Category Archives: Tumblr

I’m going to release a free print/ebook version of my book, Lesterland. I’d be grateful for clever ideas for the cover design. If you’re a designer and interested in helping, I’d be grateful. Designers should be paid, but I’m hopeful … Continue reading →

Big thanks to Tumby.me for building a search engine for our “Corruption, Originally” site — remember, the Tumblr site with all the framing references to the term “corruption,” which establishes at a minimum that the Framers meant more by “corruption” … Continue reading →

In The Daily Beast, I lamented a certain political innovation of the GOP (fearful the Dems would then copy it and it would become SOP). Some have questioned whether indeed there is any innovation here. But I was careful in … Continue reading →

The Grenade in the McCutcheon Briefs: The great Trevor Potter (aka, Colbert’s superpac lawyer), has a fantastic post about a potential bomb (ok, “grenade”) in the middle of the briefs in the McCutcheon case.  The question in that case is … Continue reading →

I’m serving on the advisory board of the Voice of the People project, which is developing innovative (and scientifically valid) ways to allow “Members of Congress to hear from a representative sample of their constituents on key issues facing Congress.”  The … Continue reading →

Ed_in_LA has a nice comment to my piece in The Beast about the original meaning of “corruption.” The basic thrust of his point is that originalism is about how judges read the Framers’ texts. And the word “corruption” (like “democracy,” or “separation … Continue reading →

There will be live streaming of Constitutional Accountability Center event Thursday, September 26, at 12pm, discussing McCutcheon v. FEC & the first Tumblr in the Supreme Court.  (Original post on Tumblr)

So a fair and frequent question I get from my friends when I describe my optimistic view about the conservative Supreme Court justices is: “How can you be so naive?” It’s a fair question, as this faith has led me … Continue reading →

Speaking at HLS Thursday, 26 September, David Stockman is a former congressman, former budget director (for Reagan), and a current author (The Great Deformation). The book is a powerful, angry book, which has angered many on the left and right. … Continue reading →

On Thursday, Senator Elizabeth Warren and I will participate in an event hosted by the Constitutional Accountability Center (livestream here) to discuss a brief I submitted in a corruption (aka “campaign finance”) case that the Supreme Court will hear on October 8: McCutcheon … Continue reading →