John Dearborn
@johnadearborn.bsky.social
@VandyPoliSci Assistant Professor. Research: Presidency, Congress, American Political Development. @Yale PhD & proud @UConn alum. http://johnadearborn.com
Thanks so much to @gorenlj.bsky.social for interviewing Jack Greenberg and me about 'Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint' on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Political Science podcast.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thanks so much to @gorenlj.bsky.social for interviewing Jack Greenberg and me about 'Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint' on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Political Science podcast.
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We chat with @slskowronek.bsky.social about his new book "The Adaptability Paradox" and how American democracy may have outgrown the Constitution: bit.ly/3WODXPz
October 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We chat with @slskowronek.bsky.social about his new book "The Adaptability Paradox" and how American democracy may have outgrown the Constitution: bit.ly/3WODXPz
Today's article in the Knoxville News Sentinel about the Trump administration's messaging during the government shutdown includes some thoughts from me about the importance of the Hatch Act.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Today's article in the Knoxville News Sentinel about the Trump administration's messaging during the government shutdown includes some thoughts from me about the importance of the Hatch Act.
www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
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New issue! includes articles from bsky-ers @johnadearborn.bsky.social @uhackett.bsky.social @trounstine.bsky.social @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social @ayakohiramatsu.bsky.social and much more!
NEW ISSUE from @studiesapd.bsky.social -
Studies in American Political Development - Volume 39 - Issue 2 - October 2025 - https://cup.org/3KL7Eyo
#OpenAccess
Studies in American Political Development - Volume 39 - Issue 2 - October 2025 - https://cup.org/3KL7Eyo
#OpenAccess
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New issue! includes articles from bsky-ers @johnadearborn.bsky.social @uhackett.bsky.social @trounstine.bsky.social @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social @ayakohiramatsu.bsky.social and much more!
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Wrote about Trump's vision of the presidency as a "mini-absolutist monarchy" (as @johnadearborn.bsky.social put it). And since the expansion of executive power has been described as a ratchet, why no future president is likely to give it up willingly
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www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
How Trump Broke The Presidency
Trump’s quest to claim all power for himself is drastically reshaping not just his presidency, but American democracy writ large.
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September 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wrote about Trump's vision of the presidency as a "mini-absolutist monarchy" (as @johnadearborn.bsky.social put it). And since the expansion of executive power has been described as a ratchet, why no future president is likely to give it up willingly
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Scenes from an archival research trip to the Clinton Library. #LittleRock
September 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Scenes from an archival research trip to the Clinton Library. #LittleRock
This HuffPost article by @paulblumenthal.bsky.social on how the second Trump administration is transforming the presidency includes some thoughts from me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
September 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This HuffPost article by @paulblumenthal.bsky.social on how the second Trump administration is transforming the presidency includes some thoughts from me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Delighted to share my latest, History and Fetishism in the New Separation of Powers Formalism, now live in the Penn Law Review!
The piece traces the emergence of the Supreme Court’s new approach to separation of powers law and argues that it is grounded in a set of basic mistakes. (1/3)
The piece traces the emergence of the Supreme Court’s new approach to separation of powers law and argues that it is grounded in a set of basic mistakes. (1/3)
August 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Delighted to share my latest, History and Fetishism in the New Separation of Powers Formalism, now live in the Penn Law Review!
The piece traces the emergence of the Supreme Court’s new approach to separation of powers law and argues that it is grounded in a set of basic mistakes. (1/3)
The piece traces the emergence of the Supreme Court’s new approach to separation of powers law and argues that it is grounded in a set of basic mistakes. (1/3)
So excited to see this book out soon! Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the current moment American politics (and especially of interest to presidency and APD scholars).
Got a book you all are going to love, just a few weeks now until it's available press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
August 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So excited to see this book out soon! Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the current moment American politics (and especially of interest to presidency and APD scholars).
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New at First view and with open access! David Mayhew and Ethan Yan, "Intensity, Geography, and Time"
#OpenAccess from @studiesapd.bsky.social -
Intensity, Geography, and Time: Three Controversies Indexed by Major Repeal Drives - cup.org/40GIqWZ
- David R. Mayhew & Ethan Yan
#FirstView
Intensity, Geography, and Time: Three Controversies Indexed by Major Repeal Drives - cup.org/40GIqWZ
- David R. Mayhew & Ethan Yan
#FirstView
August 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New at First view and with open access! David Mayhew and Ethan Yan, "Intensity, Geography, and Time"
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New on first view at SAPD! Sarah Anzia and @trounstine.bsky.social on the growth of public sector unions
#OpenAccess from @studiesapd.bsky.social -
The Growth of Public-Sector Unions in Early Twentieth-Century America - cup.org/45bQUI9
- Sarah F. Anzia & @trounstine.bsky.social
#FirstView
The Growth of Public-Sector Unions in Early Twentieth-Century America - cup.org/45bQUI9
- Sarah F. Anzia & @trounstine.bsky.social
#FirstView
July 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New on first view at SAPD! Sarah Anzia and @trounstine.bsky.social on the growth of public sector unions
Grateful to have been part of this fantastic interdisciplinary conference. There is so much great, timely research happening on the administrative state.
Backseat car hammocks for babies? Thanks to government, they are no longer for sale in the United States. Now, as federal regulators come under attack from within, political scientists and legal scholars gathered for a conference on the future of studying the administrative state: bit.ly/44LJSbW
July 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Grateful to have been part of this fantastic interdisciplinary conference. There is so much great, timely research happening on the administrative state.
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Then, finally, this *extremely* topical piece by @johnadearborn.bsky.social : “Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution: The Reagan Administration and the Unitary Executive”
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June 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Then, finally, this *extremely* topical piece by @johnadearborn.bsky.social : “Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution: The Reagan Administration and the Unitary Executive”
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I’m not even gonna pitch this. It’s from John Dearborn, whose work is self-recommending.
Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution: The Reagan Administration and the Unitary Executive | Studies in American Political Development | Cambridge Core
Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution: The Reagan Administration and the Unitary Executive
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June 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’m not even gonna pitch this. It’s from John Dearborn, whose work is self-recommending.
Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this piece (drawing on my recent @studiesapd.bsky.social article) about the connection between conflicts over affirmative action and the unitary executive theory in the Reagan administration.
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June 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this piece (drawing on my recent @studiesapd.bsky.social article) about the connection between conflicts over affirmative action and the unitary executive theory in the Reagan administration.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-reagan...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-reagan...
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New at Can We Still Govern: Trump hates DEI and loves unitary executive theory. @johnadearborn.bsky.social
traces one of rhe first early articulations of the theory in the Reagan-era assault on affirmative action, featuring a couple of current SCOTUS justices. 🧵
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traces one of rhe first early articulations of the theory in the Reagan-era assault on affirmative action, featuring a couple of current SCOTUS justices. 🧵
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How Reagan-Era Battles over Affirmative Action Fueled Unitary Executive Theory
A desire to change civil rights policies has long shaped the conservative legal movement’s vision for asserting presidential control over the administrative state
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June 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
New at Can We Still Govern: Trump hates DEI and loves unitary executive theory. @johnadearborn.bsky.social
traces one of rhe first early articulations of the theory in the Reagan-era assault on affirmative action, featuring a couple of current SCOTUS justices. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
traces one of rhe first early articulations of the theory in the Reagan-era assault on affirmative action, featuring a couple of current SCOTUS justices. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Today's @rollingstone.com article by @douglaslucas.bsky.social on the Republican congressional effort to pass the Reorganizing Government Act includes some thoughts from me about the history of presidential reorganization authority.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
June 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Today's @rollingstone.com article by @douglaslucas.bsky.social on the Republican congressional effort to pass the Reorganizing Government Act includes some thoughts from me about the history of presidential reorganization authority.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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/1 Just realized that my latest article with @yalelawjournal.bsky.social just dropped! This is obviously a huge honor. I really appreciate the editors taking a chance on a young, no-name scholar with an idiosyncratic story to tell.
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www.yalelawjournal.org/article/resu...
Resurrecting the Trinity of Legislative Constitutionalism
From 1919 to 1969, the Offices of the Legislative Counsel in the Senate and House drafted precedential opinions to advise lawmakers on constitutional and subconstitutional questions. This Article lift...
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June 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
/1 Just realized that my latest article with @yalelawjournal.bsky.social just dropped! This is obviously a huge honor. I really appreciate the editors taking a chance on a young, no-name scholar with an idiosyncratic story to tell.
www.yalelawjournal.org/article/resu...
www.yalelawjournal.org/article/resu...
Thanks to @mattgrossmann.bsky.social for having me on the Science of Politics podcast to discuss my research on the Reagan administration, civil rights, and the unitary executive theory.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Thanks to @mattgrossmann.bsky.social for having me on the Science of Politics podcast to discuss my research on the Reagan administration, civil rights, and the unitary executive theory.
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The backstory of presidential power grabs
Reagan controlled civil rights agencies, building the unitary executive theory. 1st Trump admin controlled immigration courts, but by building them up
New #ScienceOfPolitics with John Dearborn & David Hausman
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Reagan controlled civil rights agencies, building the unitary executive theory. 1st Trump admin controlled immigration courts, but by building them up
New #ScienceOfPolitics with John Dearborn & David Hausman
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The backstory for presidential power grabs - Niskanen Center
President Trump is claiming power over independent agencies and trying to redirect the administrative state, saying he is its unitary executive.
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May 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The backstory of presidential power grabs
Reagan controlled civil rights agencies, building the unitary executive theory. 1st Trump admin controlled immigration courts, but by building them up
New #ScienceOfPolitics with John Dearborn & David Hausman
www.niskanencenter.org/the-backstor...
Reagan controlled civil rights agencies, building the unitary executive theory. 1st Trump admin controlled immigration courts, but by building them up
New #ScienceOfPolitics with John Dearborn & David Hausman
www.niskanencenter.org/the-backstor...
"Dada's book" (aka 'Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint,' by Jack Greenberg and me) is now out in print!
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www.amazon.com/Congressiona...
May 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Dada's book" (aka 'Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint,' by Jack Greenberg and me) is now out in print!
www.amazon.com/Congressiona...
www.amazon.com/Congressiona...
My article "Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution: The Reagan Administration and the Unitary Executive" is now online (and open access) in @studiesapd.bsky.social.
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May 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My article "Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution: The Reagan Administration and the Unitary Executive" is now online (and open access) in @studiesapd.bsky.social.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...