John O. McGinnis
@joldmcginn.bsky.social
Northwestern law professor interested in constitutional theory, administrative law, and technology.
John Oldham McGinnis is an American legal scholar at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and author of over 90 academic and popular articles and essays. His popular writings have been published in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and Policy Review. .. more
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John O. McGinnis
@joldmcginn.bsky.social
· Mar 13
Strategic Deregulation to Spur Economic Growth – John O. McGinnis
America needs economic growth to get out of our debt crisis—and a truly deregulatory agenda can help.
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Because we have a consensus against entitlement reform and increasing taxes on any but the top 2 percent, the Trump administration is taking the only way out of our fiscal crisis-- creating a program of deregulation to turn liberty into an engine of growth. lawliberty.org/strategic-de...
John O. McGinnis
@joldmcginn.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Deregulating Legal Education – John O. McGinnis
As with many sectors of American life, legal education is paralyzed by overregulation. But a few simple changes could fix that.
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As an accreditor, the ABA contributes to the high cost of legal education, stifles innovation, and often encourages left-liberal indoctrination in the profession. The Trump administration should tell the ABA: "You're fired!"
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John O. McGinnis
@joldmcginn.bsky.social
· Feb 21
Preventing Regulation by Enforcement – John O. McGinnis & Leo J. Soh
Regulators should make rules before they set out to enforce them.
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Regulation by enforcement stifles innovation, chokes economic growth, and undermines the rule of law. But the Administrative Procedure Act gives regulated parties a way to avoid it through declaratory orders, as I explain here. lawliberty.org/preventing-r....