RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Double Down on Raccoon Penis
Many legal scholars and others interested in the law, including me, will undoubtedly be paying attention this morning to the oral argument in Trump v. Barbara , the SCOTUS birthright citizenship case. You can find my latest Verdict column on the case . In the column, I defend birthright citizenship as a matter of fundamental principle, not just as a matter of the Fourteenth Amendment's meaning. I'll almost certainly weigh in on the case again after the oral argument (probably on Friday), but at this point it feels like everything worth saying by way of preview has been said. Accordingly, I thought I'd start the day off with a less weighty, but more bizarre foray into the latest news. A forthcoming book about HHS Secretary RFK Jr. makes use of previously unknown private diaries to reveal all sorts of interesting tidbits, such as this gem : "In his diary, [RFK Jr.] writes about cutting off the penis of a road-killed raccoon in 2001, while his 'kids waited patiently i...