Trump’s Abuses Should Motivate Congress to Rein in Pardon Power Opinion: Congress should consider a constitutional amendment to provide a check on the president's confirmation power given President Donald Trump's misuse of that authority.

Congratulations on the article, I like the feasibility of state prosecution and civil contempt options. I see you said that chances of constitutional amendment are "near zero," but sharing my opinion about that possibility anyway! news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...

Trump’s Abuses Should Motivate Congress to Rein in Pardon Power Opinion: Congress should consider a constitutional amendment to provide a check on the president's confirmation power given President Donald Trump's misuse of that authority.

Bloomberg published my opinion piece on reforming the pardon power, which argues that an independent clemency board of randomly-selected circuit judges with the power to reject pardons is the best feasible option. Here it is!
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I unsubscribed from ChatGPT and subscribed to Claude I had enough information to unsubscribe from ChatGPT and switch to Claude. So I did.

Some quick reasons to switch from ChatGPT to Claude based on the limited information we have. #unsubscribe
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What in-house counsel can do In-house counsel can make the difference.

The NY Times reports: “Mr. Karp, who will remain a partner at the firm, has a list of powerful clients including Apollo and the National Football League.” Q: Are they still his clients? If so, why haven’t they fired him? In-house counsel, ball is in your court.
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One fix for the No Kings Act The Act is good policy. Here's how California can strengthen its case for holding federal officers accountable.

Yes, and one suggestion for making it strong in this piece:
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One fix for the No Kings Act The Act is good policy. Here's how California can strengthen its case for holding federal officers accountable.

I have one key suggestion to make the bill stronger (piece below). Thank you for this bill and moving it forward.
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One fix for the No Kings Act The Act is good policy. Here's how California can strengthen its case for holding federal officers accountable.

California’s No Kings Act is right to hold federal officers accountable for constitutional violations — but one small change could make it much stronger.

New piece ⬇️
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Corruption in Plain Sight: The Shutdown Bill Includes Staggering Payouts for U.S. Senators A Senate candidate should sue to stop this attempt to rob U.S. taxpayers

Congress can give senators the right to seek millions of dollars for something that is no injury at all (as described in the article), but it cannot be bothered to create a workable right of action against federal agents who kill American citizens. Why?

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How can they? Once Trump's followers bought the lie, they cannot escape it.

These guys just can't stop lying and spinning alternative universes. They are in too deep. Or so I say:
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Time to speak and keep speaking If not now, when?

Time to speak up. Not much left but public opinion to constrain this administration. Keep the conversation going-

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Courage and integrity.

High school evacuated again this week because of a bomb threat. Can we do fewer evacuations? My longer discussion of this issue here:

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