Aaron Rice: Defending the Constitution in Uniform and in Court

What does it look like to defend the Constitution with your life, and then keep defending it with your career?

In this episode, Grant sits down with Aaron Rice, a Mississippi Marine and Purple Heart recipient who was wounded in Iraq and later became a constitutional lawyer. Aaron is the Founder & CEO of American Dream Legal, a Mississippi-based public interest law firm that represents individuals for free when government action unlawfully blocks their ability to work, build, and provide for their families. Aaron shares where he was on 9/11, why he joined the Marine Corps, and the story of the explosion on March 18, 2005 that changed his life. From there, he walks through his journey home, marriage, recovery, law school, and the path that led him to take on cases that challenge anti-competitive barriers and government overreach.

Grant and Aaron also dig into a question that keeps resurfacing in Mississippi policy debates: Is school choice constitutional in Mississippi? Aaron explains Section 208, why ESAs differ from direct funding of private schools, and how state and federal legal precedent shapes the debate.

If you care about liberty, opportunity, and what it means to pursue the American Dream in Mississippi, this conversation is for you.