Popular Press
2024
Why Another Trump Term would be Worse than the First, Project Syndicate, Oct. 16, 2024 (with Aziz Z. Huq).
Trump is Gearing Up for Lawfare, Persuasion, July 3, 2024.
Presidents Shouldn’t Be Above the Law, Persuasion, July 3, 2024.
Do Law Review Editors Have Academic Freedom? Inside Higher Education, June 20, 2024(with Aziz Z. Huq).
Subnational Politics and the Path of National Democracies, Verfassungsblog, February 8, 2024 (with Aziz Z. Huq).
2023
The Case for University Silence, Persuasion, October 25, 2023.
What can you say on college campuses? Conservative and transgender people feel excluded, USA Today, October 19, 2023, (with Tony Banout).
Jack Smith Changed My Mind on Prosecuting Trump, Persuasion, June 14, 2023.
Long Live the Kings and Queens, Project Syndicate, May 4, 2023.
The Wicked Problem of the Twitter Files, Pro-Market, January 26, 2023.
The Three-Front War on Academic Freedom, Project Syndicate, January 12, 2023.
2022
The Democrats’ Democratic Dividend, Project Syndicate, Dec. 16, 2022, (with Aziz Z. Huq).
New Mexico official barred from office over Jan. 6 attack — under a dangerous law, Salon, September 16, 2022 (with Aziz Huq and David Landau).
America's Abortion Debate is Broken, Persuasion, May 23, 2022.
Filibuster Reform is a Dangerous Necessity, Persuasion, January 18, 2022.
2021
The Law of Disqualification in a Democracy, LawFare Blog, Nov. 8, 2021 (with Aziz Z. Huq and David Landau)
The Supreme Court Isn’t Broken, Persuasion, July 9, 2021.
How to Truly Protect Academic Freedom, Chronicle of Higher Education, June 16, 2021.
The Conflicts and the Characters Behind the World’s Constitutions (review of Linda Colley, The Gun, The Ship and the Pen) Washington Post, May 14, 2021.
Non trasformiamo definitivamente la Corte suprema in un organo politico, Domani, May 4, 2021.
Does Disqualification Work? Persuasion, May 3, 2021 (with Aziz Z. Huq)
Don’t Pack the Court, Persuasion, April 21, 2021.
Disqualification Won’t Keep Trump Out of the White House, Balkinization, February 11, 2021.
The Dilemmas of Democratic Disqualification: The New Trump Impeachment Process in Comparative Perspective, International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog, January 21, 2021 (with Aziz Huq & David Landau)
2020
Hong Kong’s Crisis and the Turn Toward Extraterritorial Law, ProMarket, July 2020.
How do Constitutions Get Implemented? FifteenEightyFour, April 30, 2020
States of Emergencies I and States of Emergencies II, Harvard Law Review Blog (with Mila Versteeg), April 18-19, 2020.
Can Emergency Powers Go Too Far? Tablet Magazine, April 8, 2020 (with Mila Versteeg).
COVID-19 and the Bound Executive, ICONnect, May 26, 2020 (with Mila Versteeg).
Is the Constitution the Problem? The American Interest, Feb. 28, 2020 (with Aziz Huq)
Designing Better Impeachments, Boston Review, Feb. 05, 2020 (with Aziz Huq and David Landau).
2019
Impeachment has rebooted other democracies stuck in corruption and gridlock, LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 15, 2019 (with Aziz Huq and David Landau).
“I–CONnect Symposium: The 30th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Korea—Part II: The South Korean Constitutional Court in Comparative Perspective,” I-CONnect, March 9, 2019.
2018
"Possíveis respostas à pergunta: como uma democracia falha?" Nexo, December 29, 2018 (with Aziz Huq & Filippo Lancieri).
Democrats Want to Investigate Trump. Here’s Why they Should be Careful, POLITICO, November 9, 2018 (with Aziz Huq).
Republicans took oversight power from the minority. Democrats should restore it. WASHINGTON POST.COM, November 9, 2018 (with Aziz Huq).
"Concluding Thoughts," Take Care, November 5, 2018 (with Aziz Huq).
"Constitutional Courts and the Project of Democratic Defense," Public Seminar, October 31, 2018 (with Aziz Huq).
Democratic Erosion and Militant Democracy, ICONnect Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, Oct. 18, 2018. (with Aziz Huq)
A Tainting of Judicial Independence, Take Care, October 8, 2018 (with Aziz Huq).
"Constitutional Democracy or Constitution Contra Democracy?" ACS Blog, October 3, 2018 (with Aziz Huq).
Can the President Be Indicted? Yes, But not by Who you Think, Fortune, May 22, 2018.
2017
Reinterpret, Don’t Repeal, Huffington Post, October 6, 2017.
A Fresh Solution to the “Vetting” problem: Make Refugees Accountable to One Another, Vox.Com April 10, 2017.
How to Lose a Constitutional Democracy, Vox.Com, February 21, 2017.
2016
A Third Term Alternative? Huffington Post, November 7, 2016.
Heavy Lies the Crown, ForeignPolicy.com, October 15, 2016.
Reform the Referendum: Brexit and the Limits of Direct Democracy, Huffington Post, June 29, 2016.
After Scalia: A More Collegial Court?, Huffington Post, February 15, 2016.
2015
Saving Baby Madison, Cato Review Online, December 14, 2015.
Rearmament and the Rule of Law in Japan: When is it OK to Change the Constitution by Statute? Huffington Post, July 22, 2015
Grexit and Turkey: A Serious Proposal, Huffington Post, July 14, 2015
A Novel Solution for the Greek Debt Crisis: Join Turkey, Huffington Post, July 7, 2015
Stop Revering Magna Carta, New York Times, June 15, 2015
2014
Addition by Subtraction in the Maldives, Huffington Post, December 29, 2014
Ending Soccer Games: A Modest Proposal, Huffington Post, July 9, 2014
Thailand Needs to Talk, ForeignPolicy.com, June 6, 2014 (with Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez).
Afghanistan’s Constitution at Ten, ForeignPolicy.com, March 4, 2014 (with Aziz Huq).
Stop Coddling Lame Duck Karzai, Chicago Tribune, February 8, 2014.
A Tale of Two Countries: Constitutional Reform in the Middle East, Huffington Post, January 17, 2014.
2013
Iceland: End of the Constitutional Saga? Huffington Post, April 6, 2013.
Gun Rights as American Exceptionalism, Bloomberg View, March 7, 2013.
2012
The Real Winner in the Egyptian Constitution? The Military, Huffington Post, December 7, 2012.
Five Voting Systems Even Worse than the Electoral College, ForeignPolicy.com, November 6, 2012.
Rules for Drones, Huffington Post, December 4, 2012.
Trouble, Again, in Paradise, Huffington Post, September 4, 2012.
Rebel without a Cause: Playing Chicken in South Sudan, Huffington Post, June 12, 2012.
2011
Libya's New Constitution: Lessons from Iraq's Missteps, Chicago Tribune, Oct. 21, 2011.