As a law student at the University of Texas many years ago, I was a proud member of the Texas Law Review, the author (actually, co-author) of a student note, and an articles editor for volume 58. I later became a life member of the Texas Law Review Association (an organization for former TLR memb…
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The Demise of Democracy: Part 2
In the second (and concluding) installment of my look at “institutional reform litigation” in Law and Liberty, I review the lawsuit against Texas’ foster care system, before federal court Judge Janis Graham Jack in Corpus Christi. Her egregious ruling is currently on appeal to t…
Looking Back at Law School: A Lawyer Ruminates on Legal Education
In recent years my law school alma mater has hosted an annual “celebration of diversity” event, which I recently attended out of curiosity. I thought that my law school class of long ago was quite diverse, with students from all over Texas, who had attended a variety of colleges and universit…
The Demise of Democracy: Part 1
In a two-part post for Law and Liberty, I discuss the long-running litigation against Texas’ foster care system, beginning with an overview of “institutional reform litigation.” Read the first part here.
More Title IX/Sexual Assault Hijinks at the University of Texas
In December, I wrote a piece for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, entitled “When Cronyism Met Political Correctness at the University of Texas,” on an embarrassing lawsuit against my alma mater, the University of Texas, arising from irregularities in the administration’s han…
Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee
In the name of “inclusion” and “diversity,” free speech has come under attack on many college campuses. Speech codes and “bias response teams” chill the expression of disfavored views. Yet college professors hold their own “academic freedom” in high…
Anatomy of a Witch Hunt: A Four-Part Series
For the past two and a half years, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been subjected to a baseless, politically-motivated prosecution–a persecution, really. I explore the background of the case in a four-part series in The American Spectator, here, here, here, and here.
When Cronyism Met Political Correctness at the University of Texas
As an alumnus of the University of Texas Law School and the father of a recent UT graduate, I pay close attention to what is going on at my alma mater. Sadly, I have witnessed at UT many of the ailments afflicting higher education generally: rising tuition, declining academic performance, bloated…
Monumental Dishonesty
Walk around any college campus, and you will see the names of distinguished faculty and generous donors adorning most of the buildings. Likewise, many campuses feature statues, memorials, or plaques dedicated to individuals or events of historical significance to that particular school, or the sc…
Texas’s top law officer, Ken Paxton, faces an unjustified legal gauntlet.
Since his landslide election in 2014, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has been a preeminent advocate for state sovereignty. The Republican has led numerous multi-state coalitions in litigation to resist federal overreach, winning significant courtroom victories against the Obama administration.…