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
Heaven forbid the Republicans get rid of the filibuster…
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Heaven forbid the Republicans get rid of the filibuster…
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.
Douthat is a strange dude.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Douthat is a strange dude.
🚨 Over 160 faculty of University of California Law schools have signed this open letter to the Regents urging them not to agree to any terms of the Trump demand letter that the Regents were compelled to release under court order. sites.google.com/view/uclawfa...
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🚨 Over 160 faculty of University of California Law schools have signed this open letter to the Regents urging them not to agree to any terms of the Trump demand letter that the Regents were compelled to release under court order. sites.google.com/view/uclawfa...
The Trump Admin is fighting as hard not to feed people, including their own voters, as it is to deport people. “National conservatism” everyone!
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Trump Admin is fighting as hard not to feed people, including their own voters, as it is to deport people. “National conservatism” everyone!
I can only imagine the solution is to liberalize dating markets?
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I can only imagine the solution is to liberalize dating markets?
How about contempt?
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How about contempt?
Pension fund, uh oh!
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Pension fund, uh oh!
Trump has shown no compunction about breaking the law to hurt his enemies. It speaks volumes that he now wants to refuse to give out food aid when he has legal power to do so. His political philosophy is sadism.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump has shown no compunction about breaking the law to hurt his enemies. It speaks volumes that he now wants to refuse to give out food aid when he has legal power to do so. His political philosophy is sadism.
Militant democracy
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Militant democracy
Note that “the city” here is “the right.” The rest of us are enemies.
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Note that “the city” here is “the right.” The rest of us are enemies.
This why the national conservatism/conservative populist thing will never actually take hold. “F the poor” is too deeply etched into the right’s revealed preferences.
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This why the national conservatism/conservative populist thing will never actually take hold. “F the poor” is too deeply etched into the right’s revealed preferences.
This is not credible.
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is not credible.
I am calling for a complete and total shutdown on required online trainings (especially about “ethics”) so long as the University of California is playing ball with a corrupt and lawless administration.
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I am calling for a complete and total shutdown on required online trainings (especially about “ethics”) so long as the University of California is playing ball with a corrupt and lawless administration.
Ok I’ll bite, what’s an “Elsevier Expert”?
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ok I’ll bite, what’s an “Elsevier Expert”?
The article never answers the question posed by the title, but the answer is obviously “no.” Give me a break.
October 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The article never answers the question posed by the title, but the answer is obviously “no.” Give me a break.