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<title><![CDATA[John McGinnis - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/21656.xml</link><description><![CDATA[John McGinnis]]></description><category domain="21656">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Columbia University Can Lead New Era of Civil Rights]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/columbia-university-can-lead-a-new-era-of-civil-rights-education-agreement-8a1c7685?st=Kum23f</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It pledges to restore merit in hiring, and that could yield dividends in viewpoint diversity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Escape the Progressive Trap?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/illinois-governor-j-b-pritzker-democratic-presidential-nomination-2028?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Illinois governor seems determined to stick with left-wing cultural politics as he eyes a White House bid in 2028.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Incredible Shrinking Mayor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/chicagos-incredible-shrinking-mayor?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whether it's schools, crime, or public finances, Brandon Johnson's administration has left destruction in its wake.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Law, Betrayed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/law-betrayed</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Identity's triumph over argument in legal education undermines democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Headwinds in the Windy City]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/is-lori-lightfoot-finished-in-chicago</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whoever wins the Chicago mayoral election will have to contend with two powerful officeholders working to drag the city down.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elon Musk's Twitter and Its Enemies]]></title>
							<link>https://lawliberty.org/musks-twitter-and-its-enemies/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The reaction to Elon Musk's vision of a more open Twitter reveals the decline of free expression as a cultural value.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Republic, or a Juristocracy?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/republic-or-juristocracy</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More significant than the immediate consequences of recent Supreme Court decisions may be the Court's effect on how Americans understand their country.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Corruption of the Legal Profession]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/lawyers-for-radical-change</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The legal profession, once a guardian of republican government, is now a force for social upheaval.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rising Crime and Chicago's Toxic Leadership]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/crime-and-chicago-toxic-leadership</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dreadful leadership in the offices of state's attorney, mayor, and governor has played a significant role in the city's escalating violence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Democrats Cornered in Illinois?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/illinois-defeat-of-graduated-income-tax-amendment</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The defeat of an amendment establishing a progressive income tax may force the state's dominant party to pursue real reforms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Barrett Will Change the Dynamic on Supreme Court]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/barret-appointment-supreme-court-power-shift</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The newest justice will change the dynamic among her colleagues.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Authority Vanishes: Chicago Dems Have Surrendered]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/looter-vandals-sack-chicagos-north-side</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Riding in trucks and U-Hauls, vandals'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' came to downtown Chicago'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on Sunday. They jammed streets around the Magnificent Mile, home of the city'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most important shopping district. They came prepared with tools like crowbars to pry open gates and take all the merchandise that they...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ongoing Decline of The New York Times]]></title>
							<link>https://www.lawliberty.org/2019/11/14/the-ongoing-decline-of-the-new-york-times/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John McGinnis charts the decline of the New York Times and offers some ideas about how this came to pass.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Bill Barr Is Trump's Best Appointment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.lawliberty.org/2019/01/18/why-bill-barr-is-trumps-best-appointment/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No cabinet official can get a President in more trouble faster than his Attorney General. Administration policies can fail quickly if they are not ably defended from legal attack.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democrats Fire Blanks at Kavanaugh Hearings]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/democratic-attack-on-brett-kavanaugh-16162.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The furious Democratic attack on Brett Kavanaugh had little substance behind it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Originalists Have the Edge Over Liberal Judges]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/html/philosophy-expedience-15961.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Left's jurisprudence is whatever sounds good politically.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[College Tenure Reaches Its Sell-By Date]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=College+Tenure+Has+Reached+Its+Sell-By+Date&amp;oq=College+Tenure+Has+Reached+Its+Sell-By+Date&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.80j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=122&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has come under fire from academics nationwide for calling on his state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Board of Regents to reconsider the scope of tenure in its university system. Evaluations of faculty members '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'should be based on performance,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he said this summer,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Progressives Mislead]]></title>
							<link>http://www.city-journal.org/2015/25_1_progressives.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s supporters and detractors don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t agree on much, but as the president enters his final two years in office, they have voiced a common complaint: the president lacks competence. They cite multiple management breakdowns, such as the disastrous rollout of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case Against Early Voting]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/early-voting-the-case-against-102748.html#ixzz2rlG3rPzw</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John McGinnis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the delight of anyone who'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ever waited in line to cast a vote, a bipartisan election commission convened by President Barack Obama concluded last week that states across the country should increase their use of early voting.]]></description>
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