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The Autopilot: Jonathan Berry and the Legal Logic of Power & Labor

He doesn’t fight. He doesn’t rage. He steers the system back into place.

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Marie Riverton
May 26, 2025
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Jonathan Berry doesn’t chant. He doesn’t march. He doesn’t make headlines on cable news.

He drafts the legal memos that turn reaction into regulation. He redefines the language of labor, not with slogans, but with statutes.

If Project 2025 is a machine, Berry isn’t its fuel. He’s the firmware.

A product of elite legal breeding — Yale, Columbia, and the cha…

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