Commentary

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The Supreme Court got it right on the Colorado ballot case
The Baltimore Sun
A constitutional analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision on ballot access, arguing that authority over federal elections rests with Congress—not individual states—and reinforcing structural limits on state power.

Letter to the editor: “Ethics” for court just a power grab
The Washington Times
A separation-of-powers argument opposing congressional attempts to impose ethics rules on the Supreme Court, emphasizing constitutional limits on legislative authority.

Targeting pro-Trump lawyers hurts clients
The Washington Times
An analysis of disciplinary actions against politically controversial attorneys, arguing that such efforts risk undermining client rights and the adversarial legal system.

MITCHELL: What Dick Durbin And Ted Lieu Get Wrong About Congress And The Supreme Court
Daily Caller
A critique of congressional claims of authority over the Supreme Court, arguing that constitutional structure—not political pressure—defines the limits of legislative power.

Will Judge Tanya S. Chutkan be fair to Donald Trump? I think so.
The Afro-American Newspapers
A defense of judicial integrity, arguing that courts must be evaluated on legal standards—not political narratives or public pressure.

Commentary: When judicial bias is prevalent — what can a lawyer do?
The Afro-American Newspapers
An exploration of judicial bias and the ethical and strategic challenges attorneys face when confronting perceived unfairness in the courtroom.

The AI Emperor Has No Clothes: Why the Public Shouldn’t Trust Elon Musk, Bill Gates, or the Hype Machine

Baltimore Post-Examiner
A critique of the exaggerated promises surrounding artificial intelligence, focusing on the gap between public hype, real-world performance, and the risks of treating flawed technology as unquestioned progress.

Trump’s Dilemma: Reform the U.S. Department of Education or Kill It?

Baltimore Post-Examiner
A policy-focused argument examining whether the Department of Education should be reformed rather than dismantled, with attention to federal authority, educational access, and institutional consequences.

MITCHELL: Justice for Jordan Neely

The Washington Informer
A commentary on law, morality, and public reaction to the killing of Jordan Neely, questioning efforts to justify violence under the language of order, fear, or self-defense.

Sinners - An entertaining, but overrated vampire movie

The Mitchell Report

Two contrary or even contradictory things can be true at the same time. A film can be entertaining and overrated. Sinners is both. The film has been praised in some circles as if it were a cinematic masterpiece.  It is not.

Denzel Washington Wasn’t Snubbed by the Academy—He Just Picked the Wrong Role in the Wrong Movie

Baltimore Post-Examiner
A cultural commentary on performance, legacy, and public perception, arguing that awards narratives often ignore the simpler truth about weak roles and flawed films.