Not a big 2nd Amendment person but question to all the originalists: if it does not allow you to bring a firearm to a protest, then what the heck was the point?

If you’re a lawyer and you’re staying quiet because you don’t want to be “political,” ask yourself: what exactly is your profession for? Due process isn’t partisan. Enough is enough.

I’m a lawyer. My whole job is believing in process. And what I’m seeing in Minneapolis looks like raw power getting normalized. That’s not America. Stop the operation. Reset with rules, training, oversight, and courts—not street chaos.

I don’t say this lightly: enough is enough. What’s happening in Minneapolis is not normal, and it’s not American. Pull the federal ICE operation out until there’s real accountability. How many people have to die before we stop calling this “enforcement”? buff.ly/JTeK2Bp

As millions of Americans sit at home dodging the cold and watching the ICE-driven chaos in Minneapolis unfold on their phones, it’s worth contemplating The Price of ICE open.substack.com/pub/fraction...

Please continue to post video of ICE terrorizing the Twin Cities wherever you can. America was founded on resistance to this type of government overreach. Real patriots resist ICE & want the Trump regime gone.

Can we start a movement to rename ICE the “Department of Immigration Control” (“DIC”)?

If you’re not following what’s happening in #iran right now you need to tune in. It’s USA 2028 (if not sooner) & it’s now. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Netflix doesn’t care about news. Paramount barely does. Corporate America already walked away from journalism. So what actually keeps democracy informed? 🎄

Everyone is screaming about antitrust and streaming mergers. Almost no one is talking about workers. That’s the real story — and the real Grinch — in this week’s newsletter: 🎄

Santa doesn’t delegate gift delivery to an “independent sleigh commission.” Kids write to him. He owns the outcome. Why that matters for Article II, SCOTUS, and modern governance: 🎄

Progressives keep defending agencies captured by the industries they regulate. That’s not good governance — it’s abdication. Why political accountability matters (and why Santa gets it right): 🎄

Blocking Netflix/Paramount won’t save CNN. Cable news already lost the audience. The question is whether demand can save journalism at all. Holiday thoughts here: 🎁

The left keeps treating the administrative state as sacred. It’s not. It was a workaround — and it’s failing the people it’s supposed to protect. Holiday reading for reformers: 🎁

The real problem with the admin state isn’t expertise. It’s accountability. And unwinding deference + commission control changes everything. Holiday edition here: 🎁

The Supreme Court isn’t crazy. Congress is lazy. And agencies filled the vacuum. Why the correction feels scary — but necessary — in this holiday edition: 🎁

Antitrust law doesn’t protect jobs. It protects competition — and sometimes not even that. Why creators are right to worry (and why the law won’t save them): 🎄

Regulatory capture isn’t a conspiracy. It’s the inevitable result of governance by comment period and DC law firms. Holiday reading for policy wonks who want government to actually work: 🎁

The Supreme Court didn’t “hand Trump a win.” It handed Congress its job back. That’s the argument — with Santa, sleighs, and the admin state — in this week’s holiday edition: 🎁 buff.ly/uH7Ixqo

🎄 Happy holidays from the administrative state 🎄 Santa is the ultimate unitary executive: radically accountable, no commissions, no excuses. What SCOTUS is actually doing — and why progressives should stop panicking — here: 👉 buff.ly/uH7Ixqo

This is sad - I was looking forward to all the new characters that AI would invent, not the warmed over versions of existing IP. Corporate dominance of IP makes us all a little poorer: openai.com/index/disney...

It’s up to all of us on the left to stop @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social from his super destructive policy of allowing homeless encampments to fester. If #nyc quality of life for working New Yorkers gets worse under progressive governance we’re going to be discredited www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/08/m...

The shutdown wasn’t just a budget fight. It was a live-fire exercise in whether the Constitution still works the way it was designed. I walked through what I think we learned. Agree? Disagree? Read it here: 🔗

We’re normalizing a version of “checks and balances” where one branch checks nothing and balances no one. That’s the problem I’m trying to name in this essay. Would love your reaction: 🔗

Think of this piece as Con Law, but with real stakes: shutdown brinkmanship, Trump’s impulses, closed courts, and the possibility of military tribunals. If that sounds abstract, it isn’t: 🔗

Shutdown politics felt like business as usual. Underneath: a real test of whether Congress still believes in its own enumerated powers. My verdict is…not flattering. Here’s why: 🔗

The question I’m asking in this edition: when the clock really hits midnight, which branch—if any—is going to defend the rule of law? Read and tell me your bet: 🔗

Recent Supreme Court decisions were framed as “losses for Biden.” I argue they’re actually wins for Congress—if Congress chooses to act like a branch of government. Full take here 👇 🔗

One underappreciated safeguard: your federal criminal trial must be held where the crime happened, in front of a local jury. I explain why that suddenly matters a lot. “The Sandwich and the Clock”: 🔗

If you think “martial law” and “closed courts” are just TV drama, I wrote a piece that walks through the actual legal path to both—starting with this shutdown. Curious what you think: 🔗

Article I. Article II. Article III. Co-equal on paper, not in practice. My latest looks at how Congress is shrinking, courts are straining, and the clock is ticking. Read + discuss: 🔗

This isn’t left vs right. It’s power vs responsibility. Congress had a rare moment of leverage over Trump—and walked away from it. I wrote about what that means. 🔗

The shutdown showed that when Congress holds the purse, a president can’t do much. So why did Congress blink—and what did we lose when it did? New piece: “The Sandwich and the Clock.” 🔗

Courts were designed as the “limited” branch. Right now they might be the only ones actually doing their job. What happens when a president decides to shut them down? I dig in: 🔗

We focus on benefits, flights, and optics. The real shutdown story is about Congress giving up leverage that the Constitution literally handed it. Full argument here 👇 🔗

Seven Democratic senators helped Trump re-open “his” government. Was that pragmatism—or a constitutional unforced error? I make the case in “The Sandwich and the Clock.” 🔗

Spider-Man says: “With great power comes great responsibility.” My question: what happens when Congress has limited power and refuses to use even that? New Fractionally Legal: 🔗

What if a president decides courts are optional—or closes them altogether? In my latest, I connect the shutdown, martial law, and the slow erosion of checks and balances. 🔗

The shutdown is over. The bigger story: how easily Congress surrendered its Article I power of the purse—and what that means for the next constitutional crisis. Read “The Sandwich and the Clock”: 🔗

Congress ended the shutdown—but did it also give away its real power? I wrote about the separation of powers, Trump, and what happens when one branch decides to fold. 🔗 buff.ly/MwPeehb

Housing scarcity = political scarcity. Build more, shift power. 🏗️➡️🗳️ →

rom 3/5 to Section 2—how representation keeps getting rewritten. 📜✍️ →

Cracking, packing, and stacking the decade. 📚🗳️ Primer + receipts →

“Independent” commissions vs legislative fiat: who draws your life? ✏️🗺️ →

Courts punt, parties sprint. ⚖️🏃♂️ Power moves explained →

Waking up happy that the socialists did better than the fascists last night is giving me very Weimar vibes.

New Yorkers to nimbys: get out of our way!

If you’re stressed about NYC rent, there’s one easy move: vote YES on every housing initiative (2–5). More homes, less red tape. 🗳️

Red vs blue? Try build vs don’t build. 🏗️🏠 Housing policy = election policy →

NYC: Don’t stop at the mayor’s race. Flip your ballot and vote YES on all the housing questions (2–5) so we can actually build homes again. Info: