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This is a really important point. Don't let legalisms blind you to assault on our freedoms

This is ridiculous on its face. MAGA is a new thing, distinct from and generally opposed to the 40 year, democratic project to change the courts

What governs U.S. military action in Iran, statutorily and constitutionally? SRL convened Scott R. Anderson and Jamil Jaffer for a conversation on war powers. Moderated by Executive Director @greggnunziata.bsky.social.

This would be comical if it weren't so chilling. The entire senior leadership of the Justice Department should have resigned over something like this. They betray their oath and their country by their complicity. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

"Legislation to rein in our 'unbound' executive should be a priority. Obvious first steps would include strengthening the enforceability of congressional subpoenas, protecting against politicized law enforcement, and limiting the president’s emergency powers and ability to profit from his service."

In this post, I endorse @greggnunziata.bsky.social's call (in @theatlantic.com) to rethink conservative support for sweeping executive power, and add a few extensions and caveats of my own: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

A fascinating analysis by a conservative jurist of the evolution of American conservative legal thinking that helped create an “executive unbound” and put our constitutional system in danger. @greggnunziata.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Constitution's central premise is that liberty requires divided authority. @greggnunziata.bsky.social's new Atlantic piece argues the conservative legal movement helped erode that premise and now has to be the one to rebuild it.

The legal right spent decades empowering the presidency. Now it must reckon with the system it helped create. @greggnunziata.bsky.social, Executive Director of the Society for the Rule of Law, in @theatlantic.com.

If legal conservatives wish to defend the structural Constitution, we must rethink our approach to executive power. So I argue in @theatlantic.com today. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

With @greggnunziata.bsky.social, I have done a podcast. He heads the Society for the Rule of Law (@chkbal.bsky.social). We talk about his life in the GOP (and mine). Reagan, Scalia. Rubio (for whom he worked). And the rule of law -- something precious and rare. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/the-rule-o...

What are the constitutional limits on the president’s emergency powers to wage war on another country? Conservative attorney @greggnunziata.bsky.social joined The Briefing with Michael Waldman to discuss the courts, Congress, and executive overreach: bit.ly/4cM4l5v

Hugely looking forward to moderating this webinar tomorrow at 6pm with former SDNY Judge Shira Scheindlin, Society for the Rule of Law Exec Director @greggnunziata.bsky.social, and head of Law Firm Partners United Neel Chatterjee. Registration open to all, details below.

Who decides when an election is over? Federal courts shouldn't invent deadlines Congress never imposed.

America faces serious challenges, and Senate Republicans this week are debating the "SAVE America Act" and "investigating" Special Counsel Jack Smith, revealing a party totally in thrall of one man's dangerous delusions and frauds.

So much of the questioning from conservative justices in RNC v Watson reflected mere policy concerns. But the Court shouldn't do policy. That's the foundational idea of the conservative legal movement. That shouldn't change because elections hurt the president's feelings.

We're a relatively new, relatively small organization. But we are growing. We are conservatives who put the law and Constitution first. Our brief in this case caught the attention of SCOTUS. And we're just getting started. Join us. Support us. societyfortheruleoflaw.org

I have old-fashioned conservative views about voting. I think it should be in person, on one day. But I also believe in the Constitution, the law, and federalism. States have great leeway to establish the manner of their elections. The RNC is wrong in the case before SCOTUS.

The Pace of Judicial Appointments is Slowing substack.com/@chkbal/note...

Brian Fitzpatrick on how to address the lack of meaningful viewpoint diversity in academia. lawliberty.org/diversifying...

President Trump's net worth has reportedly increased b $1.4 BILLION in the first year of his second term. Tune in for a cross idealogical discussion about the problem public corruption, self-enrichment by public servants, and what to do about.

I spoke with @greggnunziata.bsky.social about political corruption and the legal path to fight it. I'm always grateful to speak to groups like Gregg's, because whatever liberal/conservative policy disagreements we have, we're united in a deeper commitment to the rule of law. youtu.be/T4bt0ugXLAs?...

I spoke to CBSNews about Trump's second-term judicial nominations: "No judge is going to be excited about the prospect of a president selecting future nominees based on any conception of loyalty to the occupant of the White House. That offends judges across the ideological spectrum."

"[T]he failure to condemn this is morally cowardly, but it's also politically shortsighted... The MAGA movement and the coalition that elected Donald Trump itself was pluralistic." — @greggnunziata.bsky.social, executive director of Society for the Rule of Law

I spoke with @npr.org bout some Congressional Republicans' anti-Muslim and anti-pluralism comments, and the cowardice of those who refuse to condemn them. www.npr.org/2026/03/14/g...

As Executive Director of the Society for the Rule of Law, and a former Republican Chief Nominations Counsel, I was immensely proud to join these briefs. These cases dramatically illustrate the importance of the separation of powers in protecting our liberty.

@greggnunziata.bsky.social of @chkbal.bsky.social: “All of us—but especially lawyers—have a duty not merely to use this system, but to proclaim its worth and to defend it from corrosion, exploitation, and abuse.” chkbal.substack.com/p/stewardshi...

"Is this what a military takeover of the civil justice system might look like?" Garri Hendell, Lt. Colonel in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, on why deputizing military lawyers for immigration enforcement is bound to fail.

"Perhaps it is too late to restore separation of powers in matters of war. But the continuing survival of our Republic as framed by our Constitution demands that we do not give up the fight..." Our charter member Richard Bernstein makes that case in Checks & Balances.

I wrote about what we gain from the rule of law, and what we owe to it, here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Judge Luttig called it "unprecedented." This week, the former Fourth Circuit Judge, joined by more than 175 former federal and state judges from both parties, filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court challenging the Court's growing use of the "shadow docket."

Most Americans have never heard of reconciliation, yet it shapes every major budget fight in Washington. Robert VerBruggen, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, explains how it works, why it's broken, and what a fix would look like.

I wrote about what we gain from the rule of law, and what we owe to it, here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

The law cannot be seen as a loaded gun on the table. For some, the law is just a tool for power. Treat it that way, and you undermine the system that protects everyone, left and right. @greggnunziata.bsky.social explains in Checks & Balances.

The only person Trump never threatens or criticizes is Putin. Ever.

After three years of foot dragging and delays by Trump supporters, the Jan 6 plaque is hung as Capitol opens for the week youtu.be/0CMFCgS5yHI?...

“Today it appears to many former DOJ employees and officials that the cathedral of justice is being dismantled stone by stone.” Fmr. AG Alberto Gonzales on what it will take to restore the rule of law and regain the confidence of the American people.

From Rich Bernstein: chkbal.substack.com/p/separation...

"The Cathedral of Justice is Crumbling" Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales writes for the Society for the Rule of Law's Checks and Balances. chkbal.substack.com/p/the-cathed...

We at the Society for the Rule of Law Institute have launched a Substack newsletter: Checks & Balances. We hope this will become a lively destination for debate and analysis of the critical legal issues of our time. Please consider following and sharing. chkbal.substack.com/p/why-were-j...

Honored to speak to BYU Law Students today.

I did a @chkbal.bsky.social podcast about the tariff case. @greggnunziata.bsky.social interviewed me. Video linked below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=amda...

I was pleased to join CNN's Paula Newton and the @newyorker.com's @sbg1.bsky.social on the Amanpour program to discuss the State of the Union and the state of checks and balances. Please consider giving it a watch. www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/t...

What does the Supreme Court's Tariff Judgement mean for the Rule of Law? Come watch our debrief with Ilya Somin, co-counsel in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump, and @greggnunziata.bsky.social. Watch our Webinar Tomorrow, Thursday February 26th, at 11:00 AM ET. www.youtube.com/watch?v=amda...

See the Society for the Rule of Law Institute's statement on the situation in Minneapolis. societyfortheruleoflaw.org/statement-on...

The Society for the Rule of Law Institute released the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling on the Trump Administration's illegal tariffs: societyfortheruleoflaw.org/todays-supre...

Enjoyed speaking twice in Utah yesterday about why conservatives must defend the separation of powers and reign in an out of control presidency.