When Lawyers Become Legislators with Jim Copland

Join us for Objectively Speaking with Jim Copland on Wednesday, May 13 @ 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET.

‍Who really governs America? The officials voters elect, or an unelected legal and bureaucratic elite?

‍The Unelected: How an Unaccountable Elite is Governing America, by James R. Copland, explains how unaccountable agents have taken over much of the U.S. government apparatus. He joins Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman as part of our mini-series on tort reform to discuss why a combination of historical accident, decisions by judges and law professors, and self-interested advocacy by litigators has built an onerous and expensive legal regime. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and director of Legal Policy, Copland works to develop and communicate novel, sound ideas on how to improve America’s civil and criminal justice systems. He has authored many policy briefs, book chapters, articles, and opinion pieces in publications including the Harvard Business Law Review, the Wall Street Journal, and The Federalist Society. Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, YouTube, and LinkedIn.