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Richard K. Sherwin

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Richard K. Sherwin, Professor Emeritus of Law at New York Law School, is the author of When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line between Law and Popular Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2000).

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  1. Trump’s Enablers on the Supreme Court
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    Trump’s Enablers on the Supreme Court

    Apr 29, 2024 Richard K. Sherwin thinks the majority's support for broad immunity for former presidents rests on a dangerous premise.

  2. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Twisted Fantasy
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    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Twisted Fantasy

    Apr 8, 2024 Richard K. Sherwin asks why the scion of a storied political family is playing the role of a spoiler against President Joe Biden.

  3. What Fundamentalist Christians See in Trump
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    What Fundamentalist Christians See in Trump

    Mar 7, 2024 Richard K. Sherwin explains how a key voting bloc can be so enthusiastic about so un-Christian a candidate.

  4. Will Trump Be on the Ballot?
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    Will Trump Be on the Ballot?

    Dec 22, 2023 Richard K. Sherwin explains what is at issue in ongoing legal cases seeking to prohibit the former president from running again.

  5. Trump’s Hollow Free-Speech Defense
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    Trump’s Hollow Free-Speech Defense

    Aug 14, 2023 Richard K. Sherwin explains why the US Constitution's First Amendment does not shield behavior intended to undermine an election.

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    Banned By Germany

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Germany recently prohibited a Palestinian Congress from taking place in Berlin, arrested its Jewish supporters, and barred one of its organizers, Greece’s former finance minister, from entering the country. But the turn to repression is powerful evidence that the country’s pro-Israel political consensus is breaking down.

     sees in his case an effort to enforce with repression a pro-Israel political consensus that is breaking down.
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    China Should Emulate Taiwan’s Tech Policies

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng urge the Chinese government to follow the island's lead by embracing the financialization of innovation.
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    The Macron Moment

    Mark Leonard thinks the French president has the capability to provide the strategic leadership that Europe needs.
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    Is Climate Action China’s Trump Card?

    Li Shuo & Lauri Myllyvirta explain why the country’s emissions-reduction plan for 2035 could accelerate the fight against global warming.
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    Alison LaCroix on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more

    Alison L. LaCroix explains why “originalist” methods of constitutional interpretation are deeply ahistorical, describes the zero-sum relationship between state and federal power in modern America, identifies possible historical analogues for the upcoming US presidential election, and more.
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    America’s Frustrating Search for a Soft Economic Landing

    Michael R. Strain warns that beating inflation in the United States will likely require an increase in the unemployment rate.
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    Finishing the Job of Global Tax Cooperation

    José Antonio Ocampo offers a blueprint for ongoing negotiations toward a new convention to tax multinationals and the wealthy.
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    The End of Magical Debt Thinking

    Kenneth Rogoff welcomes economists’ recent reassessment of the costs and benefits of public borrowing.
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    The West Must Not Let Putin Win

    Chris Patten implores the US and Europe to continue supporting Ukraine’s fight for freedom with weapons and aid.

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