Archive - MHB’s Substack

We're being lied to

The SCOTUS order in Noem v. Abrego Garcia

Apr 21 •

Michael H. Bloom

March 2025

What do the words “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” mean?

A Legal Analysis of United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Mar 28 •

Michael H. Bloom

THE PARABLE OF MICHAEL GABLEMAN

The two parts of this piece were previously published in the Lakeland Times, in Minocqua, Wisconsin, and the Northwoods River News, in Rhinelander…

Mar 18 •

Michael H. Bloom

DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO PARDON HIMSELF?

On June 4, 2018, President Trump posted a tweet declaring, among other things, that “I have an absolute right to PARDON myself…”

Mar 18 •

Michael H. Bloom

This is MHB’s Substack.

Mar 18 •

Michael H. Bloom

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