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Meryl Chertoff,
Adjunct Professor of State and Local Government Law; jazz fan; Dog-ma.
Adjunct Professor of State and Local Government Law; jazz fan; Dog-ma.
Stroudsburg, PA: dad with teenage son, the dad in baseball cap of local college team. Woman ahead of me carried sign saying “the only orange monarch I want is a butterfly” Many American flags, several people with clerical collars, at least two signs that said “Jesus is the only king”—❤️ and sorrow.
October 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Stroudsburg, PA: dad with teenage son, the dad in baseball cap of local college team. Woman ahead of me carried sign saying “the only orange monarch I want is a butterfly” Many American flags, several people with clerical collars, at least two signs that said “Jesus is the only king”—❤️ and sorrow.
All municipal laws preempted.
October 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
All municipal laws preempted.
Says the Tenth Amendment: so if you leave it to the states, then you leave it to each state, right?
October 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Says the Tenth Amendment: so if you leave it to the states, then you leave it to each state, right?
FYI Census website was offline yesterday for “maintenance”
October 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
FYI Census website was offline yesterday for “maintenance”
Me: They are shredding the Constitution! What about the Tenth Amendment?
Average DC Tourist: Oh, look! Enhanced law enforcement. Maybe we should visit Chicago next!
Average DC Tourist: Oh, look! Enhanced law enforcement. Maybe we should visit Chicago next!
October 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Me: They are shredding the Constitution! What about the Tenth Amendment?
Average DC Tourist: Oh, look! Enhanced law enforcement. Maybe we should visit Chicago next!
Average DC Tourist: Oh, look! Enhanced law enforcement. Maybe we should visit Chicago next!
Spoke to some fresh-faced Ohio Guardsman at the Wharf this weekend. They love DC! Then came home, looked it up: Cleveland, Ohio has a higher per capita murder rate than DC. What is Gov. DeWine even doing? (PS-I told them next time to come back with their families, as tourists)
September 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Spoke to some fresh-faced Ohio Guardsman at the Wharf this weekend. They love DC! Then came home, looked it up: Cleveland, Ohio has a higher per capita murder rate than DC. What is Gov. DeWine even doing? (PS-I told them next time to come back with their families, as tourists)
Which has been about as popular as the Third Amendment until now. Good letter.
August 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Which has been about as popular as the Third Amendment until now. Good letter.
Same. I try to keep it to 50 pages, per my teaching mentor. I also ask for a presentation by each person once in the semester on an assigned law review article (this year some great stuff, includes Bulman-Pozen, Saiger,Seifter, Shoked)
August 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Same. I try to keep it to 50 pages, per my teaching mentor. I also ask for a presentation by each person once in the semester on an assigned law review article (this year some great stuff, includes Bulman-Pozen, Saiger,Seifter, Shoked)
Love this. This is the theme of Class 1 each year.
August 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Love this. This is the theme of Class 1 each year.
Really important question, but how many credits is .your seminar?
August 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Really important question, but how many credits is .your seminar?
And the Metro! So efficient and clean. Much better than the NYC subways (sorry, hometown)
August 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
And the Metro! So efficient and clean. Much better than the NYC subways (sorry, hometown)
$25.2 million dollar cut just made by Trump to DC budget, on top of massive cut made by Congress in FY 2025. Unfilled judicial posts for years, making it harder to process people charged with crimes, because Congress needs to approve DC judges. President should fix that before sending in fed agents.
August 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
$25.2 million dollar cut just made by Trump to DC budget, on top of massive cut made by Congress in FY 2025. Unfilled judicial posts for years, making it harder to process people charged with crimes, because Congress needs to approve DC judges. President should fix that before sending in fed agents.
Here in Florida, no more fluoride in the water. So stay right where you are!
July 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Here in Florida, no more fluoride in the water. So stay right where you are!
Vintage Year, Cloverdale and it is also in a charming neighborhood. Say hi to Randall from me.
June 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Vintage Year, Cloverdale and it is also in a charming neighborhood. Say hi to Randall from me.
My dad’s pocket protector is framed, in my office (he was a chemist) it was the thing I was happiest to find closing out their apartment.
June 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My dad’s pocket protector is framed, in my office (he was a chemist) it was the thing I was happiest to find closing out their apartment.
Preemption would be fine if Congress would do a comprehensive AI bill, but now? Please. It would mean NOBODY will regulate AI. This would repeat the mistake made with the preemption of state regulations in Section 230 on platform liability on web.
May 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Preemption would be fine if Congress would do a comprehensive AI bill, but now? Please. It would mean NOBODY will regulate AI. This would repeat the mistake made with the preemption of state regulations in Section 230 on platform liability on web.
Oh I did not see this. Yes! I think it was a mistake to reverse Usery, & there is historical evidence the Justices were lobbied by Texas public union members before the Garcia opinion! We all have an intuition about local functions that usually track with the jurisprudence. But a rule is needed.
May 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Oh I did not see this. Yes! I think it was a mistake to reverse Usery, & there is historical evidence the Justices were lobbied by Texas public union members before the Garcia opinion! We all have an intuition about local functions that usually track with the jurisprudence. But a rule is needed.
More:what if FBI came in to statehouse to “monitor”? Or ICE in a polling place? (violates Elections Clause too)Commandeering itself is a relatively recent doctrine. We need a “core state function” test—places where states do their business Feds simply cannot go without state authority permission.
April 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
More:what if FBI came in to statehouse to “monitor”? Or ICE in a polling place? (violates Elections Clause too)Commandeering itself is a relatively recent doctrine. We need a “core state function” test—places where states do their business Feds simply cannot go without state authority permission.