The banner ad on NYTimes.com is for tickets to Hamilton on Broadway, but the banner headline below makes me think that Thomas Jefferson is the Founding Father whose words are most relevant to our moment:

“Were not this great country already divided into states…

[Note: Guest poster Jennifer Nou is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.]

[NOTE: This post (like the forthcoming article to which it refers) was co-written with Aaron Nielson. Check out Yale JREG’s Notice & Comment for more of Aaron’s blogging.]

My last post suggested that a campaign contribution to your preferred presidential candidate is a very good investment even though the chance of your money changing the result of the election is very small. The argument relies on the…