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Executive Power
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
PING: Unitary executive theoryURL: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adminlaw/2008/12/unitary-executi.htmlIP: 204.9.178.6BLOG NAME: Administrative Law Prof BlogDATE: 01/02/2009 09:21:17 PMFor those interested in executive branch theory, Steven D. Schwinn (John Marshall – Chicago) has two relevant posts on our sibling, the Constitutional Law Prof Blog: The Sunday Reader: Pierce (on Calabresi and Yoo) on the Unitary Executive and The
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Professor Richard Pierce, Jr. (Geo. Washington), recently posted Saving the Unitary Executive Theory From Those Who Would Distort and Abuse It: A Review of The Unitary Executive, by Steven G.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots more talk about Presidential pardons
Main November 29, 2008Lots more talk about Presidential pardons This new AP article provides a detailed overview of the variety of federal defendants hoping to be the beneficiary of presidential…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
The Teaching Assistant
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Hello fellow profs! The semester is winding down, but it's not over yet! And, as you will see, there is no shortage of interesting stories to report.The ExecutiveFirst, a brief…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Begging Bush’s Pardon”
Main November 17, 2008"Begging Bush's Pardon"The title of this post is the title of this blog entry by Dan Froomkin over at the Washington Post. Here is how he invites…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Notes on the Executive Branch
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After an historical election cycle, we must now get back to the business of governing. With that in mind, we should consider the role of the executive in history, and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Looking at control of federal prosecutors as we look toward a new administration
Main October 28, 2008Looking at control of federal prosecutors as we look toward a new administrationJust posted on SSRN is this terrific looking new essay by Dan Richman, titled "Political…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Saturday Evening Review
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This Saturday evening's article is Rosalie Berger Levinson, Reining In Abuses Of Executive Power Through Substantive Due Process, 60 Florida Law Review 519 (2008).I have a definite soft spot for…
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Presidential Signing Statements
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President Bush this week issued statements in conjunction with his signature on two bills, claiming that aspects of those bills infringe upon the president's Article II powers. The Washington Post…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More remembering of the Clinton pardon ugliness
Main February 17, 2008More remembering of the Clinton pardon uglinessThanks to this post at Pardon Power, I see another commentary today recalling the pardon scandal that Bill Clinton created his…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NY commentary assails “Ebenezer Spitzer”
Main December 31, 2007NY commentary assails "Ebenezer Spitzer"Especially in the wake of the clemency debate between Republican candidates Romney and and Huckabee, I found interesting this local commentary assailing New…