Teaching Civics after the Attack on the Capitol
Here's a recent commentary I had in the Baltimore Sun, Newsday, the Hartford Courant and several other newspapers and online sites around...
Hold on Tight: It Could Be a Wild Ride
When I write my next edition of Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts, I'm going to add a new chapter on "When Must All the Votes...
You Can't Punch Me in the Nose
There’s an old legal adage that goes something like this: “Your right to swing your fist ends where someone else’s nose begins.” That’s a...
Having It Both Ways
(Published in the Scranton Times-Tribune, June 4, 2020) In my children’s book on civics, “How the U.S. Government Works,” I explain to...
The Supreme Court: Can It Survive the Current Era of Hyperpartisanship?
Let me start by asking you a question. How many of you think the Supreme Court and the federal courts are nonpartisan? How many don’t? My...
Trump's Attacks on Congress, Immigrants Are Attacks on American Values
"Go back to where you came from" has long been the call of bigots and xenophobes in the U.S. It's what the Know Nothing Party of the...
Federal Judges Are 'Guardedly Apolitical'
One of the privileges of my former position with the federal judicial branch was attending periodic meetings of a small, distinguished...
Change in the Court
Will the appointment of a new justice to the Supreme Court dramatically change U.S. law? I don't think so. Here's why....
Taking the Revolution Back to England
Here's my latest op ed in the Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0524-england-revolution-20180523-stor...
I Support the Constitution -- All Of It
I am tired of hearing people say "I support the Second Amendment." Hell, I support the Second Amendment. I also support the First...