Alex Hemmer
@ahemmer.bsky.social
Deputy Solicitor General of Illinois. Lawyer, husband, dad. Faint-hearted user of social media platforms.
Our office is again hiring one or more attorneys for a one-year fellowship to work directly with the Illinois Solicitor General and her team, beginning in August/September 2026.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Our office is again hiring one or more attorneys for a one-year fellowship to work directly with the Illinois Solicitor General and her team, beginning in August/September 2026.
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Reposted by Alex Hemmer
In my new piece for @theatlantic.com, I explain the structural constitutional claim implicit in Musk’s dramatic seizure of government data systems: Congress may have the power of the purse, but the President has the power of data.
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Musk’s Madisonian Insight—And Its Troubling Consequences
The Department of Government Efficiency’s seizure of government databases is not just an act of bureaucratic reorganization. It is an act of constitutional restructuring.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In my new piece for @theatlantic.com, I explain the structural constitutional claim implicit in Musk’s dramatic seizure of government data systems: Congress may have the power of the purse, but the President has the power of data.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
@bridgetfahey.bsky.social on the law of data is self-recommending.
“Americans should see this assertion of an inherent presidential power to control the government’s data assets for what it is—an effort to employ data to unsettle the Constitution’s allocation and balance of powers," writes Bridget Fahey:
Musk’s Madisonian Insight
The Department of Government Efficiency’s seizure of government databases is not just an act of bureaucratic reorganization. It is an act of constitutional restructuring.
www.theatlantic.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@bridgetfahey.bsky.social on the law of data is self-recommending.
Come join our team! Our office is hiring one or more attorneys for a one-year fellowship to work directly with me and the rest of the Illinois Solicitor General team, beginning in August/September 2025.
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Jobs Detail Page
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November 22, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Come join our team! Our office is hiring one or more attorneys for a one-year fellowship to work directly with me and the rest of the Illinois Solicitor General team, beginning in August/September 2025.
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Come join our team! We're once more looking to bring on a young attorney for a one-year fellowship in 2024-25, to work directly with me and the rest of the Solicitor General team at the Illinois AG's office.
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Jobs Detail Page
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October 6, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Come join our team! We're once more looking to bring on a young attorney for a one-year fellowship in 2024-25, to work directly with me and the rest of the Solicitor General team at the Illinois AG's office.
illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/jobs-detail/...
illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/jobs-detail/...