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What Can Democrats Learn From Trump’S 2020 Performance?, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2020

What Can Democrats Learn From Trump’S 2020 Performance?, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


What Will A Post-Trump U.S. Supreme Court Look Like? It Might Not Be All That Bad For Liberals, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2020

What Will A Post-Trump U.S. Supreme Court Look Like? It Might Not Be All That Bad For Liberals, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


December 2, 2020: Reform The Electoral College, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2020

December 2, 2020: Reform The Electoral College, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Reform the Electoral College“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The Electoral College Is Dangerously Vulnerable To Manipulation. It's Time To Fix It, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2020

The Electoral College Is Dangerously Vulnerable To Manipulation. It's Time To Fix It, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


This Year’S Divided Electorate Is A Reminder Of Why We Need Workable, Governing Majorities, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2020

This Year’S Divided Electorate Is A Reminder Of Why We Need Workable, Governing Majorities, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Alito, Conservative Justices Are Fighting Old Ghosts In Pa. Count All The Ballots, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2020

Alito, Conservative Justices Are Fighting Old Ghosts In Pa. Count All The Ballots, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


November 5, 2020: Count All The Pennsylvania Ballots--Conservative Justices Are Seeing The Ghost Of Bush V. Gore, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2020

November 5, 2020: Count All The Pennsylvania Ballots--Conservative Justices Are Seeing The Ghost Of Bush V. Gore, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Count All the Pennsylvania Ballots--Conservative Justices Are Seeing the Ghost of Bush v. Gore“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


We Need Independent Judicial Review. We Don’T Need The Filibuster. Let's Get Rid Of It, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2020

We Need Independent Judicial Review. We Don’T Need The Filibuster. Let's Get Rid Of It, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


October 18, 2020: Anti-Racism, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2020

October 18, 2020: Anti-Racism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Anti-Racism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The One Religious Question That Amy Coney Barrett Shouldn’T Have To Answer, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2020

The One Religious Question That Amy Coney Barrett Shouldn’T Have To Answer, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Mcconnell’S Lust To Control The Supreme Court Could Destroy It, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2020

Mcconnell’S Lust To Control The Supreme Court Could Destroy It, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Political Tribalism Is Trumping Accountability. That’S Bad For Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2020

Political Tribalism Is Trumping Accountability. That’S Bad For Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Here’S Everything Libertarians Like Russ Diamond Get Wrong About Mask-Wearing, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2020

Here’S Everything Libertarians Like Russ Diamond Get Wrong About Mask-Wearing, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


N.Y.’S James Is Right To Go After The Nra For Fraud And Malfeasance. Seeking To Dissolve It Is A Step Too Far., Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2020

N.Y.’S James Is Right To Go After The Nra For Fraud And Malfeasance. Seeking To Dissolve It Is A Step Too Far., Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


August 7, 2020: Latitia James's Tyranny, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2020

August 7, 2020: Latitia James's Tyranny, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Latitia James's Tyranny“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


August 5, 2020: The Power Of Prayer, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2020

August 5, 2020: The Power Of Prayer, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Power of Prayer“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


In Harrisburg And D.C., The Gop Meddling With Our Courts Is A Threat To Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2020

In Harrisburg And D.C., The Gop Meddling With Our Courts Is A Threat To Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


July 26, 2020: No Federal Police Power, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2020

July 26, 2020: No Federal Police Power, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “No Federal Police Power“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


If We’Re Serious About Protecting Religious Liberty, We Need Universal Healthcare, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2020

If We’Re Serious About Protecting Religious Liberty, We Need Universal Healthcare, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Are We Witnessing The Death Of Reason And Truth In American Public Life?, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2020

Are We Witnessing The Death Of Reason And Truth In American Public Life?, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


July 1, 2020: Originalism Is Dead, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2020

July 1, 2020: Originalism Is Dead, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Originalism Is Dead“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Racism Is White People’S Fault. It’S Our Responsibility To End It, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2020

Racism Is White People’S Fault. It’S Our Responsibility To End It, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


May 18, 2020: Why Have Taxes At All?, Bruce Ledewitz May 2020

May 18, 2020: Why Have Taxes At All?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Why Have Taxes At All?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 5, 2020: Preparing The Ground To Overrule Roe?+A5, Bruce Ledewitz May 2020

May 5, 2020: Preparing The Ground To Overrule Roe?+A5, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Preparing the Ground to Overrule Roe?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 28, 2020: Foreboding About The Stimulus Bill, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2020

March 28, 2020: Foreboding About The Stimulus Bill, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Foreboding About the Stimulus Bill“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 26, 2020: The Crisis Over Recusal, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2020

February 26, 2020: The Crisis Over Recusal, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Crisis Over Recusal“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Saving Judicial Independence From The Nihilism Of Court-Packing, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2020

Saving Judicial Independence From The Nihilism Of Court-Packing, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.


Ai Report: Humanity Is Doomed. Send Lawyers, Guns, And Money!, Ashley M. London Jan 2020

Ai Report: Humanity Is Doomed. Send Lawyers, Guns, And Money!, Ashley M. London

Law Faculty Publications

AI systems are powerful technologies being built and implemented by private corporations motivated by profit, not altruism. Change makers, such as attorneys and law students, must therefore be educated on the benefits, detriments, and pitfalls of the rapid spread, and often secret implementation of this technology. The implementation is secret because private corporations place proprietary AI systems inside of black boxes to conceal what is inside. If they did not, the popular myth that AI systems are unbiased machines crunching inherently objective data would be revealed as a falsehood. Algorithms created to run AI systems reflect the inherent human categorization …