An appropriate description of President Donald Trump’s grand strategy has been widely debated. While it has been labeled anywhere from one of “reciprocity” to “illiberal hegemony,” his second term suggests a more volatile reality: “predat...
In 1984, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed a report alleging that federal judges improperly used funds to “influence pending legislation.” Specifically, the concern was that judges might have misused resources allo...
In 1895, following nearly four centuries of colonial rule, Cuba launched its third and final war of independence against the Spanish Empire. Almost immediately, the American population was theatrically captured by the plight of the Cuban people, sway...
Well, readers, we’ve reached that point—the air is cooling, the Autumnal Equinox has come and gone, and the calendar reads October. These facts indicate that my month of Supreme Court Summarizing has come to a close, and starting very soon, the C...
Well, readers, we’ve reached that point—the air is cooling, the Autumnal Equinox has come and gone, and the calendar reads October. These facts indicate that my month of Supreme Court Summarizing has come to a close, and starting very soon, the C...
So much has been written recently about America’s 113th Congress. More specifically, so much has been written about a government shutdown, the product of an eerie mixture of Tea Party fringism and potential political suicide on behalf of the Americ...
So much has been written recently about America’s 113th Congress. More specifically, so much has been written about a government shutdown, the product of an eerie mixture of Tea Party fringism and potential political suicide on behalf of the Americ...
Esquire’s Charles Pierce recently wrote a post about our nation’s obsession with destiny and history. He charges us to count how often pundits use hyperbolic language, calling everything “unprecedented” “historic” or “game-changing.” ...
Esquire’s Charles Pierce recently wrote a post about our nation’s obsession with destiny and history. He charges us to count how often pundits use hyperbolic language, calling everything “unprecedented” “historic” or “game-changing.” ...
“Drunk people ran it better!” Or as Jack Sparrow might have said, “Where has all the bipartisanship and cross-party cooperation gone?” It may be the law not to drive under the influence, but according to comedian Lewis Black, such laws only g...
“Drunk people ran it better!” Or as Jack Sparrow might have said, “Where has all the bipartisanship and cross-party cooperation gone?” It may be the law not to drive under the influence, but according to comedian Lewis Black, such laws only g...
“It is the Chinese water torture of a series of mass shootings that are happening more rapidly and are growing more deadly.” Mayors Against Illegal Weapons director Mark Glaze used this grim analogy while commenting on the effect the Naval Yard s...
“It is the Chinese water torture of a series of mass shootings that are happening more rapidly and are growing more deadly.” Mayors Against Illegal Weapons director Mark Glaze used this grim analogy while commenting on the effect the Naval Yard s...
Let us turn to the legal questions posed by another of this summer’s intelligence disclosures, concerning data collection pursuant to Section 702 (“§702”) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. §702, which authorizes the U.S. government to targe...
Let us turn to the legal questions posed by another of this summer’s intelligence disclosures, concerning data collection pursuant to Section 702 (“§702”) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. §702, which authorizes the U.S. government to targe...
Good morning, readers. What should I write about today? Oh, wait—it’s still September! And there is a veritable cornucopia of Supreme Court decisions from June 2013 with far-reaching ramifications, the effects of which the United States will be f...
Good morning, readers. What should I write about today? Oh, wait—it’s still September! And there is a veritable cornucopia of Supreme Court decisions from June 2013 with far-reaching ramifications, the effects of which the United States will be f...
Prospective and current law school students around the country must have been overjoyed to hear President Obama’s remarks at Binghamton University last month, in which he proposed that law schools consider shortening their programs from three to tw...
Prospective and current law school students around the country must have been overjoyed to hear President Obama’s remarks at Binghamton University last month, in which he proposed that law schools consider shortening their programs from three to tw...
Earlier this year, The New Yorker’s George Packer wrote a brilliant piece about Silicon Valley’s slow entrance to politics. This was bound to happen, as any major industry eventually begins to lobby for favorable regulation. Up until now, the ris...
Earlier this year, The New Yorker’s George Packer wrote a brilliant piece about Silicon Valley’s slow entrance to politics. This was bound to happen, as any major industry eventually begins to lobby for favorable regulation. Up until now, the ris...
70-year-old Oscar Lopez Rivera.Source: 80 grados.Creative Commons In a previous article, I wrote about the case of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera and the growing campaign in favor of his liberation. This week I take the opportunit...
70-year-old Oscar Lopez Rivera.Source: 80 grados.Creative Commons In a previous article, I wrote about the case of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera and the growing campaign in favor of his liberation. This week I take the opportunit...
Joey DeFrancesco became a short-lived Internet celebrity in 2011 after the then-24 year old posted a video of himself quitting his job at Providence’s Renaissance Hotel. “Joey Quits,” is an incredibly satisfying three minute clip which features...
Joey DeFrancesco became a short-lived Internet celebrity in 2011 after the then-24 year old posted a video of himself quitting his job at Providence’s Renaissance Hotel. “Joey Quits,” is an incredibly satisfying three minute clip which features...
Last Tuesday, President Obama gave a national address from the East Room on the international crisis in Syria – taking, in the words of Jon Stewart, that long stroll down “I Killed bin Laden Lane.” Though the address was originally scheduled to...
Last Tuesday, President Obama gave a national address from the East Room on the international crisis in Syria – taking, in the words of Jon Stewart, that long stroll down “I Killed bin Laden Lane.” Though the address was originally scheduled to...