David Froomkin
@dfroomkin.bsky.social
Assistant professor, University of Houston Law Center. I write about democracy and the separation of powers. ssrn.com/author=3062912
An honorable and statesmanlike jurist like Sam Alito? Perish the thought!
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
An honorable and statesmanlike jurist like Sam Alito? Perish the thought!
I think we are in a moment that historians will look back on as an important case study in the resilience of the rule of law (with the answer yet to be determined).
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I think we are in a moment that historians will look back on as an important case study in the resilience of the rule of law (with the answer yet to be determined).
Reposted by David Froomkin
That's the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 1966, 5 U.S.C. § 7342, under which Trump doesn't get to keep foreign gifts unless he buys them at fair market value. Do we think Trump doesn't know this? Or do we think he just steals them, and assume this is as dead a letter as so many other laws? 2/2
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
That's the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 1966, 5 U.S.C. § 7342, under which Trump doesn't get to keep foreign gifts unless he buys them at fair market value. Do we think Trump doesn't know this? Or do we think he just steals them, and assume this is as dead a letter as so many other laws? 2/2
It was great to meet you too!
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It was great to meet you too!