In Defense of the ‘Deplorables’
September 18th, 2016
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-deplorables-defense-20160914-story.html
Gleichschaltung, American Style
August 18th, 2016
Gleichschaltung–American Style by George W. Liebmann Gleiichschaltung was the process by which the new Nazi regime in Germany subordinated to itself every independent organism in the German state–the Prussian police (1932, under the Papen government), the political parties, federal states, labor unions, universities and Protestant churches (1933), the Army (1934). The underlying purpose was set […]
1920 Revisited?
August 16th, 2016
1920 Revisited? by George W. Liebmann Many Americans are bemused by the success of a candidate who has mastered the fascist speaking techniques described by the sociologist David Riesman in 1942: “The violence and daring of the verbal onslaughts exercise a great appeal over the imagination of lower middle-class folk who live insipid and anxious […]
The Court and the Candidates
August 16th, 2016
The Court and the Candidates by George W. Liebmann How did we wind up with two presidential candidates who evoke widespread if not universal contempt? A surprising number of the root causes can be laid at the door of the Supreme Court.. The crux of its influence on American culture is found in the so-called […]
Reassembling Land
April 15th, 2016
Regulation Magazone, Spring 2016 http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/2016/4/regulation-v39n1-8-updated.pdf
A Statue that Must Remain
February 21st, 2016
A Statue that Must Remain by George W. Liebmann Baltimore Sun, February 20, 2016 In its editorial supporting the removal of the memorial to Chief Justice Taney in Mount Vernon Place, the Sun referred to the Dred Scott decision as Justice Taney’s “best known achievement in life” as though the monument was […]
Beyond Citizens United
December 14th, 2015
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-liebmann-20151213-story.html
Fifty Years of Reapportionment
November 10th, 2015
by George W. Liebmann In late 1964, I was a young associate in a Baltimore law firm, which I had joined while waiting to serve six months in the Army Reserve. I was allowed to cut my teeth on insurance subrogation cases, and when I returned from my adventures at Ft. Jackson and Ft. […]
The State of the Parties
August 25th, 2015
The state of the parties By George W. Liebmann Baltimore Sun Online AUGUST 21, 2015, 10:17 AM Twenty–five years ago, an eminent legal scholar, the late Philip Kurland, suggested that the tone of American politics was reminiscent of that in inter-war continental Europe. Democrats devote themselves to appeals on lines of race, gender, and nationality. […]
Restoring the Domain of Politics
July 9th, 2015
Liebmann and Shively,P.A.:Local Government and Education Law Home Hamdan and the Law Federalism and Criminal Law Creating Community in Planned Communities (Conference) Common Law Tradition: A Collective Portrait (On-line Lecture) Review of Victor Klemperer, The Lesser Evil: Diaries 1945-1969 Review of Sarah Binder, Stalemate: The Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock Review of Gabriel Schoenfeld, […]