Cui bono? Big Law preens at the public’s expense, pushing a self-serving, left-wing agenda while pretending to be Atticus Finch A related series of posts appeared on Law & Liberty (here and here). Thanks to Instapundit for the shout-out (here). And How Appealing (here). And again to Instapu…
Year: 2018
Power Struggle: What Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Really Means
A slightly-revised version of this article appeared in American Greatness on October 16, 2018. When President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court last year, I predicted here that “The real fight will come later, if and when one of the liberal Justices (Ginsburg, for ex…
Bailing Out on Common Sense
One of my areas of interest is criminal justice reform. As a conservative, I am perplexed by the impulse of many would-be policy wonks on the right to join with the Left (ACLU, Brennan Center, etc.) in advocating positions that undermine public safety and, frankly, coddle criminals. The &#…
California-izing the University of Texas at Austin
Thanks to Instapundit for the shout-out (here). And also Legal Insurrection (here). I have written previously about the radical plan of University of Texas President Greg Fenves to turn UT-Austin into a burnt orange knock-off of his alma mater, UC Berkeley. I have exposed how, under Fenves’ adm…
My Television Debut
It’s a far cry from Tucker Carlson, but yesterday I appeared on a new show being taped for Spectrum News, “On Topic,” with a UT law professor (Scott Powe) and local judge Gisela Triana (running against Justice Mike Toth for Place 6 on the Third Court of Appeals), on the subject …
The Campus Diversity Swarm
A slightly revised version of this essay appeared in City Journal on October 10, 2018. Thanks to Instapundit (here). Thanks to The College Fix (here). By the time a homeowner discovers a termite infestation, chances are that the destructive pests have already caused serious structural damage. So …
Stop the Insanity at UT
I decided to wage a social media campaign against political correctness at the University of Texas, and recently set up a Facebook page called “Stop the Insanity at UT.” In just a few weeks, the page has attracted over 1,000 followers, and has drawn the attention of Empower Texans…
Liberal Suppression: Is Section 501(c)(3) Censorship?
Professor Philip Hamburger is a brilliant legal scholar who has written some influential–even path-breaking–books. But his latest book, Liberal Suppression, falls short. Like Icarus’s doomed flight, Hamburger’s lofty thesis is a victim of its overreach. I explain why in th…
Legal Academia Faces a Crisis of Ideological Imbalance
The third in my occasional series of articles on reforming legal academia appeared in Law & Liberty on September 20, entitled “Ideological Balance Is Essential to Sound Pedagogy in Legal Academia.” The link is here. (The first two installments are here and here.) I point out that…
The New Color Line at the University of Texas
An edited version of this appeared in Minding the Campus on September 20, 2018. Thanks to Instapundit for the attention (here and here). State-sponsored race discrimination is offensive and immoral. Our national ideals, set forth in the Declaration of Independence, flow from the self-evident trut…