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Paul Gowder

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.

4 min readDec 12, 2020

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

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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…

4 min readAug 29, 2020

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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…

4 min readJun 9, 2020

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

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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…

7 min readOct 4, 2018

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Niskanen Center

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.

19 min readFeb 3, 2017

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The Trump Threat to the Rule of Law and the Constitution

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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.

2 min readJan 28, 2017

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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…

2 min readJan 17, 2017

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Make Sure Donald Trump Can’t Tamper with Public Data

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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…

5 min readJan 10, 2017

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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.

3 min readDec 27, 2016

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Paul Gowder

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

Constitutional lawyer here. Let’s talk some sense.

5 min readNov 29, 2016

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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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