One relatively simple but important thing Congress can do to reassert Article I policymaking primacy is drastically reduce the number of presidential appointees, including both those that require Senate confirmation and those that don't

For the tween-to-teen set: A book about volcanoes, climate shocks, bicycles, Mary Shelley, and the Frankenstein's monster we live in. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...

Very excited that Rejecting the Unitary Executive is forthcoming in the Utah Law Review (Fall 2025)! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Here’s a 🧵outlining key arguments in the paper:

Kate Andrias, “Separation of Wealth” (2015) 🔥 🔥 🔥 scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jcl/vol18/is...

Every headline that does not say “illegal” or “unconstitutional” is a failure to convey to the public the stakes of what is going on.

If you're looking for a page turner for the 10-and-up set, this is some narrative nonfiction that will grip your kid through the gift overwhelm. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714730...

This looks really important & interesting. Also sounds like herculean effort -- congrats!

Perhaps you (or some youngish human you know) would enjoy this Nothing of beauty. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737998...

Wrote a thing about progressive originalism, cosmology, democracy, Elden Ring, and Jack Balkin, forthcoming in the Penn Law Review. Check it out! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I'm happy to announce my new book on the Supreme Court's role in fostering mass incarceration will go on sale March 4. I hope you'll check it out! You can preorder here: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0... And read more details here: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

When I was doing research in newly democratized Taiwan, even activists would sometimes tell me “Taiwan is too democratic.” By which they meant they missed the sense of shared communal purpose and value that martial law instilled. Even if they didn’t miss the oppression that went along with it.

Preach!

I could be wrong, but I haven't found any group for scholars of comparative/global legal studies/history (indeed, even for legal scholars/historians). This has been a big part of my research interest, so I have added one more choice if there is any other starter pack already. go.bsky.app/3UAVSRu

I am working on a book "A Faithful President: The Founders vs. the Originalists" on presidential power, the mythology of the "unitary executive theory," and an alternative history emphasizing checks & balances. I've put together a Presidential Power Pack (#POTUS Scholars): go.bsky.app/5VHVDa9

But what would be my value added in teaching these rules, @eczoldan.bsky.social? This proposal is way too sensible and efficient. I rely on arbitrary complexity for my livelihood.

So true. Dictatorships have the best elections. So clear. So decisive. The single ringing tone voicing the one true People. Democracy is more about how you govern in the face of cacophony.

Enough with tragedy. Bring on the farce!

#AcademicSky #LawSky Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you're working on, 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about 1) government institutions' capacities for accountable action: compare & contrast 2) quantitative analysis depends on qualitative choices

Let's make this the Project for 2025.

"Judicial Accountability," soon in Georgetown LJ. Recent judicial doctrines move ever more authority from "unaccountable" agencies to courts. That raises the question: are courts more accountable? The doctrine doesn't address that question. So I do. 1/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A real treat, a great read.

Hi. My name is Will, and I am a cosmologist. I wrote a book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254722...

Vigilante Nation is coming out today! From book bans to abortion snitches and armed poll watchers, vigilantes are key to MAGA leaders' plans to dominate America--and red states are legalizing their attacks. 📚💙 Get your copy here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...

If I had a gratitude journal, there'd be a special recurring entry for Zotero. I mean, wow. (And I could then store a copy in Zotero and have it extract all my highlights and margin notes for a succinct summary of my gratitudinal tendencies.)

Hi Guys! I'm here now. Who do I follow?

Delighted that this excllent series featured our article! www.yalejreg.com/nc/ad-law-re...

Coming soon in Texas Law Review: "Working With Statutes," with Cristina Rodríguez. Based on interviews with rulemakers, we dig into how agencies activate statutes -- how they bring the laws enacted by elected officials to life. 1/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Legal corpus linguistics in the 4th Circuit -- rejected by the majority. I wonder if the dissenting judge using it went on this retreat. www.huffpost.com/entry/judges...

So excited that Wendy Wagner reviewed The Accountable Bureaucrat for Jotwell! Grateful for the Jot and the real engagement (including with the underbelly of our findings). adlaw.jotwell.com/how-do-burea...

This glorious thing sits around on the table and I just dip into it occasionally, emerge refreshed and enlightened. Often also thinking of @mattsteilen.bsky.social acting out the hue and cry for awestruck seminar students.

Thrilled to be in the new issue of The Drift alongside so many scholars and activists I admire. And the resonances across the pieces really do make me feel like a new world is coming into focus. www.thedriftmag.com/we-can-no-lo...

I was just awarded the 2024 Emerging Scholars Award by the AALS Administrative Law Section for my Yale J Reg paper, Commission Chairs! Read it here: www.yalejreg.com/print/commis...