Mobocracy in America

To many Americans, Jonathan Turley is an avuncular commentator who appears frequently on Fox News and other media outlets to discuss legal issues, a role for which he is well-equipped as a long-time law professor at George Washington University in DC. In fact, Turley is far more than a talking head or law professor. He is also an influential legal blogger (at his site, Res Ipsa Loquitur); a widely-cited legal scholar (including his 2024 book The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage); a frequent witness in congressional proceedings; counsel in many civil rights, national security, and military law cases (in addition to heading George Washington’s Project for Older Prisoners, which he founded); and a highly-regarded public intellectual. In other words, Turley is a deep thinker. He is also a self-proclaimed classical liberal.