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Executive Power
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Simple Justice
The Medvedev Trick
Andrew Sullivan chronicles some of our president’s abuses of power for his own personal gain. If you’re unfamiliar with what this is about, or refuse to believe that Trump isn’t…
Legal Theory Blog
Download of the Week: “Interim Orders, the Presidency, and Judicial Supremacy” by Goldsmith
The Download of the Week is Interim Orders, the Presidency, and Judicial Supremacy by Jack Landman Goldsmith. Here is the abstract: This essay analyzes the eighteen interim orders concerning Trump…
PrawfsBlawg
The Regime’s Legal War on Temerity; or, the Developing Federal Offense of Lese-Majeste
Main Wednesday, August 06, 2025The Regime's Legal War on Temerity; or, the Developing Federal Offense of Lese-MajesteOne of the interesting aspects of the Trump regime, which is also effectively a…
Legal Theory Blog
Goldsmith on Recent Interim Supreme Court Orders
Jack Landman Goldsmith (Harvard Law School) has posted Interim Orders, the Presidency, and Judicial Supremacy (forthcoming Harvard Law Review (November 2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This essay analyzes…
PrawfsBlawg
Some Necessary Context on the U.S. Attorney Appointments
Main Wednesday, July 30, 2025Some Necessary Context on the U.S. Attorney AppointmentsAt the Volokh Conspiracy blog, Paul Cassell and Steven Calabresi have had a valuable and interesting series of posts…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Conversation: “A law from the era of Red Scares is supercharging Trump administration’s power over immigrants and noncitizens”
Daniel Tichenor for The Conversation explains how the virulently anti-communist Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 is being used by the Trump administration in ramping up immigration enforcement. He writes…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS: Trump can burn down the government, for now . . . and later (Updated)
Main Monday, July 14, 2025SCOTUS: Trump can burn down the government, for now . . . and later (Updated)I have not particularly celebrated lower-court decisions preliminarily enjoining enforcement of Trump's…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Clears the Way for Executive Control
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Christopher Sakauye
A divided Ninth Circuit panel declined to push the pause button on a San Francisco-based district court’s nationwide injunction blocking the government from carrying out President Trump’s executive order aimed…
PrawfsBlawg
How Should the “Only Nationally Elected Official” Behave?
Main Saturday, July 12, 2025How Should the "Only Nationally Elected Official" Behave?As has been the case all year--and indeed is generally the case--most of the interesting developments in constitutional law…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Today’s podcast episode: Can the President Remove Governors of Federal Independent Agencies Without Cause?
The podcast show we are releasing this week focuses generally on the so-called “Unitary Executive Theory” and specifically on the legality of President Trump firing without cause the Democratic Commissioners…