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New on the Rationally BASED substack, my student Ben Ayanian and I have a post assessing the three bases of legal authority for waging war against Iran -- international law, the OLC framework, and original meaning. Take a look! open.substack.com/pub/rationally…

An end to Habeas Chaos... for now! @rationallypod

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TOMORROW: Our listeners will finally get our promised deep dive into birthright citizenship. We break down Ilan’s argument & his testimony in Congress supporting the Trump EO, the government and amicus briefs, and some originalism vs common good constitutionalism. LINKS:

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“This is a marvelous – simultaneously sophisticated and accessible – introduction to the world of structural constitutionalism. It provokes careful thought on virtually every page.” -Gary Lawson, University of Florida and a living legend. Thank you for the blurb! Link in bio!

Government’s reply brief in Trump v Barbara is in. Starts off explaining why the respondent’s theory re birthright citizenship is “illogical”: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/2…

Adrian Vermeule on birthright citizenship, general principles of jurisprudence, and the nature of republics. open.substack.com/pub/thenewdige…

Did JP Cooney’s interest in running for Congress emerge only after he was fired, or was it a longstanding aspiration of his that he kept in the back (or forefront) of his mind as he engaged in prosecutions of his party’s political enemies? The public integrity section is important and politicians of both parties presumably commit crimes and should be held accountable in appropriate circumstances. And most prosecutors never run for office as far as I know. But can we really pretend that all political prosecutions are conducted by neutral and apolitical career folk? It may actually be better that we know that what Trump’s DOJ is doing is because he won an election and wants the thing in question done. Maybe it’s better than pretending that career prosecutors are apolitical?

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Episode 8: Asymmetrical Lawfare. Our live taping of Rationally BASED from last week just dropped. Catch also our deep dive into birthright citizenship next week. If you like the show please like and subscribe, it helps us a ton! Links in next post.

My cohost and student guest cohosts after our live taping of Rationally BASED. Stay tuned episode drops this week!

Great discussion ahead of the 2026 National Student Symposium during a live taping of "Rationally BASED," hosted by Prof. Ilan Wurman (@ilan_wurman) and Kathryn Johnson (@KathrynCJ6), with student guests David Haungs, Matthew Holmes, and Morgan Larson. #LibertyRising

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