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October 15, 2018|bail, Criminal Justice, reform, trial

Bailing Out On Common Sense

8-Ball Bail Bonds in Las Vegas, Nevada (Nagel Photography/Shutterstock.com).

Bail reform—including the elimination of the bail system—has become a fashionable policy position for would-be wonks.

September 27, 2018|501(c)(3), Free Speech, Liberal Suppression, Philip Hamburger, Regan v. Taxation with Representation of Washington

Is Section 501(c)(3) a Form of Censorship?

by Mark Pulliam|10 Comments

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Philip Hamburger's Liberal Suppression is nothing if not ambitious, but is it persuasive?

September 20, 2018|affirmative action, American Bar Association, Association of American Law Schools, Discrimination, Diversity, ideological diversity, U.S. Department of Education

Ideological Balance Is Essential to Sound Pedagogy in Legal Academia

by Mark Pulliam|6 Comments

The American Bar Association's headquarters (Giuseppe Crimeni/Shutterstock.com).

Will the American Bar Association intervene to prevent the Left’s Kulturkampf in the nation’s law schools?

September 12, 2018|A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, Chevron deference, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Clarence Thomas, FCC v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co., Felix Frankfurter, Michael McConnell, Mike Lee, Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, Philip Hamburger

Dismantling the Administrative State

by Mark Pulliam|21 Comments

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Peter J. Wallison's Judicial Fortitude offers a brief and accessible introduction to the struggle to control the administrative state.

August 2, 2018|Alaska, community, Frederick Jackson Turner, Frontier Thesis, Individualism

Alaska: America’s Last Frontier

by Mark Pulliam|24 Comments

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

July 10, 2018|

Unlawful Discrimination Is Supposed to Be about Group-Based Animus

by Mark Pulliam|2 Comments

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?

June 25, 2018|American Bar Association, law schools, Racial Preferences

Law Schools Need a New Governance Model

by Mark Pulliam|17 Comments

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

May 25, 2018|American Rule, Loser pays, Tocqueville

The “American Rule”: The Rise of the Lawyer Class: Part II

by Mark Pulliam|8 Comments

Tocqueville’s hopeful vision of the legal profession was naïve.

May 24, 2018|Lawyers, Loser pays, Tocqueville