Conduct Unbecoming: The Ethics Crisis at the Supreme Court and how Legitimacy Can be Restored Abstract. This book is about the ethics crisis on the Supreme Court, how the justices claim to comply with judicial ethics rules but do not do so, and the

Just published by Oxford University Press:
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Restrictions on time, place and manner of speech make sense. There's no right to block access to Hillel, make noise in the library, disrupt class, or commandeer departmental websites. But does any credible First Amendment lawyer support restricting the content of student speech?

Restrictions on time, place and manner of speech make sense. There's no right to block access to Hillel, make noise in the library, disrupt class, or commandeer departmental websites. But does any credible First Amendment lawyer support restricting the content of student speech?

Trump administration sues Harvard over alleged failure to protect Jewish and Israeli students, seeks billions The Trump administration is suing Harvard, alleging it failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitism and seeking billions in taxpayer funds back.

This federal lawsuit against Harvard is premised on the wrongheaded, and dangerous, idea that to fight antisemitism on campuses, universities must restrict speech.
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He's been a well known problem for a long time.

A $50,000 Watch and Friendly Notes: One College Leader’s Ties to Epstein

Hard to overstate the extent to which Leon Botstein’s personal scorn for feminist anti-rape politics permeated Bard College’s culture while I was there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

Trump’s War on Iran Is Illegal Neither a future threat nor regime change can be legal justification for war without congressional authorization.

Frightening indeed.
My op-ed with John Danforth, Norman Eisen, Eugene Fidell, Richard Gephardt, and J. Michael Luttig is here:

Trump’s War on Iran Is Illegal
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Trump campaign peace promises loom large over Iran war The "anti-war" candidate has bombed seven countries and launched a new regime-change war in Iran.

"No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump."

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Trump’s War on Iran Is Illegal Neither a future threat nor regime change can be legal justification for war without congressional authorization.

Trump’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:
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Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School

This is what happens when military lawyers start splitting hairs between genocide and willful failure to mitigate civilian casualties in war.
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Why Trump Didn’t Have to Ask Congress Before Striking Iran - JINSA President Donald Trump had the authority to order attacks on Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities without seeking congressional approval first.The claim to the contrary by several members of Congress con...

Full text without paywall here:
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Opinion | Why Trump didn’t have to ask Congress before striking Iran It has been presidential practice for decades to unilaterally undertake similar military action.

Here, Claire Finkelstein and coauthors explained last summer why POTUS could attack Iran without consent of Congress. Their main argument: other presidents have done it.
Does that excuse apply to everything Trump does that violates our laws and Constitution?
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Opinion | Why Trump didn’t have to ask Congress before striking Iran It has been presidential practice for decades to unilaterally undertake similar military action.

Here, Claire Finkelstein and coauthors explained last summer why POTUS could attack Iran without consent of Congress. Their main argument: other presidents have done it.
Does that excuse apply to everything Trump does that violates our laws and Constitution?
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Live Updates: Iran retaliates after U.S.-Israel strikes; Trump calls for regime change The U.S. and Israel are attacking Iran, which is responding with attacks on U.S. bases in the region, as President Trump confirms "major combat operations."

This 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.
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Another chilling story. Alberto Castañeda Mondragón is said to have entered the country legally with no criminal history, a job and family. After being racially profiled by ICE he suffers injuries that give him brain damage, memory loss, an inability to work, and large medical bills. Disgusting.

Second U.S. Aircraft Carrier Approaches Middle East as Nuclear Deal With Iran Remains Elusive U.S. F-22 fighters and aerial tankers are gathering in Israel, adding to the military buildup.

Going 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.
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The Paranoid Style of Jeffrey Epstein Has Come for Us All The pedophile plutocrat had some peculiar predilections—especially for academics and thinkers who showed a potential to further his grand experiments in inhumanity.

"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:
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Bard’s President Should Resign Today Leon Botstein has been revealed to have deep ties to Epstein. It’s time for accountability.

Botstein palled around with Epstein for years and helped launder his reputation. The Epsteins cannot exist without the Botsteins. It's time for accountability katemanne.substack.com/p/bards-pres...

Here is a (certainly incomplete) list of things that went down around Jeffrey Epstein attending Leon Botstein's rehearsal

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To: Catherine Luiggi From: redacted Sent Mon 9/30/2013 5:07:42 PM Subject Re: Jeffrey Epstein between you and me...JE had me send an email to [redacted] saying he is trying to arrange for her to meet Leon before the concert...do you know if JE and Leon are emailing on this? originally, Jeffrey had asked if Leon could meet with after the concert...just want to make sure we are all on the same page...does it matter i the 'meet' takes place before or after the concert? :) Lesley On Sep 30, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Catherine Luiggi wrote: I remember the days of Karate Kid with my boys too! Opening night with the Philadelphia Orchestra is Wednesday, Oct. 2 and Leon's concert is on Thursday the 3rd. You mentioned that she already had her ticket for Leon's concert. Now I will work on the Oct. 2nd show I am sure there is no problem regarding meeting with [redacted] backstage. I will get back to you with all the information. Thanks. Catherine • Catherine Susser Luiggi I Executive Assistant to the President Bard College

From: Lesley Groff Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2013 10:55 AM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: FYI-Carnegie Hall-Botstein's office ok great. will relay to Catherine (and keep OFF itinerary) On Oct 3, 2013, at 6:53 AM, Jeffrey Epstein <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com. wrote: either way i will meet leon at =

To: Lesley Groff From: Jeffrey Epstein Sent Tue 10/1/2013 1:34:18 PM Subject Re: Leon Botstein 6:15pm yes, but do not put on schedule On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Lesley Groff wrote: May I confirm with Catherine in Leon Botstein's office that you and [redacted in red] will meet Leon at 6:15pm on Thurs at Carnegie Hall prior to his preconcert talk?

In October, he takes a known victim, a musician who he was grooming, to a concert and to see Leon backstage (extra redaction by me in the screenshot). And for ...reasons? JE doesn't want it officially on the schedule
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Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air interview out of fear of FCC Colbert kicked off Monday's episode of "The Late Show" by saying that the network's lawyers told him he could not have Texas state Rep. James Talarico on the broadcast.

Do we have a First Amendment or do we not?
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Ethics 101: A college president should not invite a convicted sex offender to visit a high school.

If so he is a bigot.

Many of us in Minnesota disagree with Ilhan Omar on politics, but we will stand up to anyone who seeks to justify or excuse violence against her, falsely accuses her of promoting violence when she has not done so, or spreads false rumors of insurrection and civil war in Minnesota.

Many of us in Minnesota disagree with Ilhan Omar on politics, but we will stand up to anyone who seeks to justify or excuse violence against her, falsely accuses her of promoting violence when she has not done so, or spreads false rumors of insurrection and civil war in Minnesota.

Bard has been a very troubling situation for a very long time.

Minnesota lawmakers tap campaign funds to bolster their security - MinnPost Although Congress has boosted the amount of money for members' security, some Minnesota lawmakers are spending more for their safety.

As 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.
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Sign the Petition RESIGN, Leon

Unless 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

Why Trump didn’t have to ask Congress before striking Iran President Donald Trump had the authority to order attacks on Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities without seeking congressional approval first.

Wag the dog. Bomb Iran. Whatever....
It's amazing what people will say when President Trump abuses his power to do what they want him to do.
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