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Not exactly what I expected, but a very rewarding experience.

His first event will be February 6 at the Rotunda with UR law professor Kurt Lash examining questions the Supreme Court will soon consider regarding the 14th Amendment and Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the primary ballot in Colorado

John Roberts, the chief justice who pledged to call balls and strikes, faces his biggest challenge yet. See how Trump's rise has impacted the Supreme Court with John Roberts at the helm.

[Prof. Kurt Lash (Richmond), who is a leading legal historian of the Fourteenth Amendment, was kind enough to pass along this response to an amicus brief by…

The media spent a large part of Donald Trump’s presidency waiting for the moment that he might become presidential. Like fools, they manned this post in spite of the fact that Trump had very specifically refused to comport with one of the central notions of the constitutional order: that there are reasonable limits on presidential power. Trump was hardly the first to abjure the notion that the chief executive was in any way constrained, but he was perhaps the most flamboyant occupant of t...

Worrying about “consequences” is not a legal argument.

His Supreme Court petition raises serious questions about how to interpret and apply Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

Their Supreme Court petition raises serious questions about how to interpret and apply Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

Letting state officials determine whether a candidate has "engaged in insurrection" opens a huge can of worms.

Letting state officials determine whether a candidate has "engaged in insurrection" opens a huge can of worms.