I’m going to do in one post the “bottom 90” of Professor Robert Blomquist’s “100 Most Creative Moments in American Law” (having dealt with the top 10 in the last…

I’m still chewing over Professor Robert Blomquist’s fascinating paper, Thinking About Law and Creativity: On the 100 Most Creative Moments in American Law. Approaching his Moments 6 through 10, I…

A professor at Valparaiso Law School, Robert Blomquist, has produced a fascinating list of the 100 most creative moments in American law. To compile the survey, he solicited submissions from…

Slightly late, I am struck by the coincidence of anniversaries in the month of May which play a central role in my two books. For The Summer of 1787, May…

The Supreme Court recently ruled that it’s okay for states to require voters to show official identification papers before they are allowed to vote. The case, Crawford v. Marion County…

After a few years in the Writing Game, people start to send you books as they come out, which is mostly good. Sometimes, though, the pile begins to overwhelm. I…

The American Constitution Society posted some excerpts from my appearance with them a week or so ago. Next time I’ll sit up straighter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMkDuNJt01I

So, I was reading the memoir of Benjamin Perry at the Library of Congress today. Who? He was the first post-Civil War governor of South Carolina, appointed by President Andrew…

I just finished Joseph Ellis’ His Excellency, George Washington, a book I had dipped in and out of for research purposes without reading cover to cover. It is a worthy…