Conjectures & Arguments, Philosophy & Law
Monday, May 6, 2019
Birthright citizenship and the 13th Amendment
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This is not a typo. Of course it is the 14 th Amendment that contains the citizenship clause and so is front and center in every s...
Thursday, April 18, 2019
"high Crimes and Misdemeanors" as a Term of Art
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In the interpretation of enacted law terms of art , for example, “third degree of consanguinity,” have a special place. Just how speci...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Libertarian Island III: Coercion and Degrees of Freedom
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Where we left off shipwrecked Ann, whom I have called a “left- libertarian,” has not been able to convince shipwrecked right-libertarian Bob...
Friday, February 8, 2019
Is a Non-Amendable Constitutional Provision Legitimate?
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Is Impeachment Mandatory?
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The distinguished Harvard Law professor Cass Sunstein has recently argued, in a widely published opinion piece, that if a US president...
Monday, October 15, 2018
“Her” Computer Consciousness: Can an Artificial Intelligence Be In Love?
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The 2013 movie Her , for which Spike Jonze, won an Oscar for best screenplay, raises the question whether one day soon there could be artifi...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Mitchell's Memo on Ford and Kavenaugh
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“A ‘h e said, she said’ case is incredibly difficult to prove. But this case is even weaker than that…I do not think that a reasonable p...
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