Elinor Stillman
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Elinor Stillman
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Retired Lawyer (NLRB and DOJ). Was going to be an EngLit prof but wandered into law school. Fan of newspapers, print and digital. Owned by a cat. RIP his brother, Papaya, 2011-2025.
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Lesson 6: If you have a theory of the Supreme Court that does not include political ideology, its going to be wrong. During the Biden administration it was all major questions because they did not like his policies, and during Trump it is mostly unitary executive, because they do.
At the same time, new conservative jurisprudence appears poised to enhance the power of the executive branch. A series of cases at the court suggest that the court’s conservative majority is prepared to give the executive branch more deference. Progressives have railed against this jurisprudence, but if the long-term effect of these rulings is to give the administrative state more discretion to act with greater alacrity, then progressives, once elected, should be able to use it to much the same effect.
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM