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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The FBI's Anti-Catholic Memo Was a Symptom. The Cure Won't Touch the Disease.
The Justice Department's fires eight people and calls the matter closed. The authority and mentality that produced the "Richmond Memo" is untouched—and it belongs to this FBI now.
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.