Jamelle Bouie on clayton's presidenting and UET

'Proponents of the unitary executive theory call it necessary for presidential accountability. This is backward. The theory works instead to shield the president from legislative scrutiny — to render him unaccountable except for a single, quadrennial election. This runs against the structure of the Constitution'

#usPol #unitaryExecutiveTheory #trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/opinion/trump-presidential-power-miller-vought.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.dZGD.voY4uCWp8Yvh&smid=url-share

#DickCheney also called Galactus !
#UnitaryExecutiveTheory
#ThéorieDeLExécutifUnitaire
in Vice (2018), by Adam McKay

https://youtu.be/_UPvTdDB-h0si=RrdsI8GTlbc9Y5wx

#MastoFilm #CineMastodon

“Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation” of the #Constitution.”

Professor Nelson is a former #ClarenceThomas law clerk and is often cited in opinions by the six conservative members of #SCOTUS. According to Nelson, reversing the landmark case #HumphreysExecutor would be an originalism mistake.

#originalism #ruleoflaw #legal #unitaryexecutivetheory

https://www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/10/the-emperors-new-clothes-originalism.html

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-02-20/donald-trump-hampton-dellinger-special-counsel-firing-removal-supreme-court

"Can the president fire anyone who works in the executive branch even when a law limits his power to do so?

To side with Trump and grant him that authority, the court would have to overrule long-standing precedents and adopt a radical theory of presidential power.
..
The administration is relying on an extreme view of presidential power known as the unitary executive theory.."

#Trump #SupremeCourt #uspol #UnitaryExecutiveTheory