Gary Rosin at the Faculty Lounge alerted us to Sen. Grassley's response to the ABA's response to the senator's questions about accreditation. Among other things, Grassley emphasizes how stacked the ABA's accreditation process is with academics and Deans. If the judges, lawyers, hiring partners, clients and students are disappointed with US law schools, then "capture" of the accreditation process by the folks being regulated is an attractive hypothesis.