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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 7h

My own view is that there is a theory but it’s not originalist. It’s basically political theology

Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you think the unitary executive theory is driven by originalism, you haven’t been reading the relevant scholarship on the topic.

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Don’t be a hyperventilating resistance lib and read anything at all into Hegseth’s “department of war” creating a “FASCOM.”

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And, alas again, I am that parent

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quite the window into what really drives concerns about welfare fraud, if it wasn’t already clear.

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Christine Kexel Chabot @kexelchabot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Since when is it anti-democratic for a President to abide by the terms of a federal statute? @leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social have an important new paper highlighting slippery slope problems presented by the strong form of UET: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Is the Unitary Executive Democratic or Autocratic Governance?

This essay examines whether the unitary executive theory provides for democratic or autocratic governance. It argues that the unitary executive theory's underly

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of the key takeaways from Bill Gates’ interview with Ezra Klein is that Bill Gates has a really irritating personality. Also, AI may kill hundreds of millions of people, but that’s old news.

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also who cares what Biden did in this context? Just throwing Trump a “both sides” bone?

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Ben Eidelson @beidelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1/ The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights just released its report on campus antisemitism and Title VI. I testified at the hearing. The report is unanimous, bipartisan, & debunks the main legal theories behind recent attacks on universities for allegedly tolerating antisemitism. 🧵

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Check out David’s fabulous essay in our forthcoming volume, Building Democratic Capacity: Essays on Administrative Law’s Futures.

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s an important constitutional move. If the president can do no wrong, his creatures surely can

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dem presidential hopefuls need to start being clear that they intend to prosecute people who do criminal things at Trump’s behest. Trump might pardon them sure, but, then again, he may not, since he’s lazy, mercurial, and a narcissist.

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1000 percent chance of these gold bars going missing when Trump leaves the White House.

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Perfect outfit in which to ask, “are we in a tradwife exodus”

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Soon they’ll be telling me I can’t give my lectures with an iced coffee in hand, smh

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wonder what the relevant scienter requirement is

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In the form of encouraging the federal government to do literally anything, or AI taking the wheels and being like, “if you won’t regulate me I’ll do it myself, this is getting ridiculous”?

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026