Politics
Justice John Marshall Harlan's Lecture Notes On Wong Kim Ark
An excerpt from my 2013 co-authored article on Harlan's constitutional law lectures.
What if Social Security Was Capped at $100,000 Annually?
One weird trick could extend Social Security's solvency while reducing payments to the wealthiest households....
The Birthright Citizenship Question that Stumped the Solicitor General
It was surprising that the Solicitor General did not appear to have thought much legislative power under Secti...
What Does the New Right Believe?
From trade to migration to personal freedom, the conservatives of the global New Right hold a philosophy incom...
Upcoming Visiting Position at University of Virginia
I will be a Visiting Professor at the University of VIrginia School of Law during the Fall 2026 semester.
Strait Talk
Plus: Mamdani vs. self-driving cars, blue state wealth and exit taxes, Hillary Clinton's awful affordability a...
Lindsey Graham Says the President Can Start a War, but Only Congress Can End It
The feeling is perfectly consistent: Graham feels it should be as easy as possible for the U.S. to start a war...
Trump's New Budget—Which Proposes $1.5 Trillion for Defense—Is Unserious. You Should Still Take It Seriously.
It would be easy to wave it away and move on. But that's how the U.S. got in such a dire fiscal situation.
Trump v. Second Amendment: The Administration Is Trying To Selectively Apply Gun Rights
Trump and his underlings seem less inclined to worry about the Second Amendment when it protects people outsid...
Pete Buttigieg on Immigration, Policing, and His Pitch to Libertarians
"I think a lot of people who voted for this administration did so believing that they would prioritize the mos...
The Supreme Court's Next Big Fourth Amendment Case
How the digital privacy rights of millions are at stake in Chatrie v. United States.
Today in Supreme Court History: April 9, 1923
4/9/1923: Adkins v. Children's Hospital decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 9, 1923 appear...
Brickbat: Hong Kong Crackdown
Hong Kong police can now demand access to people's phones, computers, and other devices if they are suspected...
Second Amendment Roundup: U.S. Supports Rehearing in D.C. Magazine Ban Case
The issue is whether the invalid magazine ban infects the registration-licensing convictions.
Free Speech Unmuted: Speech, Not "Conduct": Supreme Court Rules on Conversion Talk Therapy
Jane Bambauer and I analyze the Supreme Court's new Chiles v. Salazar decision, which struck down (by an 8-1 v...
D.C. Circuit Declines to Stay Department of War's "Supply-Chain Risk" Designation of Claude
From today's order by Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Gregory Katsas, and Neomi Rao in Anthropic PBC v. U.S. D...
"Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker" / Convicted Murderer Caleb McGillvary Loses Defamation Case Against Rolling Stone
From yesterday's opinion in McGillvary v. Rolling Stone, LLC, by Judges Richard Wesley, Richard Sullivan, and...
You Don't Have To Like Kanye West To Hate His Ban From Britain
The British government has stopped the rapper from headlining at the London Wireless music festival. Why is th...