September 28, 2016
The Presidential Candidates and Civil Discourse
Well the first debate is over. There is no need to remark here about how crazy this election cycle is or how terrible the debate was. US politics has gotten…
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September 27, 2016
Trump Will Probably Lose. Does that Mean American Democracy Works?
Most predictions markets and election forecast models predict Trump will lose. One might be inclined to say, “Ah ha! See, democracy works!” Two problems with that: 1. HRC isn’t that…
September 21, 2016
Improving Grand Juries
I originally intended to have at least 2 more posts on grand juries, but decided against. They were both going to be “its unbelievable how easy it is to get…
September 16, 2016
Has “Racist” Lost Its Sting?
Tyler Cowen asks today, if Trump wins, what’s the best theory of why? He offers a number of hypotheses, including that Hillary is unpopular, as well as cistscism: 2. A quite…
September 12, 2016
Grand Jury nullification
Here are two fictionalized cases where the arrested individuals were fortunately not indicted. Case 1. A young male stormed out of a court room after the judge indicated he should leave….
September 10, 2016
How Politics Corrupts Scholarship
I teach at a law school. It is quite common for legal scholars to switch back and forth between academia and government. In my discipline, international law, this has happened…