Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, is author of The Twilight of International Human Rights Law. Follow him on Twitter.

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Trump Is Violating Federal Law by Pushing His Attorney General to Go After Hillary Clinton

Daniel Hemel and Eric Posner

July 27, 2017 4:24 PM
Forget the Moderate Talk. Merrick Garland Would Shift the Supreme Court Decisively Leftward.

Eric Posner

March 17, 2016 1:56 PM
The Tragedy of Antonin Scalia

Eric Posner

Feb 15, 2016 1:10 PM
Ted Cruz Is Not Eligible to Be President, According to the Most Plausible Interpretation of the Constitution

Eric Posner

Feb 08, 2016 12:26 PM
Banks Get Away With Charging High Fees Thanks to Your Mutual Funds

Eric Posner

Jan 07, 2016 11:37 AM
ISIS Gives Us No Choice but to Consider Limits on Speech

Eric Posner

Dec 15, 2015 5:37 PM
Denying Guns to Those on the No-Fly List Is Much More Complicated Than It Seems

Eric Posner

Dec 07, 2015 11:21 AM
Why Are People So Scared of Syrian Refugees?

Eric Posner

Nov 20, 2015 5:26 PM
Obama’s Lawyers Have Been Nothing More Than a Rubber Stamp

Eric Posner

Nov 09, 2015 1:06 PM
Ben Bernanke, Student of the Great Depression, Repeated a Mistake of the Great Depression

Eric Posner

Oct 29, 2015 3:34 PM
American Presidents Have More Power Than Ever. Are We Heading Toward Dictatorship?

Eric Posner

Oct 23, 2015 11:34 AM
The Supreme Court Is Losing Public Approval and Prestige

Eric Posner

Oct 07, 2015 5:04 PM
Europe Should Learn From the United States and Australia How to Handle a Refugee Crisis

Eric Posner

Sept 08, 2015 12:33 PM
When Immigration Opponents Talk About “Jobs,” That’s Code for “Culture”

Eric Posner

Aug 25, 2015 9:29 AM
This Man Wants to Become President, Pass One Law, and Resign. You Should Support Him.

Eric Posner

Aug 13, 2015 12:43 PM
Women Don’t “Donate” Eggs, They Sell Them. And They Should Get a Better Price.

Eric Posner

July 29, 2015 1:58 PM
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Can’t Agree on Anything

Eric Posner

June 30, 2015 3:26 PM
The United States’ Program for Selling Citizenship Is a Scam

Eric Posner

May 13, 2015 10:00 AM
Mutual Funds Make Air Travel More Expensive

Eric Posner and E. Glen Weyl

April 16, 2015 9:46 AM
Are the Benefits of Our New Shaming Culture Worth the Costs?

Eric Posner

April 09, 2015 11:14 AM