The Trump Administration’s approach to the government shutdown is aimed above all at recovering the unitary executive as envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. Article II’s vesting clause, the epitome of “short and sweet,” empowers the president to control the executive branch, as Alexander Hamilton explained in Federalist 70. Though the administrative state steadily... Read more about: Cutting Back the Administrative State The post Cutting Back the Administrative State appear...| The American Mind
It won’t work, but it sure will rattle the economy.| The American Prospect
And just like that, it frees Elon Musk—and any fellow employers—to violate whatever rights their workers thought they enjoyed.| The American Prospect
Judge Boasberg ruled the migrants are entitled to due process in determing whether they really are "alien enemies" covered by the Act.| Reason.com
The 2-1 ruling is procedural, but strongly suggests the majority judges also reject the Trump administration's position on the merits.| Reason.com
Delivered on the eve of the country’s 247th celebration of Independence Day (4 July), the constitutional confusion exhibited and exacerbated by the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) majority opinion regarding…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective