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2026
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #4: Roberts Omitted the Parts of Jefferson’s 1780 Notes that Contradicted His Theoryoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2026
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check, Part 3: Repeated Misuse of Hamilton’s Federalist No. 77original ↗
10 Jul 2026
Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check, Part 2: Chief Justice Roberts’s Misuse of the Banks of the United Statesoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2026
Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check, Part 1: Why did Kavanaugh call his birthright concurrence a “dissent”?original ↗
3 Jul 2026
21 May 2026
2025
Amicus Brief in Trump v. Cook: On The Fed, Offices as Property, and the Meaning of “Cause”original ↗
25 Sept 2025
An Originalist Case for Birthright Citizenship of Unlawful Immigrants’ Children: Early Restrictions on Chinese Immigrants as Categorical Contexoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2025
23 May 2025
An Originalist Case (with Charts!) for Humphrey’s Executor, Agency Adjudication, and Informal Separation of Powersoriginal ↗
8 May 2025
Five Stages of Constitutional Crisis: A Nuclear War DefCon metaphor, the Roberts Court, and the danger of presidential defianceoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2025
Birthright Citizenship 4: The concept of “unlawful immigrants” existed in the 1850s-60s, and Americans ratified birthright citizenship without worrying about it.original ↗
21 Feb 2025
Birthright citizenship 3: My letter to editor of NY Times on Barnett and Wurman’s misleading essayoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2025
Birthright Citizenship, Again: Barnett & Wurman misread Bates again (and they misread Ramsey and me)original ↗
19 Feb 2025
Birthright Citizenship: Barnett & Wurman’s NY Times Essay and their Bates/Blackstone Double Backfireoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2025
2024
The Hunter Biden pardon is unconstitutional — and a surprising opportunity (in Boston Globe “Ideas” Section)original ↗
5 Dec 2024
9 Mar 2024
“Jacob the Outlier”: Why Giles Jacob’s Dictionary Matters for Presidential Power (but for the opposite reason that unitary theorists have cherry-picked)original ↗
23 Feb 2024
2023
20 Dec 2023
22 Nov 2023
5 Nov 2023
A Note of Understanding to My Jewish and Non-Jewish Friends About Just Asking “How are you?”original ↗
10 Oct 2023
27 Apr 2023
Problem for the Trump Indictment: Is There Any Precedent for an Internal Business Record? (Plus Preemption Problems!)original ↗
4 Apr 2023
“Emergency” Podcast Episode 11: The Biden Student Debt Oral Arguments and Emergency Powersoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2023
2 Mar 2023
The Indecisions of 1789: Appendices on the Misuse of Historical Sources in Unitary Executive Theoryoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2023
My amicus brief in the Biden Student Debt Cases: An “Emergency Question” Doctrine to replace MQD 3.0original ↗
10 Feb 2023
7 Feb 2023
2022
25 Dec 2022
“A Great Compliment Paid the Jews”: A Surprising Honor for the U.S. Constitution and the Ancient Temple (Chanukkah connection)original ↗
25 Dec 2022
19 Dec 2022
Constitutional Crisis Hotline, Podcast Episode 2: Dahlia Lithwick on her new book “Lady Justice”original ↗
17 Oct 2022
7 Oct 2022
SCOTUS Alert: The Independent Legislature Case, the heart of the January 6 Coup Theory, and the Importance of your 2022 Voteoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2022
Six questions (and some answers) about Dobbs, Roe, and the future of reproductive rights in Americaoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2022
Notice & Comment: My Reply to the Unitary Executive Theorists on the Misuse of Historical Materialsoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2022
16 Feb 2022
Originalism and the Seila Law Brief #4: Confusion About Symbolic “Subordination,” “Executive Power,” and “Offices”original ↗
14 Feb 2022
31 Jan 2022
Originalism and the Seila Law Brief, Part II: Prerogative vs. Royalism, Blackstone vs. Schmitt, McConnell vs. Amicusoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2022
Originalism and the Seila Law Amicus Brief, Part 1: Some Initial Thoughts on Snark, Chutzpah, Hubris, Hamartia, Generosity, and Social Media vs. Amicus Normsoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2022
3 Jan 2022
2021
16 Dec 2021
14 Dec 2021
13 Dec 2021
“The Indecisions of 1789”: Prakash’s Misreading of John Laurance and James Madison (Part IV)original ↗
9 Dec 2021
“Removal of Context,” Part VII: “The argument is simply a disagreement with the Constitution” and the Problem of Originalism Hubrisoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2021
6 Dec 2021
“Removal of Context,” Part IV: Conflating the English Cabinet of the “Great Officers of State” with America’s many, many “principal officers”original ↗
3 Dec 2021
30 Nov 2021
30 Nov 2021
29 Nov 2021
Conservative Members of Congress Should Resign En Masse and Transfer to Other Legislaturesoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2021
15 Oct 2021