Go figure. The New York Times was the first to get Trump’s taxes. Here is an excellent (and very readable) analysis from Just Security on the legal implications of the NYT bombshell article on Trump’s tax returns. The author is a professor of tax law at NYU School of Law. There’s a core of Trump’s …
This morning, my Op Ed appeared in the Washington Post. If you have a subscription to The Washington Post, you can read it here. If not, click here for a PDF version. Spoiler: if Trump wins this, it won’t be because he masterminds a way to get state legislatures and courts to keep him in …
[Click here to read on the Washington Post website]. The drama Tuesday night in Wayne County, Mich., over whether to certify the election results was the perfect illustration of President Trump’s attempts to undermine the 2020 election and install himself as the winner — and also of why he’s not succeeding. Trump’s efforts are failing, …
One of my followers on Twitter suggested that Trump supporters don’t understand that he poses a danger to democracy. I disagree. There may be a few Trump supporters who don’t understand the danger posed by a president who openly says that the way for him to stay in power is to “get rid of the …
Something happened today on Twitter: My mentions today were flooded with people assuring me that Trump doesn’t need legal grounds for challenging the election. He can challenge the election without cause, trigger a war, and keep himself in power. Here’s an example: Or some variation of that. I won’t add more screen shots. You get …
First things first. Would you like to read about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s early life (and a bit about the history of women and law)? I’ve made the first 9 chapters of one of my books—Ginsburg’s early life—available free. Click here to read the first nine chapters of Free to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Teri Kanefield. Ruth …
I finished Our Malady. All screenshots are from the Kindle edition. Our Malady book opens with Yale professor Timothy Snyder (who you all know is one of my favorite scholars) in a hospital after a series of medical mistakes almost killed him. Flannery O’Connor, in Mystery and Manners, says that facing death is the “most …
Mindy asked me these questions about Trump’s Town Hall yesterday: Her questions assume that the GOP wants the same form of government we want. Her questions assume that the truth matters to the GOP. They don’t, and it doesn’t. Sociologist Max Weber explains why. In his essay, Politics as Vocation, he describes three sources of …
The value of this book is that Cohen was a first-hand witness (with receipts) to TrumpWorld crimes. During Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress on February 27, 2019, Congressional Republicans hurled childish Trump-like insults at him. He looked them over and said, “I am responsible for your silliness because I did the same things that you …
Disloyal is like a modern retelling of The Godfather from the viewpoint of an introspective mafia family member examining and analyzing his own complicity. The analogy only goes so far. Donald Trump is no Don Corleone. Don Corleone was tough and (in his way) competent. Donald Trump is a conman and a showhorse. (I picture …
