Kentucky’s law benefitted from compromise and common sense. Here’s how I helped and what Joe Biden could learn from my experience.
Law and Justice
Can Trump’s Pardons Be Reversed?
President Ulysses S. Grant did it, and George W. Bush, and the Constitution would seem to encourage it.
No, You Can’t Carry a Gun on the Floor of the House
Rep. Lauren Boebert and other members of the shoot-’em-up caucus think they have an unfettered right to pack heat in the Capitol and even in the House and Senate chambers. They don’t. Here’s why.
What the Founders Would Have Done with Trump
An originalist case for trying, convicting and disqualifying a president after he or she leaves office.
How the 14th Amendment Can Bar Ex-Presidents from Office
A primer on Section 3, the Constitutional words everyone is talking about.
After the Capitol Terror, Forget Those “Better Angels”
We cling to Lincoln’s call for reconciliation but we need a government and an Attorney General Merrick Garland who will punish the domestic terrorists.
How Fragile Is Our Democracy?
America survived the Trump era including its farcical last gasp. But, as two legal scholars explain, preserving freedom is complex.
Disbar Ken Paxton–And Then Some
The Texas Attorney General’s ridiculous, malevolent suit to throw out the ballots in four other states makes him more than a Trump stooge. He’s a legal menace.
Graham Crackers
A peaceful march in Graham, N.C. met by police violence, and a Supreme Court ruling underscore the threats to the right to peacefully assemble.
Justice Barrett is Seated and Voting Cases Just Got Scarier
Election-related cases are on the Supreme Court’s docket and that’s before Nov. 3.

