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...

Now You Can Blog from Everywhere!
We’ve made it quick and convenient for you to manage your blog from anywhere. In this blog post we’ll share the ways you can post to your...


Design a Stunning Blog
When it comes to design, the Wix blog has everything you need to create beautiful posts that will grab your reader's attention. Check out...


Grow Your Blog Community
With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog...
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...