Why Joe Can't Help It
March 6, 2020 (published in the Scranton Times-Tribune) My daughters hate the way I schmooze. “How come every time we go to a restaurant,...
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...
Time for the Shadow Government to Come Out of the Shadows
In law school we learned a basic aphorism: Hard facts make bad law. That means when cases present difficult factual situations in which...
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...
Mueller Investigation Is About More Than Trump
Here's my most recent op ed in The Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0211-russian-interference-201802...
We're Number One! . . . Well, Sort Of
We're a great country no doubt, but we can still learn from others. Read more in my latest op ed in The Baltimore Sun....