A Substack newsletter devoted to analysis of presidential and broader executive power issues, by Bob Bauer and @jacklgoldsmith.
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Jun 12
Bob Bauer and I discuss what's at stake in the Blanche confirmation: whether the Senate will endorse, and thus take responsibility for, Trump’s DOJ weaponization campaign.
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"The Senate is responsible for the sorry ethical state of affairs at DOJ, having looked the other way when confirming Blanche the first time," Bob Bauer writes. "The question now is whether senators will take up the challenge Trump has thrown down." execfunctions.org/p/the-high…
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Bob Bauer talks to Avril Haines, President Biden's Director of National Intelligence, about the Department that President Trump designated Bill Pulte to lead as Acting Director. open.substack.com/pub/execut…
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My take on the War Powers Resolution debate. Trump's interpretation is the latest in a long line of opportunistic interpretations of the statute. Yet the WPR is not, yet, irrelevant.
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Bob Bauer writes that Kash Patel's libel lawsuits seem to run afoul of the DOJ’s Standards of Conduct. execfunctions.org/p/the-fbi-…
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Bob Bauer on the 25th Amendment Under Vice Presidential Control: open.substack.com/pub/execut…
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Apr 15
Trump’s harsh reactions toward the Supreme Court's tariff decision were a “gift to the Chief Justice,” according to @whignewtons.
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Kavanaugh v. Gorsuch, according to @whignewtons.
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Apr 14
My discussion with @whignewtons (Sarah Isgur) about her great new book about the Supreme Court, "The Last Branch Standing." We focus on the Court's relationship with the Trump administration and its stance toward presidential power more generally.
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Bob Bauer writes on potential reform to help protect against a DOJ that answers reliably to a president’s personal and political demands. execfunctions.org/p/dojs-ble…
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Apr 3
Good point from Bob Bauer and @jacklgoldsmith in their @Exec_Functions Substack: If Trump had sought Congress's OK for war, he might have seen more of its perils in the course of arguing for it. Via @NonZeroNews: nonzero.org/p/nznet-digest-n…
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EF is hiring! We are seeking a paid full-time executive editor to start mid-July. execfunctions.org/p/executiv…
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Mar 31
Me and Bob Bauer: One month in, Epic Fury is the second most consequential unauthorized presidential uses of force in all of American history. It’s also a new nadir in the decline of Congress’s check on presidential war.
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Me on how Trump is diminishing the Inspector General corps, with an assist from Congress, especially the Senate. “The IG story is part of a larger tale of Congress giving up its prerogatives and supporting Trump’s unitary executive despite its abuses.”
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Bob Bauer on Robert Mueller's passing: Professionalism and integrity are no match for the forces of polarization. execfunctions.org/p/when-rob…
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Mar 20
A conversation with @CassSunstein on his new book, why the executive is the most dangerous branch, unitary executive theory in light of the Trump v. Slaughter oral argument, and MQD after the tariffs decision.
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Bob Bauer on the perilous war over legal ethics in government and politics: On its current course, it cannot end well. execfunctions.org/p/the-peri…
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Bob Bauer proposes Congress pass a joint resolution stating its constitutional interpretation of presidential war powers—an approach that could challenge expansive executive war-making claims when a vote to stop the Iran conflict at this stage will fail: execfunctions.org/p/a-differ…
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Asked by NYT “if there were any limits on his global powers,” Trump said “My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
I’m afraid those are the only constraints on Trump’s use of nuclear weapons in Iran.
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