Executive Power
Blackstone on Subordinate Magistrates
This is my third post in a series responding to Professor Jed Shugerman’s criticisms of originalist scholarship on Blackstone and executive removal power. The first two posts described Blackstone’s general account of the king’s executive power (part 1) and...
Blackstone on Judicial Tenure
As noted in my opening post in this series, earlier this month Professor Jed Shugerman sharply criticized originalist executive power scholars, and particularly a brief submitted to the Supreme Court by originalist scholars in Seila Law v. CFPB. One key point of...
Blackstone on the Unitary Executive
Earlier this month Professor Jed Shugerman, in a series of blog posts and a short article, sharply criticized originalist executive power scholars, and particularly a brief submitted to the Supreme Court in Seila Law v. CFPB. (See here [Originalism Blog...
End the unconstitutional vaccination mandate!
This essay first appeared in the September 18, 2021 Epoch Times. President Biden, the Constitution you swore on the Bible to “preserve, protect, and defend” gives you very limited authority. You are not a dictator. That Constitution was ratified only because it...