Recently, he declared his candidacy for the Libertarian Party’s 2016 U.S. Senate nomination in Florida. Discussion about his candidacy on IPR has centered on his past remarks in favor of eugenics and an April 2013 letter he wrote to fellow DePaul graduates in which he renounced his U.S. citizenship, his law degree, law firm, and claimed he would go into hiding in the Florida wilderness to prepare for civil war. This letter, which he entitled “Departure Memo” is republished below as it was at Above the Law on April 22, 2013. The Saturnalian does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in this commentary.