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8 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
As it happens, I would even be able to argue that I am already a con law scholar.Anyone who knows me would say, “Wait, Neil, you’re not a con law guy. [read post]
29 Mar 2021, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
A pandemic, a struggling economy, a media system that overhypes immigration issues, and a Republican Party that is hellbent on crippling democracy. [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Ever since the election results came in on November 8, the ritual on the center and left has been to say that we need to reach out to some of the non-majority of voters who voted for Trump, in order to reestablish credibility with the hurting people who, in their desperation, abandoned the Democratic Party to vote for a dangerous demagogue.Part of that conversation has involved gingerly stepping around the question of racism and other bigotries that might have been motivating some of Trump’s… [read post]
26 Feb 2020, 9:00 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Saying, “Professor Buchanan is right that Trump and the Republicans will ignore this election’s results” risks depressing turnout—as well as all but guaranteeing an epidemic of personal bouts of depression, as people give up hope.In other words, I get it. [read post]
22 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Note to Readers: As many of you know from having read other columns on Verdict this week, we lost our beloved friend Julie Hilden this past weekend. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
June of 2020 will almost certainly be remembered as a key turning point in American history. [read post]
11 Jan 2017, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The Trump transition has been much like the Trump campaign. [read post]
12 Feb 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Two weeks ago, before Senate Republicans aborted their sham trial of Donald Trump, I thought of the title for this column: “How Much Worse Will Trump Become, and How Quickly? [read post]
18 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
In these unprecedented times of stress, people understandably yearn for decisive actions by their leaders to solve problems. [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Two days ago, all but five of the fifty sitting Republican United States Senators voted to dismiss the House’s second impeachment of Donald Trump, relying on the nakedly dishonest argument that the Constitution does not allow former federal officials to be impeached and tried by Congress. [read post]
17 Jul 2024, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
In the time since the shooting at a rally for Donald Trump this past weekend, some key facts have been uncovered, while many questions remain. [read post]
16 Sep 2024, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Republican leaders have been all but begging Donald Trump to “talk policy” rather than focus on grievances in his campaign. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
After all, a key element of the Buchanan-Dorf analysis was inspired by the nation’s unfortunate experience under Richard Nixon, the president whose abuses of power Trump might most envy and even try to outdo.During his abbreviated presidency, Nixon claimed that he could refuse to spend money even after Congress had appropriated it for specific purposes. [read post]
16 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
Writing separately, we have suggested that a platinum coin that was deposited with the Fed would count as “debt” and thus would not even achieve the goal of keeping the US below the ceiling (Buchanan) and that advocates’ overly broad reading of the Coinage Act is likely a violation of the reasonableness requirement for agency interpretations that aim to fill statutory gaps (Dorf). [read post]
8 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
When one of the current authors (Buchanan) used to teach economics courses at the university level, consols were a favorite hypothetical financial instrument, because the arithmetic for determining their value is shockingly simple. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The unchallenged consensus among political analysts and legal pundits is that Donald Trump benefits every time there is a delay in any of his legal entanglements, especially his four criminal cases in state and federal courts. [read post]