WSJ: The Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Plan to Consolidate Power
President Trump is using the popular conservative ideology known as the “unitary executive theory” to give more power to the executive branch. He is using the legal theory to help justify firing thousands of federal workers, dismantling entire agencies like USAID and overseeing what were created as independent regulatory agencies like the FTC and SEC.
WSJ explains the legal theory and why the Supreme Court may allow the expansion of executive power.
Constitutionalism
Trump’s Worthy Effort to Rein In ‘Independent’ Agencies
The Trump administration is making a bold and principled attempt to restore these wayward bodies to the control of the executive branch.
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The Light the Court's Originalist Majority Must See
Skrmetti Gives the Originalist Majority a Chance to Recover the Path Foregone.
Beware of Selective Originalism by Trump—or Anyone Else
Originalism is the correct first step in constitutional interpretation, but it is not its last step given the need to incorporate established practice into law.
