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Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Monday, April 6, 2026

No third term for Trump upon nonconsecutive-term theory, Vyas concludes in 22nd Amendment research

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Trump at CPAC 2019 Mike Licht via Flickr CC BY 2.0 The theory that the President may seek a third term because his two terms were nonconsec...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Bhutan turns tourism into 'Gross National Happiness'

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At the Takin Preserve: Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay with me and visitors from the United Kingdom and United States. Little more ...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Did Donald Trump go to prep school with Citizen Kane?

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I just re-watched the masterpiece  Citizen Kane  (1941) , and a line I'd never noticed before dropped my jaw. I'm teaching a seminar...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Rescission of law dean offer prompts valid angst, but political ire over higher ed impunity is long time coming

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Waterman Hall, University of Arkansas Larry Miller via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 Legal academics is aflutter over the rescinding of an offer of t...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

'Liberal Playmaker' goes Substack; Boston awaits FIFA

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" The Liberal Playmaker ," a.k.a. Jose Benavides, is now on Substack . Benavides, a Texas attorney , past  co-author , and excelle...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Gutting consumer protection is not libertarian

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The Trump administration is gutting consumer protection upon a policy at odds with market freedom. Moves such as the dismantling of the Cons...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Law students Costa, Osuagwu talk first 100 days

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Costa & Osuagwu ( WGBH ) Thrilled to see two of my star 1Ls/rising 2Ls, Cameron Costa and BJ Osuagwu , just finishing Torts II, represe...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Buzz surrounds Bobi Wine: docko, presidential rerun

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Bobi Wine: Presidential material? VOA public domain photo via Wikimedia Commons Podcast Snap Judgment talked to director Moses Bwayo in Mar...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Government used soccer tattoo, 'rock'n'roll salute' as evidence against Venezuelan deportee, lawyer asserts

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According to his lawyer, a tattoo and a hand gesture are the sum of evidence against at least one Venezuelan man who was deported to the El ...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Rule of law seems absent, western powers impassive, as civil war inflicts horrific suffering in Sudan

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I know it's hipster hot right now to be up in arms over Gaza and lukewarm over Ukraine . I'd like for a moment to set aside both tho...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

1901: Disgruntled laborer shoots, kills President

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Assassination of President McKinley by T. Dart Walker, c. 1905 Library of Congress In Buffalo , New York, this week, I felt obliged by recen...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

ABA adopts academic freedom standard, but 'Crossroads' convo shows, not everybody gets it

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Is the American Bar Association (ABA) "Doing Enough to Promote Viewpoint Diversity?," panelists were asked at the ABA Midyear Meet...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

Frum invokes Judge Learned Hand on self-doubt to build case for 'uncanceling' Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson, 1912 Library of Congress In the March Atlantic David Frum pleaded for the "uncanceling" of Woodrow Wilson and gav...