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A Labor Market Monopoly? A Closer Look at the Longshoremen Strike
Even a brief look at this situation forces you to ask an important question: should labor unions be exempt from anti-trust and "monopoly"...
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Oct 1
Who's Paying "Their Fair Share" of Taxes? The Answers May Surprise You.
In most election years, you often see and hear Democrats discussing the concept of who pays what in income taxes. It's (very) often...
CitizenAnalyst
Sep 28
A Pre-Election Primer on the American Electoral College
Below is a brief (and hopefully fun) history of the Electoral College, that much maligned, but often misunderstood, American presidential...
CitizenAnalyst
Mar 21
Election Year Podcast Special: A History of Viva Voce ("By Voice") Voting with Professor Donald DeBats
Imagine going to the polls to vote on election day, and instead of receiving a government-printed ballot with directions to your own...
CitizenAnalyst
Mar 10
Podcast with Professor Gerard Magliocca on Section 3 and the Trump v. Anderson SCOTUS Opinion
I recently had the fortune of interviewing Professor Gerard Magliocca of Indiana Law School. Prof. Magliocca is one of the country's...
CitizenAnalyst
Feb 6
The Curious Case of Christopher Rufo: Thoughts on the recent Honestly Debate
Christopher Rufo has made his name reporting on DEI issues across the country, and he's done a lot of good investigative journalism on...
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Jan 31
My SCOTUS Amicus Brief for Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, Et Al
It's quite a process to formally to submit an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, and I learned that firsthand recently. You need a...
CitizenAnalyst
Jan 30
For Legal Geeks Only: A Response to Prof. Kurt Lash's Guest Essay in the NYT on Section Three
Professor Kurt Lash wrote a guest essay in the New York Times on December 29th discussing Section Three of the 14th Amendment[1]. Lash...
CitizenAnalyst
Jan 28
On Bill Ackman, Mark Cuban, DEI, and Drugs
About a month ago now, there was some very interesting back and forth on X (formerly known as Twitter) between Bill Ackman, Mark Cuban,...
CitizenAnalyst
Dec 19, 2023
For Law Geeks Only: Is the President an "officer of the United States"?
I recently submitted a research paper to Social Science Research Network (SSRN) on a key Section 3 (of the 14th Amendment) related topic....
CitizenAnalyst
Nov 12, 2023
Does Section 3 of the 14th Amendment apply to Donald Trump (and to the President in general)?
A conversation with Prof. Mark A. Graber on the history of Section 3, its applicability to Donald Trump and the events after the 2020...
CitizenAnalyst
Sep 26, 2023
This Argument has Legs: the 14th Amendment Disqualifies Trump from the Presidency
Following the publication of Prof. William Baude and Prof. Michael Paulsen’s article The Sweeping Force of Section 3 last month[1],...
CitizenAnalyst
Jan 29, 2023
Brown v. Board of Education, the 14th Amendment, and Affirmative Action at the Supreme Court
I recently interviewed Professor Christopher Schmidt of Kent Law School in Chicago. In a wide-ranging discussion, Professor Schmidt and...
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