Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Trump demonstrates why we should limit the powers of lame-duck presidents

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My latest appears in The Hill .  Constitutionally, U.S. presidential power is all-or-nothing. Either one is president of the United States ...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

The 2020 US Presidential Race Ain’t Over Until It’s Over (it’s over)

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  American baseball icon Yogi Berra once declared “It ain’t over till its over.”   Donald Trump, Republicans, and his supporters can protest...
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Saturday, December 5, 2020

No--The Donald Trump Cannot Pardon Himself and other Legal Fallacies

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 Note: An earlier version of this essay was published in this blog on April 25, 2018. President Trump can probably pardon his family, friend...
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Friday, December 4, 2020

The Problem with Governing by Presidential Executive Order

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  As Donald Trump leaves the presidency his last task will be to issue a batch of executive orders meant to cement his legacy.   Among the f...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

The Ultimate Good Bye Donald Trump But I am Not Gone Forever Songbook Blog

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                 America is a partisanly-polarized political world.     Donald Trump personifies this divide.   Republicans like him,   and ...
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Sunday, November 15, 2020

The Ethical Obligation of Trump’s Legal Team to Give Up

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  Donald Trump’s efforts to litigate himself to a second term are effectively done.  Hastening the end are two things.  One, the reality tha...
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Sunday, November 8, 2020

Can Trump Sue to Victory?  The Math and Law are Beyond Unlikely

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 By all accounts Joe Biden has won the US presidency.  It’s not official yet, but the math suggests he is the president-elect.  Donald Trump...