Republicans in the Texas Legislature — including some who helped write the 2019 law — did an about-face earlier this month and approved a bill that would restrict how students can protest.

Mr. Kovarsky teaches at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. President Trump has been on a pardon spree that shows no signs of slowing. In recent weeks alone, he pardoned or granted ...

Texas has 10 ABA-accredited law schools and the fourth-largest number of annual bar examinees in the country, with about 4,000 aspiring lawyers taking its exam each year.