Jesse Choper

1 week ago | verdict.justia.com | Michael C. Dorf |Laurence H. Tribe |Michael Morrison |Jesse Choper

It has been difficult to find much to laugh about in the economic news of the last couple of weeks, as President Donald Trump single-handedly caused a generally downward roller-coaster ride for world financial markets, but Elon Musk’s dunking on Trump tariff guru Peter Navarro did provide one bright spot. Musk called Navarro “truly a moron,” “dumber than a sack of bricks,” and used a slur to further insult Navarro’s intelligence.

1 month ago | verdict.justia.com | Michael C. Dorf |Laurence H. Tribe |Michael Morrison |Jesse Choper

Over the last week, the Trump administration appeared to move closer than ever to defiance of the courts. Despite an order from Federal District Judge James E.

1 month ago | verdict.justia.com | Michael C. Dorf |Laurence H. Tribe |Michael Morrison |Jesse Choper

Late last month, I was a panelist at a symposium on constitutional law casebooks sponsored and hosted by the Institute of Bill of Rights Law and the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal. With the Trump administration hurtling the country into multiple constitutional crises, that might sound like a staid, even boring, topic for a symposium. It was anything but.

2 months ago | verdict.justia.com | Michael C. Dorf |Laurence H. Tribe |Michael Morrison |Jesse Choper

On a Saturday night in October 1973, Richard Nixon sought to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, fearing (with good reason) that Cox’s Watergate investigation would end his presidency. Attorney General Elliot Richardson refused to do the dirty deed and resigned. Nixon next turned to Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus. He too refused and resigned. Finally, Solicitor General Robert Bork did Nixon’s bidding.

2 months ago | verdict.justia.com | Michael C. Dorf |Laurence H. Tribe |Michael Morrison |Jesse Choper

In just over two weeks since his inauguration, Donald Trump has already made numerous moves that flout longstanding democratic norms and, in some instances, clearly violate the law. The sheer number of such actions threatens to “flood the zone”—that is, to overwhelm journalists and political opposition. To be sure, federal judges have so far blocked two of Trump’s most egregious maneuvers: his efforts to unilaterally repeal birthright citizenship and to usurp the power of the purse from Congress.