I'm in Liberal Currents!
Cross-posting here: I have a piece today in Liberal Currents about why judicial review is essential for our democracy and that means we have to attack and dethrone (and then rebuild) the Supreme Court!
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Chevron Wasn't That Important. Loper Bright Is Really Bad, Though
I can't believe I'm the one who has to say this. So, last week the Supreme Court formally overruled Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council, one of the landmarks of administrative law, in a case called Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. People are generally freaking out,
Facts + Result: Trump Immunity Edition
Back in law school I developed a strategy for doing large amounts of casebook reading very quickly. You can learn the vast majority of what you need to know about a legal decision by just reading the essential facts of the case – what happened, who are the parties, what'
On Social Media Regulation and the First Amendment
Last week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a piece of legislation restricting the use of "addictive feeds" by social media companies. This set off a ritualistic bit of Discourse about how these kinds of social media regulations interact with the First Amendment. I happen to have written
What is Constitutional Philosophy?
This site's tagline declares it the "musings of a constitutional philosopher." But what is a constitutional philosopher? Well naturally enough it's someone engaged in constitutional philosophy. But what is that? So far as I can tell – and I have done a bit of poking
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Welcome to The Evening Constitutional: Musings of a Consulting Constitutional Philosopher! This site is meant to be an outlet for me to share my thoughts about issues of constitutional law and political theory. In this introductory post I'll tell you a little about myself and my vision for
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