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I “shazamed” this song by the San Diego-based pop trio almost monday while I was in Chicago this weekend; enjoy! PS: I will resume my “interwar prequel” to Gödel’s loophole in the next day or two.

Vicki C. Jackson, the Laurence H. Tribe Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, delivered the keynote address at this year’s Constitutional Law Colloquium at Loyola Law School in Chicago. In summary, Professor Jackson’s talk, which was titled “Protecting … Continue reading →

That is not only the title of this excellent survey of State and federal constitutional-level crimes; it was also my favorite work from this year’s Loyola Constitutional Law Colloquium. Shout out to the author: my colleague and friend Michael L. … Continue reading →

I am presenting two works-in-progress at the 14th Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium, which is taking place at the Loyola Law School in Chicago this weekend. I will therefore resume my “prequel” to Gödel’s loophole in the next day or two. … Continue reading →

Here is a revised excerpt from my new work “Gödel’s Interbellum”; the footnotes are below the fold: In many ways, Gödel’s fate was inextricably intertwined with Austria’s during the interwar period. He was born in 1906 in the small town … Continue reading →

Below is the next installment of my paper “Gödel’s Interbellum” (revised draft, 2023); footnotes below the fold: I will begin my survey with the self-coup of January 6, 1929, when King Aleksandar of Yugoslavia unilaterally abrogated his country’s constitution and … Continue reading →

I am interrupting my series of blog posts on the demise of Central European democracies during the interwar period to make the following statement: last night’s censure of Representative Rashida Tlaib is unamerican. Simply put, although I stand with Israel, … Continue reading →

Interwar Europe through the Eyes of Kurt Gödel Although the story of Kurt Gödel’s discovery in late 1947 of a logical contradiction in the United States Constitution has been retold many times, the content of this discovery is often discounted … Continue reading →

Below is the introduction to my paper “Gödel’s Interbellum: Interwar Europe through the Eyes of Kurt Gödel” (footnotes omitted; emphasis added): “One of the great unsolved mysteries of constitutional law is ‘Gödel’s loophole‘. In brief, the great logician Kurt Gödel … Continue reading →

My most downloaded work of all time, Gödel’s Loophole, describes the logician Kurt Gödel’s discovery of a logical contradiction in the United States Constitution, a discovery he reportedly made while he was studying for his U.S. citizenship exam in 1947. … Continue reading →