Michael C. Dorf
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Michael C. Dorf
@dorfonlaw.bsky.social
Cornell constitutional law professor and dilettante in many other fields. Vegan. Cyclist. Knicks fan. I mostly provide links to my work, especially my Verdict columns & blog posts (as well as those of my co-bloggers). I also occasionally post snark.
One of those reasons is the chance that SCOTUS will invalidate Trump's tariffs after rebate check go out, creating a fiscal gap. In an accompanying blog post, I discuss a remedial problem in the removal power case and offer delayed invalidation as a possible solution. 👇
Remedies Revisited in the Removal Case
My latest Verdict column assesses President Trump's proposal to use tariff revenue to fund $2,000 payments to Americans earning under $100,...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I didn't deny he relies on exit polls, but he does for demographics. He says one cannot trust people's self-reports about why they voted how they did (which is true in general BTW) and the burden is on others to explain why only Latino men shifted to Trump if everyone was motivated by economics.
December 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
What are you talking about? Neil expressly states that he discounts the self-serving self reports of exit polls in favor of demographic shifts and non-shifts in the prior three elections.
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I also gave a talk in the same series, focusing on the Bill of Rights. That's also available on YouTube.
TCPL Presents The Constitution: Rights to Know. Program 1: The Bill of Rights
YouTube video by Tompkins County Public Library
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December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
You can watch live or after the fact via recording on the Tompkins County Public Library's YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdNV...
TCPL Presents The Constitution: Rights to Know. Program 4: Citizenship
YouTube video by Tompkins County Public Library
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December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
What if they hang it simultaneously with the number 34 (with or without Charles Oakley’s permission)?
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Thanks! It also prevents me from re-using any questions from year to year.
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not the point. Rubio's memo says the Biden font change was "not among the [State] Deparment's most illegal, immoral, radical, or wasteful instances of DEIA," thus implying Rubio thinks it's somewhat "illegal, immoral, radical, or wasteful" DEIA, thus endorsing the culture-war concept of DEIA.
December 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I agree that affirmance is most likely result but I’m not confident of a rebuke, and I would have preferred the certainty of a grant and summary affirmance.
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Yup
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Quite right. Just after oral argument in Trump v US, I wrote that the conservatives' hypothetical concerns were "like worrying about the side effects of using an epi pen in the middle of anaphylaxis."
A SCOTUS Firehose in Trump v United States
After rage-tweeting throughout the oral argument in Trump v. United States , I find myself somewhat at a loss as to what points to focus on...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I don't doubt the outcome ofTHIS case. Following Kagan's line of questioning, I'm suggesting that this won't end with agencies that exercise executive power.
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And it seems that Sauer and based on his questions, Justice Gorsuch, want to go there.
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM