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JL;DR SUMMARY Seth Barrett Tillman, an Orthodox Jewish legal scholar based in Ireland, has risen to prominence due to his unconventional interpretations of the U.S. Constitution that have been utilized in defending Donald Trump. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Orthodox JudaismIrelandDonald TrumpAmerican PoliticsConstitutional LawHarvard Law SchoolLegal SystemSeth Barrett TillmanEmoluments ClausePresidential Powers

Places mentioned

Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland
"In 2011, he accepted a teaching post at Maynooth University, in County Kildare, Ireland."
Dublin, Ireland
"When Donald Trump was facing serious legal challenges... theories of law professor... who lives in Dublin."
Yonkers, New York, United States
"Tillman, born in Yonkers, New York, in 1963 and raised in a non-Orthodox Jewish home in the suburbs of Rockland County."
New York, United States
"Tillman, born in Yonkers, New York, in 1963 and raised in a non-Orthodox Jewish home in the suburbs of Rockland County."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Why did this obscure academic, linguistic debate relate to Trump? In 2017, he was sued for purported violations of the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause."
Dublin, Ireland
"...Chabad, which sells food out of a new Chabad House in Dublin, and it also has a very good restaurant."
United States
"When Donald Trump was facing serious legal challenges to his second bid for the presidency..."
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