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Executive power and its limits
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1873+ words) So what were some of the biggest highlights of your career before your current role as National Legal Director of the ACLU? Cecillia Wang: I’ll try to be quick. As Amy said, I clerked on the Supreme Court in OT97, and…...
The who’s and what’s of presidential power
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (386+ words) Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White, which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its…...
Supreme Court clerks and networks of power
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (278+ words) Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making and what we can expect from the court…...
Advisory Opinions broadcast: Presidential Firing Power
9+ mon, 5+ day ago (102+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, on the president’s authority to fire the heads of independent, multi-member federal... Oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, on the president’s authority…...
Dick Cheney’s Expansive Vision of Presidential Power Lives on in Trump’s Agenda
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (1136+ words) to justify his actions by invoking the unitary executive theory, a conservative thesis that calls for total presidential control over the entire executive branch. Now, nearly two decades later, President Donald...set the tone for his second term by issuing…...
How deferential is the Roberts court to presidential power?
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (535+ words) order to focus on the modern era of more developed executive power. That brings us to the Warren era. Although...closer examination given contemporary debates about executive power. The following figure shows the overall...that the Roberts court is overly…...
Trump’s latest Army shake-up installs a political insider to the top civilian post, bypassing established military leadership
1+ week, 1+ day ago (744+ words) the second-most senior civilian official in the branch, per Newsweek. The U.S. Army currently has significant...
Where Congress controls the court
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (171+ words) Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff....
The Supreme Court’s quiet coup
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (515+ words) efforts are a transfer of power from the first branch of government to the third within our constitutional...“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of...
Who is driving the conversation at the Supreme Court?
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (568+ words) Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making and what we can expect from the court…...