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Mike Johnson Was Dean of Law School That Never Opened

November 2, 2023 · 6:33 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn’t exist,” the AP reports.

“The establishment of the Judge Paul Pressler School of Law was supposed to be a capstone achievement for Louisiana College, which administrators boasted would ‘unashamedly embrace’ a ‘biblical worldview.'”

“Instead, it collapsed roughly a decade ago without enrolling students or opening its doors amid infighting by officials, accusations of financial impropriety and difficulty obtaining accreditation, which frightened away would-be donors.”

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