January 20, 2024

The Week of Mickey and Donald

I had some thoughts this week on two ongoing civil trials against former president Donald Trump and the release of Mickey Mouse into the public domain.

January 19, 2024

Mickey Mouse Is Free

On January 1st, the classic 1928 Disney animated short, “Steamboat Willie,” entered the public domain, and the earliest versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse are now available for anyone to remix, adapt, and redistribute (with some important limitations).

January 16, 2024

Trump Trial Update: The Walls Are Crumbling

The walls are closing in on the NY Fraud and Carroll Defamation cases as both should resolve with major Trump losses by the end of the month.

December 30, 2023

Obama to Seek Third Term as President

How would issues of Constitutional disqualification play out in a world where former President Barack Obama sought a third term as president?

December 20, 2023

Trump Disqualified in Colorado...But Why?

Presenting the traffic light metaphor that explains a ruling that may keep Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado, and what it means to the rest of the country.

December 16, 2023

Rudy Giuliani Loses Biggly while Trump's Trial Ends with a Whimper

There's been a lot happening in the American Justice system, the place where politicians, their children, and their associates can (hopefully) still ...

December 6, 2023

Disqualifying Donald Trump from the Ballot

Web3 shifts into law and politics with the American Justice Project. This week, the Disqulification Clause cases.

October 31, 2023

Halloween Treats

This morning, YEAR holders received an airdrop of the first seven tokens of Project 12, a token-gated maze that players navigate by collecting locations and solving puzzles along a storytelling route.

October 15, 2023

Book #5561: A Case Study

On July 13, 2022, at 6:46 PM ET, Otto the Poolboy minted a tokenized book. This case study explores the rise and fall of the Bored & Dangerous collection through the history of a single NFT.