to this dysfunction in legal education must be replaced.

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Is “Loser Pays” a Vestige of Oppression? Part I

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The American legal system's rejection of "Loser Pays" does not reflect a rejection of feudal hierarchies, but the triumph of the legal class.

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 Thomas Jefferson’s Legacy

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In Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America historian Kevin Gutzman examines the legacy of Jefferson.

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Who Runs the Legal Academy?

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The lack of balance in the legal academy is a serious problem, and it's getting worse.

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 Subsidiarity, Federalism, and the Role of the State

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“Local control” is not a panacea, and is not always consistent with constitutional design.

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“The Bubble” and the Judiciary: Is There a Solution?

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The federal judiciary has become dominated by what Glenn Harlan Reynolds calls Front-Row Kids—a credentialed elite with a prescribed resume.

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Will the Janus Case Strike the Deathblow to Public Sector Unions?

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A badly-flawed precedent is about to get KO’d in a rematch of a contest that last ended in a draw.

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