Sleepwalking Into Tyranny
This piece lays out my theories and scenarios on a different kind of midterm election threat--one that doesn't involve armed goons at all.
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Section 702’s Lapse: The Sunset That Doesn’t Matter
Under European Union law, the liability risk borne by a U.S.-controlled provider for European data is real, live, and continuous, and it is substantially independent of Section 702’s operational status in a U.S. legal context.
On Dismantling Executive Branch Coercive Power
Three legislative attempts to future-proof the Republic against another Nixon—or another Trump—and why each failed or will fail. Nothing less than a constitutional amendment will do the trick.
Achievement Unlocked: Praetorianismus Americanus
Like a player grinding through levels to unlock new abilities, in less than a year into his second term Trump has apparently succeeded in turning the most formidable military on earth into his own personal instrument of lethal power.
Restoring the Republic: A Legislative and Constitutional Roadmap
Whether the governmental system that comes after Trump is gone is better or worse than what came before him is up to us.