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Kyle Shen
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Writing about international law and comparative constitutionalism. Teaching Constitutional Law. Foodie and gardening enthusiast. Recovering baker. All views my own
What if I repeat the Vesting Clause three times and click my heels together?
July 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
What’s your sense of what Justice Kagan is doing with her concurrence?
July 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Congressional Dems take notes
June 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Similar argument that the lack of evidence suggested a need to crack down was employed by then California AG (and future SCOTUS Chief Justice and author of Brown v Board) Earl Warren in the context of Japanese Internment. Also the last time the gov't invoked the Alien Enemies Act, coincidentally
March 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reminiscent of Earl Warren’s argument for cracking down on Japanese Americans during WW2
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Having an abnormal one, I see?
February 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Congrats, Zeynep!
February 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Looks great! When I taught Gov 312 at UT, I did something similar with a fact pattern and presentation as part of final grade. Students liked it a lot. For groups, I created designated roles so work was distributed evenly. I also had them ask questions of the groups presenting
December 30, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Not in this Cleveland weather I’m not! Currently aspirational gardening only, until the spring
December 5, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Isn’t the US arguably worse than omission, since with the Insurrection Act Congress is handing the President the conditional authority to deploy troops on US soil?
December 3, 2024 at 7:16 PM
All for being an institutional iconoclast though!
November 25, 2024 at 5:26 AM
I think though my reading on the US is similar to Anthony’s. While I disagree because I don’t think weak institutions explain the US election, I think the comparison shows the strength of Brazil’s institutions in key areas
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM
I wonder if the comparative legal story actually is about the strength of Brazilian prosecutors vs US? As a non-Brazilianist, I was always impressed by the strength of Brazilian prosecutors. They’ve managed to challenge multiple presidents in recent history, contrast to sclerotic efforts in the US
November 24, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Ironically, while there is plenty of institutional weakness in the US case, the strength of one institution was also key to the election result: the Supreme Court has wielded incredible power to great effect, including in cases this year relevant to the election: Trump v Anderson and Trump v US
November 24, 2024 at 1:54 AM