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by Michael Froomkin
Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
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Recent Bluessky Posts- Jotwell Property: P. T. Babie, Architecture Reveals Property’s Power, JOTWELL (September 16, 2026) (reviewing Andrew Leach & Jasper Ludewig, Back to the Land, 28 Wolkenkuckucksheim: Int'l J. Architectural Theory 37 (2024/2025)), property.jotwell.com/architecture.... September 16, 2026 Jotwell
- They have a lot of money flowing in, and he needs to wet his beak. Maybe often. September 15, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Legislation: Anita Krishnakumar, Ambiguity and Judicial Power on the Roberts Court, JOTWELL (September 15, 2026) (reviewing Abbe R. Gluck, The End of Ambiguity (in Statutory Interpretation), 76 Duke L.J. __ (forthcoming 2026)(available at SSRN)), lex.jotwell.com/ambiguity-an.... September 15, 2026 Jotwell
- Year after year, everyone I send campaign contributions to loses. Should I change tactics and donate to Republicans? September 14, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Legal Hist: William Smiley, War, Empire, and Authoritarianism in the Middle East, JOTWELL (September 14, 2026) (reviewing Mustafa Aksakal, The War That Made the Middle East: World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire (2026)), legalhist.jotwell.com/war-empire-a.... September 14, 2026 Jotwell
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Has there ever been a time in history when one branch of government had so much information and power, ostensibly for one purpose, when that information and power wasn’t used for other less palatable purposes? Information and power not subject to checks and balances has always been abused.
And is the ostensible purpose even effective?
What is the point of a constitution and legal system if those are ignored whenever people are afraid? Isn’t one of the purposes of such frameworks to precisely prevent us from giving into knee-jerk emotional responses that fail us later?
Why should we trust an executive branch that has over the decades committed such massive crimes against humanity?