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Christopher Armitage
Founder and Publisher
Christopher Armitage is a legal scholar and journalist. He is the founder and publisher of The Existentialist Republic and the owner and editor in chief of Gavel Grab, a news site on the courts. He developed the oppositional federalism framework, which maps how states can lawfully oppose a federal government that has broken from the Constitution, and he coined the term. His legal commentary has run in JURIST, Verfassungsblog and the Brennan Center’s State Court Report. He is the author of The American Reformation: How States Can Use the Constitution to Break Authoritarian Capture and Toppling Tyrants: A Field Guide to Dismantling American Fascism. An Air Force veteran, he lives in Spokane, Washington.
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Basheer Bergus
Head of Growth
Basheer Bergus leads audience development and subscription growth at The Existentialist Republic. He joined at the publication’s launch in 2025 and has been Head of Growth since October 2025.
