Mark Pulliam

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Helen Dale |Thomas Powers |Robert G. Natelson |Mark Pulliam

If I were to describe the four thousand people who attended the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship 2025 Conference last week—added to a who’s who of speakers—the phrase that comes to mind is “Counter-Elites Assemble,” with a nod to 2012’s The Avengers. Given London’s ExCeL is approximately the size and scale of Heathrow’s Terminal 5, the sense that one was in an airport minus the planes was palpable. The place is huge, and so for those three days were the personalities it (barely) contained.

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | John O. McGinnis |Thomas Powers |Robert G. Natelson |Mark Pulliam

Nearly every law school in the country is effectively under the thumb of the American Bar Association (ABA). The ABA’s power rests on its role as the recognized accreditor for law schools through the federal Department of Education. This official endorsement effectively determines whether students can obtain federal loans and whether state courts or bar associations will grant those schools the stamp of approval.

2 months ago | lawliberty.org | Luke Foster |Mark Pulliam |Rachel Lu |Amy Swearer

Vivek Ramaswamy’s much-discussed Christmas X post reflected several questionable assumptions, but it was right to link a culture’s highest aspirations and its education. One could be forgiven for watching the children’s movies popular in 1990s America and drawing the conclusion that what we most wanted was a life of ease, security and spontaneity—akin to the self-indulgence of an ancient tyrant.

2 months ago | lawliberty.org | Thomas Powers |Mark Pulliam |Rachel Lu |Amy Swearer

In just one month, there has been a massive reset of civil rights politics in the United States that will reverberate for decades. We are still waiting to see how this is going to take precise shape in the context of higher education. Among the Trump administration’s many DEI-related executive orders, none yet outlines a detailed program to address progressive extremism in our colleges and universities (though several do touch on it directly or indirectly).

2 months ago | lawliberty.org | Chad Squitieri |Mark Pulliam |Rachel Lu |Amy Swearer

Under Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court has demonstrated a willingness to enforce the Constitution’s separation-of-powers principles. This is welcome news for those who think that aspects of the administrative state run afoul of important constitutional lines separating the federal government’s three coequal branches. But not everyone has found the Roberts Court’s separation-of-powers jurisprudence to be cause for celebration.