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En Banc Fifth Circuit Dismisses Alien Enemies Act Case as Moot

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First Legal Challenges to Trump's New Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

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New Survey Data on Public Perceptions of the Supreme Court

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08.08.2026 5

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Trump Issues Another Unconstitutional Executive Order Targeting Birthright Citizenship

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06.08.2026 5

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My New Dispatch Article on Trump's Section 301 "Forced Labor" Tariffs

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05.08.2026 5

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Alex Nowrasteh on "Ten Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Arguments for Socialism and Why They're Wrong"

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04.08.2026 4

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Twenty-five States, Led by Oregon, File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 301 Tariffs

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03.08.2026 7

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Prospective Legal Challenges to Trump's Section 338 Tariffs Against Canada

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03.08.2026 10

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Advice to Entering Law Students - 2026

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03.08.2026 3

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David Cole's Qualified Defense of the Supreme Court

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01.08.2026 5

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Federal Court Rules Against Rhode Island Town's Use of Eminent Domain for NIMBY Purposes

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01.08.2026 5

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Updated Version of My Article "Immigration is Not Invasion"

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30.07.2026 8

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New Article on "The State Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning"

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29.07.2026 10

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My New UnPopulist Article on Why "Court-Packing is a Dangerous Gambit Best Avoided"

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27.07.2026 7

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How Trump's Tariffs Undermine US Trustworthiness and Credibility—and What Can Be Done to Stop it

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26.07.2026 8

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Second Lawsuit Challenging Trump's New Section 301 Tariffs Filed

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24.07.2026 6

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Liberty Justice Center Files First Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Massive New Section 301 Tariffs

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24.07.2026 5

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Trump Imposes Massively Harmful and Illegal Section 301 Tariffs

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23.07.2026 9

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Supreme Court Will Consider Excessive Fines Clause Asset Forfeiture Case

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21.07.2026 10

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Trump Plans to Impose New Illegal Tariffs on Canada

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20.07.2026 10

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Contradictions of Socialist Prison Abolitionism

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20.07.2026 10

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"Red Sox Spirit" and Constitutional Theory

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19.07.2026 10

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The "Free Market" is More Popular than "Capitalism"

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18.07.2026 10

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Trump's Harmful and Unjust New Restrictions on Foreign Students

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18.07.2026 10

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Trump's Pernicious Threat to Impose Tariffs on Canada in Response to Wildfires

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18.07.2026 10

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My New Boston Globe Article on Trump's Bogus Election Fraud Claims

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17.07.2026 10

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Trump big lie isn’t about 2020

He’s targeting the midterms.

17.07.2026 10

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My New Jotwell Review of Anna Law's Book "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship"

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17.07.2026 10

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Reviews of "House of the Dragon" and "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"

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14.07.2026 10

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Tariff Refund Update

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13.07.2026 10

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Sixteen Fun Facts About Me

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08.07.2026 20

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Video of National Constitution Center Conference on "2026 Supreme Court Review: Key Decisions, Executive Power, Civil Discourse"

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08.07.2026 10

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FIRE Files Lawsuit Against ICE Violations of the First Amendment

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07.07.2026 10

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Writings on the Declaration of Independence and the Meaning of the American Revolution

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04.07.2026 10

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Responding to the "Birth Tourism" Objection to Birthright Citizenship

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02.07.2026 20

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How the US Has - Mostly - Avoided the Dark Side of the World Cup

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02.07.2026 20

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Videos of Media Interviews on the Birthright Citizenship Decision

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30.06.2026 10

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Can the Supreme Court Slaughter Slaughter Without Cooking Cook?

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29.06.2026 20

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Can Trump v. Slaughter be Used to Challenge the Continued Legality of Executive Agencies Congress Intended to be Independent?

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29.06.2026 20

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Federalist Society Courthouse Steps Podcast on Pung v. Isabella County Takings Case

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27.06.2026 10

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Cato Institute Podcast on Possible "Abundance Alliance" Between Libertarians and Abundance Liberals

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26.06.2026 10

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The Supreme Court's Badly Flawed Ruling in the Haiti TPS Case

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25.06.2026 10

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Guns, Property Rights, and the Second Amendment

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25.06.2026 10

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Fair Market Value Compensation for Takings is Often too Little, not too Much

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23.06.2026 20

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Supreme Court Issues Terrible Takings Decision in Pung v. Isabella County

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23.06.2026 20

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Federal Court Strikes Down Immigration-Related Subpoenas of Minnesota Officials on Anti-Commandeering Grounds

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22.06.2026 20

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My Grandfather's Account of the Early Days of Germany's Attack on the Soviet Union in World War II

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22.06.2026 20

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Compendium of Writings About Birthright Citizenship

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22.06.2026 10

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Writings on Juneteenth and its Significance for American Liberty

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19.06.2026 10

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Supreme Court Rules Government Cannot Bar Marijuana Users From Owning Guns

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18.06.2026 10

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