Preventing Presidential autocracy: thoughts on reining in Executive power Matt Yglesias posted a jarring tweet this past week when he wrote: He elaborated by linking to a long-form article he…

…Biden eliminated as he did many of Trump’s and Trump did with Barack Obama’s Executive orders. For the record, a definition of what an Executive Order is. Executive Orders are…

The Executive Order to End Voting – Joyce Vance Civil Discourse Apparently, Trump wasn’t kidding when he told people 2024 was the last election they’d ever have to vote in…

…the District of Columbia held that the executive order violated the First Amendment by perpetrating “viewpoint discrimination and retaliation.” Judge Moss said Trump’s executive order was “unlawful and unenforceable.” But…

…. . . “New White House Executive Orders Skirt Civil Rights Laws in its Claim to Promote Affordable Housing and Increased Lending Opportunities,” NFHA The March 13, 2026 executive Orders…

…lack of) access to the Supreme Court, and its repercussions. Roberts’ bizarre, cutesy annual report is … oh … I don’t know …characteristically hubristic? SCOTUS Chastises Congress and the Executive…

…notes that Robert Frank cites the Gabaix/Lander “study” of executive compensation. Reinhardt notes: Readers may wonder about the survival of this theory, even among economists, as stock prices have begun…

…least I had not missed any important historical developments in my earlier reading. And the book does have an overall thesis: the enemy of Republics is inadequately checked Executive power….

…both the Executive and Legislative Branches. In all ancient and midieval republics, the judiciary was an arm of the Executive. It  enforced the law in individual cases, and judges served…

…Third, the appointment of a special master to adjudicate the claims of executive privilege would be a waste of time because the claim of executive privilege against the Executive Branch…