Blake Emerson
@blakeprof.bsky.social
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law.
Administrative law, political theory. Author: The Public’s Law. Personal views only. https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/blake-emerson
Administrative law, political theory. Author: The Public’s Law. Personal views only. https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/blake-emerson
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Blake Emerson
@blakeprof.bsky.social
· Feb 11
THE PUBLIC’S LAW is out now in paperback. The book identifies the dangers of the plebiscitary presidency and develops a participatory alternative grounded in the Progressives’ democratic transformation of Hegelian state theory. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
I’m pretty sure my book contract with Oxford University Press (which grants me the copyright) did not include permission to feed my book into a proprietary AI database.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m pretty sure my book contract with Oxford University Press (which grants me the copyright) did not include permission to feed my book into a proprietary AI database.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
A deal is when you get something in return.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A deal is when you get something in return.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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When you've lost *checks notes* Matthew Yglesias
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When you've lost *checks notes* Matthew Yglesias
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None of these Democrats should enjoy a moment's peace.
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
They've effectively just voted for Donald Trump's agenda without putting up a fight. Never let them hear the end of it.
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
They've effectively just voted for Donald Trump's agenda without putting up a fight. Never let them hear the end of it.
March 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
None of these Democrats should enjoy a moment's peace.
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
They've effectively just voted for Donald Trump's agenda without putting up a fight. Never let them hear the end of it.
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
They've effectively just voted for Donald Trump's agenda without putting up a fight. Never let them hear the end of it.
Uh oh the “Democratic Party Rocks!” bots are putting in overtime tonight
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Uh oh the “Democratic Party Rocks!” bots are putting in overtime tonight
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Senator Lander
Senator AOC
Either good
Just not Senator Schumer anymore
Senator AOC
Either good
Just not Senator Schumer anymore
Schumer: "I must vote no. I can not, in good faith, support this CR. ... Make no mistake about it, the American people know who is inflicting this pain on them."
He stops short of urging his colleagues to vote "no."
He stops short of urging his colleagues to vote "no."
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Senator Lander
Senator AOC
Either good
Just not Senator Schumer anymore
Senator AOC
Either good
Just not Senator Schumer anymore
Chuck Schumer needs to go. Feckless “leadership”
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Chuck Schumer needs to go. Feckless “leadership”
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One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
Watch democrats vote for this deal and Trump just fire yet more federal workers. What a joke
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Watch democrats vote for this deal and Trump just fire yet more federal workers. What a joke
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After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, per usual.
! A key group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting for a deal to end the shutdown, provided final details can be worked out like worker protections (Gift link)
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Thune Plans Test Vote on Shutdown, Saying Deal Is Getting Closer
Senate Republican leader John Thune said a deal is “coming together” as he planned a test vote Sunday on a narrow spending package that would end the 40-day government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, per usual.
What’s the numerical idea of how many Americans won’t be able to afford food on Thanksgiving?
TAPPER: Do you have any numerical idea of how many Americans will not be able to be with their families for Thanksgiving because of this?
DUFFY: I think the number is going to be substantial
DUFFY: I think the number is going to be substantial
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What’s the numerical idea of how many Americans won’t be able to afford food on Thanksgiving?
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One man who was walking to Gold Room bar had to get surgery on his finger after being shot with a “rubber bullet.”
The full story: lataco.com/echo-park-wo...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/echo-park-wo...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
One man who was walking to Gold Room bar had to get surgery on his finger after being shot with a “rubber bullet.”
The full story: lataco.com/echo-park-wo...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/echo-park-wo...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
Seriously, time for tort suits.
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Seriously, time for tort suits.
Douthat is a strange dude.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Douthat is a strange dude.
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Here's a report written by 100s of former members of the US intelligence community, assessing the US now the way that they used to assess other countries to determine their political trajectories. Sober, fact-filled analysis that reaches alarming conclusions. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline
The Steady State | October 16, 2025
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Here's a report written by 100s of former members of the US intelligence community, assessing the US now the way that they used to assess other countries to determine their political trajectories. Sober, fact-filled analysis that reaches alarming conclusions. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
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The Spectre of State Capitalism has won the BISA - International Political Economy working group 2025 book prize! 🙌🏽
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
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International Political Economy Working Group 2025 book prize winner announced- International Political Economy (IPEG) | BISA
- International Political Economy (IPEG) Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The Spectre of State Capitalism has won the BISA - International Political Economy working group 2025 book prize! 🙌🏽
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@campolis.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@campolis.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
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Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf