lawyer, law professor, Independent, Minnesota, USA. Go Gophers!https://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mixdozocgk2eJust published by Oxford University Press: https://academic.oup.com/book/62560?login=false08 Apr 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixdozocgk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mhl5nn5ays2uThis federal lawsuit against Harvard is premised on the wrongheaded, and dangerous, idea that to fight antisemitism on campuses, universities must restrict speech. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-sues-harvard-over-alleged-failure-protect-jewish-israeli-students-seeks-billions21 Mar 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl5nn5ays2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mg3r47xzzk2aTrump’s War on Iran Is Illegal: Neither a future threat nor regime change can be legal justification for war without congressional authorization. My op-ed with John Danforth, Norman Eisen, Eugene Fidell, Richard Gephardt, and J. Michael Luttig is here: https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/trumps-war-on-iran-is-illegal?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web02 Mar 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3r47xzzk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mfx36nhxzs2gThis is what happens when military lawyers start splitting hairs between genocide and willful failure to mitigate civilian casualties in war. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/world/middleeast/iran-school-strike-us-israel.html28 Feb 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfx36nhxzs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mfwoka7vb225This attack is illegal under U.S. law and under international law. The Constitution says Congress declares war, not the president. He needed consent from Congress. This is also a violation of the UN Charter, as Iran did not attack the United States first. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/israel-us-attack-iran-trump-says-major-combat-operations/28 Feb 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwoka7vb225https://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mfv3xewh2227Going to war with Iran is not a decision for POTUS alone to make. Under the Constitution and War Powers Act he must get an authorization for use of military force from Congress. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/second-u-s-aircraft-carrier-approaches-middle-east-as-nuclear-deal-with-iran-remains-elusive-d369f74828 Feb 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfv3xewh2227https://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mfhcrk62cc2y"No one just happened to be there. Epstein also didn’t pull people into his web and then corrupt them. The club existed. He fit right in." A troubling perspective on elite academia from Ana Marie Cox: https://newrepublic.com/article/206808/jeffrey-epstein-academia-democracy-corruption .22 Feb 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhcrk62cc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mf3wzyjxks22Do we have a First Amendment or do we not? https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/stephen-colbert-cbs-james-talarico-fcc-rcna25934118 Feb 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3wzyjxks22https://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mf2micbios2wAs I told MINNPOST here, with all the threats toward lawmakers, heated rhetoric, and crazy people saying there could be civil war in Minnesota, our lawmakers must hire extra security. They have no choice. https://www.minnpost.com/national/washington/2026/02/minnesota-lawmakers-are-tapping-campaign-funds-to-bolster-their-security/17 Feb 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2micbios2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mezj635ix22uUnless you think it's OK for a college president to ask a convicted sexual predator to visit a high school..... www.change.org/p/resign-leon https://www.change.org/p/resign-leon17 Feb 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezj635ix22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mezeeaydy22mHere we go, again. Fake national security lawyers said Trump had the legal right to bomb Iran last summer. Now, with plummeting poll ratings, he wants to wag the dog again. This insanity has to end. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d64p3q2d0o17 Feb 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezeeaydy22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mezch2nnyk2oThe common theme that explains what we have experienced for the past 13 months is this: Abuse of presidential power. My new book with E. Thomas Sullivan is here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/us-presidency/5033CD0C4D478DC9EE6CA62CADD3734417 Feb 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezch2nnyk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mezbxqxbts2pToo many crazy people are running simulations of civil war over on X. But here, Tom Sullivan and I explain what really happened when Minnesotans peacefully stood up to Operation Metro Surge. https://www.startribune.com/tom-homan-announces-end-operation-metro-surge-mpls/60158322017 Feb 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezbxqxbts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mekd5flegs2mICE has a pedo vetting new hires in Minnesota? No wonder we've had so many problems with them here. They hire people nobody else will. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HWt6WZHpmWQ11 Feb 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mekd5flegs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mejhhbto4k2lWhile extremists spread fake news of insurrection and civil war, Tom Sullivan and I discuss here what's really happening in Minnesota. Citizens and lawyers are peacefully defending the rule of law. Minnesota and the U.S. Constitution https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/minnesota-and-the-us-constitution?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web10 Feb 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejhhbto4k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3mdjnpzrjd22oRichard Epstein is famous for thinking he's an expert on everything. In 2020 he was an expert on why COVID would only kill 500 Americans. Now he's telling SCOTUS why the Natural Born Citizen Clause does not apply to natural born citizens. This brief is a joke. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdjnpzrjd22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3m7n2mlfeck22Virginia Canter, Norman Eisen and I yesterday sent this letter to the Justice Department requesting an internal investigation and a copy of the OLC memo authorizing murder on the high seas. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-venezuela-boat-strikes-office-of-legal-counsel/10 Dec 2025 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7n2mlfeck22https://bsky.app/profile/rwpusa.bsky.social/post/3m2z7efldxk2gNow Available: Principles of the Law, Government Ethics. Professor Richard Briffault and I thank the ALI and all involved with our work on this project. As federal government ethics implode, state and local governments should take the high road and raise the bar. https://www.ali.org/news/articles/now-available-principles-law-government-ethics12 Oct 2025 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:s3dco4mhpmwoacjitanuckcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2z7efldxk2g