Tomorrow, live at The WBUR Festival...it's Amicus! Join Amicus co-host Mark Joseph Stern for an interview w/ legal scholar Jed Shugerman to unpack the upcoming Court term & the escalating power struggle between the Supreme Court and Trump Get your tickets: wburfestival.org/lineup

Jed Shugerman: An Originalist Case for Birthright Citizenship of Unlawful Immigrants' Children Michael Ramsey - The Originalism Blog buff.ly/arz7QoQ

Musk last month: We need a crackdown on mentally unstable drug-addicted foreigners trying to take advantage of taxpayers and govt welfare. Musk last night: Sorry, I didn’t mean me.

We have words for people who claim to be fighting anti-Semitism and also call bankers "Shylocks." 1. Chutzpahdik. And 2. Anti-Semites.

Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" is probably greatest-ever July 4 speech. And it is NOT a denunciation of the Declaration or the Revolution, but an indictment of failure to live up to their principles: reason.com/volokh/2020/07…

It’s been great to see all the Trump supporters who are so hyper-focused on antisemitism denouncing Trump for referring to rapacious bankers as “shylocks.”

“53% of Americans Don’t Know Why We Declared Independence from Britain in 1776” That’s better than 67% of Supreme Court Justices who don’t know, either. cato.org/blog/53-dont-k…

I’m surprised that Trump was thoughtful enough to send a birthday card to anyone. Must have been a very special friendship.

Some thoughts during the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and new international support for Palestinian statehood, on my blog: "The Logic of Zionism = The Logic for Palestinian Statehood" shugerblogcom.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/the…

There are bigger problems in the world, but Steve Phillips SiriusXM MLB Network just gave some mindless, soulless baseball commentary. Co-host Xavier Scruggs disagreed, but let it go: "I'm just gonna drink my tea." Phillips got nasty: "Drink it with your pinky up." WTF???

Netanyahu, according to staff: “The die is cast – we’re going for full conquest." Bibi is quoting Julius Caesar, meaning "point of no return." The point of no return is on Bibi. He must be stopped. "Conquering" Gaza would be a disaster for everyone. cnn.com/2025/08/04/mid…

I've just posted "The Alien Enemies Act of 1798," a draft article doing a deep dive into all aspects of the statute and background law -- what it all meant in 1798. It defines "invasion" and "predatory incursion," among other provisions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

In 1798, "invasion" and predatory" incursion in the Act clearly had a war-military meaning--an attack on US territory. The Trump administration's interpretation is incorrect. I may have used a sledgehammer to kill a gnat, but it seemed important . . . .

My draft article goes into depth on the key statutory term "alien enemies." It had a widely understood legal meaning in 1798. Tren de Aragua members do not fit that meaning, even though the group is a designated "Foreign Terrorist Organization."