Trump’s Tariffs: Zero-Sum Thinking in a Positive-Sum WorldTrump’s tariffs are far from the worst things he’s attempted to do since beginning his second term, but they are easily among the…Feb 3Feb 3
The ERA Has Not Been Ratified, UnfortunatelyPresident Biden just released a statement “affirming what [he] believe[s]: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all…Jan 181Jan 181
Elon Musk’s “Petition” Scheme to Buy Voter Registrations in Pennsylvania and Federal Criminal LawElon Musk has been actively campaigning on behalf of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and other swing states. One of his efforts amounts to a…Oct 21, 2024Oct 21, 2024
ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Leadership of Hamas and for Israel’s Prime Minister and…The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A.A. Khan KC, asked the ICC to issue arrest warrants for 3 top leaders of Hamas…May 20, 2024May 20, 2024
Why I Use Generative AI to Illustrate My Essays, Part I: Environmental Costs Are LowI have used images created using generative AI — specifically, OpenAI’s DALL-E — to illustrate my essays here on Medium. Some of my…Apr 30, 20242Apr 30, 20242
The Arizona Supreme Court Correctly Interpreted Arizona’s Abortion StatutesOn Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court held 4–2 that, as a matter of statutory construction, Arizona’s legal code…Apr 11, 2024Apr 11, 2024
Overt Racial Discrimination in Casting and the First AmendmentA federal district judge in the Southern District of New York held last week that overt, intentional racial discrimination in the casting…Mar 15, 2024Mar 15, 2024
As Everyone Expected, Presidents Do Not Have Immunity from Criminal ProsecutionThe United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided an interlocutory appeal on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in United…Feb 15, 2024Feb 15, 2024
Musk’s One-Sided Deal InvalidatedOn Tuesday January 30, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled after a trial that Elon Musk’s ginormous…Feb 5, 2024Feb 5, 2024
The Problems with Trump’s Opening Brief in the Disqualification CaseAn old legal aphorism, popularized in a poem by Carl Sandburg but attested well before his use of it, states something like: “If the law is…Jan 25, 2024Jan 25, 2024
The Colorado Supreme Court Correctly Disqualified TrumpIn Anderson v. Griswold, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualified Donald Trump from…Dec 20, 20231Dec 20, 20231
Insurrection and Justiciability: Who Should Enforce Section 3?I’ve previously discussed why the Colorado Supreme Court should rule that Donald Trump cannot appear on the presidential primary ballot…Dec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023
Insurrection, Ineligibility for Office, and the Fourteenth Amendment: Trump Is Ineligible to RunSeveral courts have recently addressed claims that former President Trump is ineligible to appear on the primary ballot because of Section…Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
Ranked Choice Voting in Kalamazoo: As Easy as 1–2–3…Voters in Kalamazoo, Michigan, should vote YES on the Ranked Choice Voting Proposal.Nov 6, 2023Nov 6, 2023
An October Horror Story: The Presidential Succession Act and The Twenty-fifth AmendmentOctober is a traditional month for horror stories, and so I thought that I’d share a tale of horror that should curdle our blood. But…Oct 23, 2023Oct 23, 2023
AI, Creative Work, and Intellectual Property, Part 2: Economic ConsiderationsAI, Creative Work, and Intellectual, Part 1Jul 25, 2023Jul 25, 2023
AI, Creative Work, and Intellectual Property, Part IAI, Creative Work, and Intellectual PropertyJul 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023
LLMs and Artificial General Intelligence, Part IX: Ethics: Extinction RiskPrior Essays: LLMs and Reasoning, Part I: The Monty Hall Problem LLMs and Reasoning, Part II: Novel Practical Reasoning Problems LLMs and…Jun 19, 2023Jun 19, 2023
LLMs and Artificial General Intelligence, Part VIII: Ethics: AGIs and the Rights of PersonhoodPrior Essays: LLMs and Reasoning, Part I: The Monty Hall Problem LLMs and Reasoning, Part II: Novel Practical Reasoning Problems LLMs and…Jun 16, 2023Jun 16, 2023
LLMs and Artificial General Intelligence, Part VII: Ethics: AGIs and PersonhoodPrior Essays: LLMs and Reasoning, Part I: The Monty Hall Problem LLMs and Reasoning, Part II: Novel Practical Reasoning Problems LLMs and…Jun 14, 2023Jun 14, 2023
