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Apr 30, 2024 · Allies are laying the groundwork to restructure the presidency in line with a doctrine called the unitary executive theory, which holds that many of the constraints imposed on the...
Mar 29, 2021 · How did the notion of the deep state and theory of the unitary executive merge under Trump? Skowronek: Previously, the unitary executive was a constitutional claim discussed mainly in legal circles. When Trump connected it to the deep state, he gave the claim a political edge.
Jan 21, 2020 · By Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes. Klara Auerbach / The Atlantic. January 21, 2020. On January 13, 2020, a political scientist named Daniel Drezner tweeted a screenshot of a Washington Post...
Oct 19, 2023 · The Unitarian Executive before Trump. The unitary executive theory was controversial long before Trump became president. Some unitarians claim that every president has supported the idea of a unitary executive, if not by name then at least implicitly by their actions.
- g.dodds@concordia.ca
The unitary executive theory is conceptually a different concept in two ways. First, it applies to the US President, not US governors (state level executives). Second, unitary executive theory is about the President having control (not influence) over the federal bureaucracy.
Jul 18, 2023 · One key figure who bridges those periods is, of course, Antonin Scalia, who, when he becomes a Supreme Court Justice, writes this dissent that’s become a touchstone for champions of what’s called...
Nov 21, 2023 · Explainers. Politics. A Supreme Court case about stocks could help make Trump’s authoritarian dreams reality. The “unitary executive” is back, and it could supercharge Trump’s plans to...
