Musing about law, books, and politics

Apologies

Hi, everyone. I totally messed up! I was trying to add a page, and sent you all an email. Please forgive the email. Best, Teri share this postFacebookRedditTwitteremailPinterestLinkedin


Your Questions

You all sent me some great questions. Here we go. Q: Hello Teri, I saw this one article on Medium that’s engaging in pure fearmongering nonsense by saying the U.S. has “already lost” and because it was written by a Read more…


[Click here to read on the Washington Post website] The drama Tuesday night in Wayne County, Mich., over whether to certify the election results was the perfect illustration of President Trump’s attempts to undermine the 2020 election and install himself Read more…


The Big Bang Theory of Democracy

Hungarian scholar Balint Magyar offers a theory that explains why the US is holding out against the same tactics that caused other countries to collapse into autocracy. His theory also explains why comparisons across nations don’t always work. While writing Read more…


How Trump’s Stupid Lawsuits Could (and should) Backfire on the GOP

[Disclaimer: I’m writing quickly at the end of a long day. Any typing errors or garbled sentences are the fault of keyboard gremlins.] Trump and pals have been busy trying to subvert American democracy. They’re finding out it isn’t so Read more…


Sadopopulism Again (and Pardons, and more)

Seems not everyone has heard of Sadopopulism (Timothy Snyder’s term) Trump voters have always suffered from his policies. They suffer from tax policies that makes them poorer. They suffer when they don’t have health care. They suffer from cuts in Read more…


Your Questions

Several people on Twitter asked me about this: Trying to steal the election by means of “faithless electors” is a plan doomed to failure. Electors are not state employees or bureaucrats. Each party, ahead of the election, chooses its slate Read more…


More Questions

Questions from the “Ask Teri” button in blue. Others from Twitter. Q: I’m already hearing chatter, both online and with friends, that Kamala Harris isn’t a viable presidential candidate for 2024. Do you have ideas on how can we move our Read more…


Answering your Questions

First, the Great Election Day Con. Then, I’ll answer questions from Twitter followers and questions that came from the “Ask Teri” button on my blog. I: The Great Election Day Con I expanded my thoughts about what is happening with Read more…


Big Tents Get Messy

The Republican Party represents a minority of Americans (white reactionary Christians). It’s largely homogenous.  The Democratic Party includes: Everyone else. More specifically the Democrats include:  Latino communities in California Cubans in Florida Southern small-town African American communities Big, diverse cities Read more…