How about “Trump”?

The main point UE advocates neglect is that the Framers emphasized responsibility as the key duty and perpetual obligation of a unitary executive while the ostensible virtues of energy, vigor, dispatch, and secrecy were only advantages of decision-making that would be exercised only occasionally..

@scholars.org Happy to join with SSN colleague Giraldi as a contributor to this series on guns in the U.S.: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/one...

Sadly relevant at this moment: the Trump administration's proposal to strip gun rights from trans people; my take: thehill.com/opinion/civi...

Sadly relevant at this moment: the Trump administration's proposal to strip gun rights from trans people; my take: thehill.com/opinion/civi...

Proud to contribute an essay on "A Brief Biography of the Second Amendment" to this amazing collection. www.vitalcitynyc.org/issues/issue...

Our country's gun past isn't what most people think: in many respects, guns were more heavily regulated in the nation's first 300 years than in the last 30, and the spread of firearms owes more to marketing than necessity. My piece: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/one...

@scholars.org Happy to join with SSN colleague Giraldi as a contributor to this series on guns in the U.S.: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/one...

Gun violence affects thousands in the U.S. each year. In this policy brief, @deannagiraldi.bsky.social (@dspi-oxford.bsky.social) shares gaps in research and calls for inclusive, tailored studies and policies that address the real impacts of gun violence. 🔗 Read now: scholars.org/contribution...

Our country's gun past isn't what most people think: in many respects, guns were more heavily regulated in the nation's first 300 years than in the last 30, and the spread of firearms owes more to marketing than necessity. My piece: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/one...

Jennifer and I drove 90 minutes through the Finger Lakes countryside yesterday to meet with 60 fans - from Alaska to Florida - of socially conscious comedian Pete Dominick standupwithpete.com and all I got was a jar of honey - fabulous honey from Slate Hill Edible Forest Farm in Marcellus NY.👍🏼 😅

Well that’s quite the push notification.

Astonishingly, astonishingly bad. I think of all the folks I know who fit these criteria, the families of my kids’ friends who were already worried about crackdowns, the hardworking residents all around my city & county—all now subject to explicit ethnic profiling & forced LEO encounters. Sickening.

Tonight at 7PM I'll speak on How to Save Our Democracy at the Riviera Theatre in Geneseo about 30 minutes south of Rochester. The Riviera Theatre 4 Center St Geneseo, NY 14454

“The director of national intelligence and the White House are lying, again.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Ahhh our casebook is officially published & on the way!!! If you have any interest in teaching (or learning about!) the Second Amendment or firearms law, I hope you'll consider our casebook! Feel free to reach out with any questions about the book or the field!! www.westacademic.com/Blocher-Char...

Don't know if I've ever read a better piece on Unitary executive, presl power run amok in age of Trump: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

In this op-ed, @spitzerb.bsky.social explains how Trump is dismantling the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, rolling back ghost gun regulations, and ultimately making it easier for criminals to get guns. #GunPolicy @thehill.com:

As I note the ATF has been barred from computerizing its records since the 1980s; the building holding the paper records nearly collapsed a few years ago. Make any sense? Read on…

As I note the ATF has been barred from computerizing its records since the 1980s; the building holding the paper records nearly collapsed a few years ago. Make any sense? Read on…

@davidcayjohnston.bsky.social‬ Given your post from last week, thought you'd find my new piece @thehill.com of interest on Trump admin dismantling of ATF, criminals, and guns: thehill.com/opinion/crim...

New de facto Trump policy, apparently-make sure criminals can get guns. My @thehill.com piece: thehill.com/opinion/crim...

New de facto Trump policy, apparently-make sure criminals can get guns. My @thehill.com piece: thehill.com/opinion/crim...

If you want a podcast suitable for the 4th of July, I hope not the last one we will celebrate as citizens of a free state, this might be of interest. It's based on my book, Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America. pioneerinstitute.org/featured/sta...

For all you constitutionalists, Madisonians, and Cubs fans: I'll be on @lastword.msnbc.com tonight at the :45 mark to further discuss washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...

“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...

This is a subject I have been brooding about for some time. I am grateful to the Washington Monthly for posting this piece. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...

Today on the blog: in a guest post, gun historian @spitzerb.bsky.social examines historical weapon licensing laws and argues that they were "a ubiquitous regulatory tool from the country’s beginning." firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/hist...

Eight years ago, David Crook and I warned you at DCReport of exactly what's happening today. Given DCReport's consistent track record of being both accurate and way, way ahead of the curve, and noting that it's free with no ads, I suggest you read it daily. www.dcreport.org/2017/07/19/i...

Thorough piece here on Bruen's fallout! Also, the opening anecdote gives some indication of what the modern gun rights movement is like.

The House has passed a bill that would cut funding for #Medicaid, #SNAP, & more. In this brief, @chris-howard.bsky.social ‬ @wm.edu‬ writes about the impact this bill could have in #Virginia & the lack of public support these cuts have. 📄 Read the brief: scholars.org/contribution...

When the Supreme Court ruled that licensing gun carry permits lacked support in the “American tradition,” it turns out they were mistaken: firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/hist...

Turns out historic gun licensing/permitting is an old and prolific policy technique, long predating the 20th century. My new research article on the subject: ideas.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Turns out historic gun licensing/permitting is an old and prolific policy technique, long predating the 20th century. My new research article on the subject: ideas.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/cgi/viewcont...

bsky.app/profile/john... though you know all this, absolutely fascinating account of Russian spy factory: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...

In fact, those changes to the rules & procedures for Medicaid ARE actually benefit cuts...BIG cuts. The most vulnerable Americans' basic needs are being sacrificed to pay for tax cuts for the rich. Thanks @pamherd.bsky.social & @donmoyn.bsky.social for revealing it. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...

Failure www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“Whatever else the Department of Government Efficiency might be, it is a gift to America’s adversaries. Here, in one place, is a doorway into the inner workings of the U.S. government, the vast troves of personal data entrusted by Americans…” thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Paul Weiss, I predict, won’t be the last of the Big Law firms to settle with Donald Trump rather than fight his blatantly unconstitutional executive orders. I wrote about what happened for The New Yorker. How Donald Trump Throttled Big Law

“Donald Trump has just silenced the voice of freedom…The world’s autocrats are doing somersaults.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen elevated history, text, and tradition as the sole criteria for assessing the constitutionality of firearms restrictions. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21p...

To be sure this article is a fine piece of work.

On the substance of 18th century tradition, & relying heavily on @earlymodjustice.bsky.social's terrific historical work & analysis by scholars like @spitzerb.bsky.social @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social & Saul Cornell, the court concludes that those under 21 couldnt buy guns at the founding.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. Today I am thinking, and seething, about Trumps assault on lawyers, most recently Perkins Coie. We cant have law firms suffering death by executive order; thank goodness for Judge Howell’s temporary restraining order.

This week I left The Washington Post after 40 years, 6 months and 6 days. Today I have a piece in the New Yorker explaining my heart-breaking decision, and including the column that was spiked. I wish I never had to write it. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...

And a p.s. The 2nd charge against Geo III in the Declaration of Independence: "He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them"

I appreciate your interest--

On minors and gun rights, it turns out the court got the history wrong (not the first time). My piece: thehill.com/opinion/judi...

Key Second Amendment case. Follow @spitzerb.bsky.social (SUNY Prof and author of "The Gun Dilemma") and @barryfeldman.bsky.social (SCOTUS scholar) for analysis of how this could reshape concealed carry laws post-Bruen. #2A #SCOTUS

Trump to Blue: Screw You.