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Trump versus the law professors

I took advantage of yesterday’s tropical cyclone (see my previous post) to finish reading some of the items on my end-of-summer reading list, including a 126-page law review article on “The Sweep and Force of Section Three” co-authored by my … Continue reading

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Taking a day or two off

A tropical cyclone is approaching my neck of the woods.

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Putting the *con* in constitutional law: a critique of Luttig & Tribe’s erroneous interpretation of the disqualification clause

As I mentioned in my previous post, Judge Michael Luttig and Professor Larry Tribe (who are pictured below) recently published a polemical essay in The Atlantic concluding that the Constitution prohibits Donald J. Trump from being re-elected president. (By way … Continue reading

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Does the Constitution prohibit Trump from being president again?

According to this recent essay in The Atlantic authored by J. Michael Luttig (a former federal judge) and Laurence H. Tribe (a retired law professor), the former commander-in-chief is a “treasonous president” who is prohibited from federal office under Section … Continue reading

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Monday map: census of Afro-American populations

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Sunday songs by Manu Chao

Manu Chao is a French-Spanish artist who sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Below are two of my favorite Manu Chao musical compositions: Me Gustas Tu and Bongo Bong.

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Happy Birthday, Marginal Revolution!

What a time to be alive! A huge shout out to my colleagues Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen (pictured below), two of the most prolific bloggers on the planet. Among other things, their Marginal Revolution blog has not only been … Continue reading

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This day in history: August 25

Happy Paris Liberation Day! On this day in 1944 the Allies liberate Paris from the Nazis, and on this day 24 years later (1968) yours truly is born in Los Angeles, California.

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День Незалежності України

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My end-of-summer reading list

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