Tyler Syck

Dec 11, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Tyler Syck |Jeffery Tyler Syck |Rachel Lu |Mark Pulliam

Elections do not tell us very much in the normal course of events. The wins and losses of American parties hinge on a variety of shockingly ephemeral factors: candidate quality, the state of the economy, national mood, etc. The result is that most elections amount to a response to a temporary set of circumstances that no more reveal true shifts in the popular mood of the nation than an hour scrolling X.

Jul 1, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Michael Wear |Jeffery Tyler Syck |Tyler Syck |Richard Samuelson

It is evident to anyone watching the news that our political climate is consumed with fractious, hyper-polarized, gamesmanship. To put it simply, our government resembles less and less the orderly debating society envisioned by the Constitution, and more and more some sort of blood sport—everybody has a team, they cannot fathom the other team having any redeeming qualities, and all the onlookers are howling for the slaughter to start.

Oct 3, 2023 | lawliberty.org | Jim Harper |Dave Barfield |Tyler Syck

I am gratified by the responses, both public and private, to my essay, “Does Common Law Survive the Age of Statutes?” I see agreement on the need to maintain knowledge of the common law among lawyers of all stripes and statuses. Jeffrey Bristol agrees that “we often lack the sharpest minds to serve as both judges and legislators, coming from deep practice rooted in the common law tradition.” He lays blame on legal “elites,” though that broad category includes common law’s defenders, too.

Oct 3, 2023 | lawliberty.org | Adam J. MacLeod |Dave Barfield |Tyler Syck

In an insightful essay, Jim Harper asked whether common law survives in the age of statutes.

Sep 27, 2023 | lawliberty.org | Tyler Syck |Dave Barfield |Eric Kaufmann |Joshua Mitchell

The American right is engaged in a complicated and increasingly dirty conflict. On one side is the new right, committed to political populism, the hostile takeover of the state, and more communitarian economic policies. Opposing them is the old right, a hodge-podge collection of individuals committed to limited government, free markets, and a bellicose foreign policy. The right is locked in the often fractious process of trying to reforge a functional coalition.