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From spellchecker to system restore: a story of extreme aggression with sudo

I managed to poop all over my operating system with a spell checker.

Dec 12, 2020

From spellchecker to system restore: a story of extreme aggression with sudo

Dec 12, 2020

Paul Gowder

On “looting,” “rioting,” agency, and democracy.

First: it is unequivocally bad when people’s stuff gets destroyed. It is unequivocally bad when third parties to a social conflict are…

Aug 29, 2020

Aug 29, 2020

Paul Gowder

Some brief notes on what “police abolition” means to me.

These are some loose and only lightly proofread notes on what police abolition means to me. It was originally written as a facebook…

Jun 9, 2020

Some brief notes on what “police abolition” means to me.

Jun 9, 2020

Paul Gowder

Why I Signed the Law Professor’s Letter opposing the confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the…

Since I signed the law professor’s letter opposing the confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, I’ve received some e-mails…

Oct 4, 2018

Oct 4, 2018

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The Trump Threat to the Rule of Law and the Constitution

Donald Trump poses a threat to the rule of law. Here’s what we can do to stand up for America’s constitutional order.

Feb 3, 2017

The Trump Threat to the Rule of Law and the Constitution

Feb 3, 2017

Paul Gowder

Iowa Legislative Hall of Shame, 2017 session thus far

A bunch of really terrible bills have been introduced in the Iowa legislature thus far in 2017.

Jan 28, 2017

Jan 28, 2017

Paul Gowder

Make Sure Donald Trump Can’t Tamper with Public Data

I’m written a small, hopefully useful, tool to allow for decentralized monitoring of public data (coding against Donald Trump). It’s called…

Jan 17, 2017

Make Sure Donald Trump Can’t Tamper with Public Data

Jan 17, 2017

Paul Gowder

The iPad Pro: First Impressions

I’m writing this on my brand new iPad Pro (gigantic model, specced up to the wazoo). In case anyone’s also thinking about pulling the…

Jan 10, 2017

Jan 10, 2017

Paul Gowder

Security people: why is this idea dumb?

Reflections on the occasion of watching someone fairly sophisticated narrowly avoid getting phished about an hour ago.

Dec 27, 2016

Dec 27, 2016

Paul Gowder

It is incorrect to compare Donald Trump’s terrifying tweet about stripping citizenship from…

Constitutional lawyer here. Let’s talk some sense.

Nov 29, 2016

Nov 29, 2016

Paul Gowder

Paul Gowder

Law prof/political scientist writing about con law, political philosophy, data, professional ethics, and justice. And whatever I want. http://paul-gowder.com

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