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The Certified Child: Implications of Requiring DNA Tests at Birth: A White Paper

Posted on September 3, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. Summary Proposals to require DNA testing at the birth of children have surfaced in several jurisdictions over the past two decades, usually framed as a remedy for misattributed fatherhood and unstable birth records. A Tennessee legislator has repeatedly introduced … Continue reading →

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Subtraction, Not Suspicion: The Misaimed Architecture of American Child Detection and the Case for a Reconciliation Layer

Posted on September 2, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract Cases of prolonged child confinement — children held out of all institutional contact for years while their households remain enrolled in public benefits — are routinely described as failures of child protective services. They are not. They are failures … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Coyote Vs. Acme

Posted on August 31, 2026 by nathanalbright

[Disclosure notice: The reviewer is a small investor in Legion M, a crowdfunding company that partnered with Ketcup! for the release of this film.] At the beginning of this movie, the filmmakers thanked those of us whose writing and posting … Continue reading →

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The Vacant Bench: Institutional Depth in the Norwegian Royal House at the Accession of Haakon VIII

Posted on August 28, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. Framing A companion paper in this series examined the Thai royal house, where the analytical problem is that a genealogically enormous dynasty sits atop a legitimacy structure that is coercively maintained and therefore brittle. Norway presents the exact inverse. … Continue reading →

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Wires Overhead, Wires Below: How Nations Choose to Bring Power to the Home: A White Paper on the Political Economy and Engineering of Last-Mile Electricity Distribution

Posted on August 28, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. The Puzzle A traveler moving between countries notices the difference before he can name it. In an American suburb, wooden poles march down the alley or the back lot line, each carrying a gray canister transformer and a fan … Continue reading →

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The Unwarranted Warrant: Compelled Third-Party Device Disclosure in Criminal Litigation and the Case for a Statutory Protocol

Posted on August 24, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract When a criminal defendant subpoenas the personal electronic device of a person who is not a party to the prosecution, American procedure has no coherent answer. The Fourth Amendment does not reach the request, because the movant is not … Continue reading →

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Two Ledgers, One Club: Owner-Affiliated Debt, the Partitioned Channel, and the Fraud Question in Los Angeles: A white paper on the financial architecture of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the standards that would catch other clubs

Posted on August 21, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. The Question, Restated The public conversation about the Dodgers has fused two arguments that have almost nothing to do with each other. The first is a live federal investigation into whether the club’s controlling owner concealed related-party financial connections … Continue reading →

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Sources and Verification

Posted on August 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Paper 9 of a Series on Pseudolaw: Appendix Abstract This appendix exists because the series has rested its case on a single claim: that pseudolegal assertions can be checked against their sources, and that the checking settles the matter. A … Continue reading →

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Recognition and Response

Posted on August 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Paper 8 of a Series on Pseudolaw Abstract The preceding seven papers established what pseudolegal theories are, where they came from, what they claim, why the claims fail, what they cost, how the scriptural case for them collapses, and why … Continue reading →

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Sound Convictions, False Remedies: Why Pseudolaw Recruits Where It Does, and How Legitimate Advocacy Can Be Protected From It

Posted on August 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Paper 7 of a Series on Pseudolaw Abstract The preceding papers established what pseudolegal theories claim, why the claims fail against their cited sources, what they cost those who adopt them, and how the scriptural case for them collapses at … Continue reading →

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