Powerful Poet: Puzzle #152
"Insect in an apiary"
Politics
The law that Citizenship Clause litigation forgot: the 1872 Oregon Territory citizenship statute
A guest post from Elliott Wainwright.
Did California's Gubernatorial Race Reveal the Limits of 'Abundance' Politics on the Left?
Matt Mahon tried to chart a reform-minded path, but too often he came across as a mushy moderate in an election that will be determined by partisans.
Open Thread
What’s on your mind?
Who Can't Afford Food?
Plus: Iran deal, J.D. Vance on morality, L.A. hemorrhages population, and more...
FedSoc Forum: "No Enemies to the Right? Antisemitism and the Big Tent"
Jesse Merriam and I discuss the conservative tent and antisemitism.
1776 All-Stars: Why a Pseudonymous Anti-Federalist Is My Favorite Founder
The man known only as "A Farmer" warned against the "sword of government."
Open Thread
What’s on your mind?
How Worried Should We Be About a Socialist Mayor in D.C.?
In Tuesday's Democratic primary, voters overwhelmingly voted for Janeese Lewis George, a socialist who's promised to resist Donald Trump.
Adam Schiff Wants Federal Tax Credits for Movie and TV Production
Studies repeatedly show the credits aren't worth the cost.
Turn to Europe
Plus: MAID contagion, nationalization of AI, Genesis verses for the Giants, and more...
Bipartisan JAWBONE Act Targets Government Censorship Threats
Government agencies would have to report communications and could be sued for bullying.
Open Thread
What’s on your mind?
Sports Fans Don't Complain Their Championship-Winning Team Employs Too Many Immigrants
Critics of high-skilled immigration should take note.
Trump Sees World Cup Visitors as a Threat, But America Sees a Chance for Hospitality
Plus: How the UFC and MMA went from outsiders to the sporting and political establishment—to the point where they’re being used for “diplomacy.”
Birthright Citizenship, the Common Law, and the 39th Congress
A new paper with Ben Keener on the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
1776 All-Stars: Why George Mason Is Extremely Underrated
I'm not saying that just because I teach at the university named after him.
Open Thread
What’s on your mind?
The Art of the Deal
Plus: Anthropic vs. the government, Knicks win, bread and circuses, and more...
Congress Should Be in No Rush To Renew FISA's Section 702 Surveillance Powers
It’s long past time to open federal surveillance powers to scrutiny and reform.
Open Thread
What’s on your mind?
Comic: It's America's Founding Fake News Terrorist, Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams sets his sights on Tory lackeys.
The White House UFC Fight Is the Perfect Event for the Present, Not the Past
A cage fight on the South Lawn may be an unusual choice to celebrate the Founding. But it is a mirror of our political moment.
Open Thread
What’s on your mind?
Two Potential Upcoming Canadian Secession Referenda and the Broader Issues they Raise
Two Canadian provinces - Alberta and Quebec - may hold secession referenda in the near future. The issues at stake have broader implications for the morality of secession and other matters.
Disillusioned Revolutionaries: Many Founders Died in Despair About the American Experiment
America's Founders helped create a world they were not yet ready to live in.
Open Thread
What’s on your mind?
Assessing Non-Packing Rationales For Increasing the Size of the Supreme Court
These arguments are relatively weak. And to the extent they are valid, they can be addressed without changing the Court's ideological balance.
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Righteous gaolers, crooked feds, and interlocutory appeals.
Elon Musk Becomes the World's First Trillionaire. Is That Such a Bad Thing?
Growing economies benefit all people, not just the uberwealthy.
'VERY HARD'
Plus: SpaceX's initial public offering, L.A. taking S.F.'s place, matchmaking reinvented, and more...
Graham Platner Signals a Problem for Democrats, and the Rest of Us
Platner is too typical of a wave of radical and unprepared Democrats who seem poised to take power.
Open Thread
What’s on your mind?
1776 All-Stars: Why Thomas Jefferson Is the Most Fascinating Founder
The author of the Declaration of Independence may have written "the greatest sentence ever."
Open Thread
What’s on your mind?
