Matthew Lawrence
@mblawrence.bsky.social
Law professor at Emory Law. Admin law, health law, addictions.
Addiction and Liberty: https://www.cornelllawreview.org/2023/04/26/addiction-and-liberty/
Selected works: https://works.bepress.com/matthew-lawrence/
Addiction and Liberty: https://www.cornelllawreview.org/2023/04/26/addiction-and-liberty/
Selected works: https://works.bepress.com/matthew-lawrence/
Thanks for doing this
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thanks for doing this
I ask because this was raised around the law firm deals (and I’m working on a paper exploring executive conditions in general). Q’s about whether ultra vires contracts are enforceable have also come up, www.justsecurity.org/110996/presi...
No, the President Cannot Enforce the Law-Firm Deals
The authors argue that President Trump's agreements with law firms are legally unenforceable. And the consequences that follow.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I ask because this was raised around the law firm deals (and I’m working on a paper exploring executive conditions in general). Q’s about whether ultra vires contracts are enforceable have also come up, www.justsecurity.org/110996/presi...
Aware of anyone clarifying for universities whether they could be liable under state fraud/bribery/kickback law for signing this and getting induced grants to the extent that the promised benefits might be ultra vires and so outside supremacy clause preemption under In re Neagle?
October 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Aware of anyone clarifying for universities whether they could be liable under state fraud/bribery/kickback law for signing this and getting induced grants to the extent that the promised benefits might be ultra vires and so outside supremacy clause preemption under In re Neagle?
For my part, I focus on the separation of powers side of shutdowns in my Columbia Law Review paper, Disappropriation. tinyurl.com/mr45twe5
And I talk about who pays for shutdowns in my @yalelawjournal.bsky.social paper, Subordination and Separation of Powers. tinyurl.com/bp8j3tnk
And I talk about who pays for shutdowns in my @yalelawjournal.bsky.social paper, Subordination and Separation of Powers. tinyurl.com/bp8j3tnk
DISAPPROPRIATION - Columbia Law Review
Introduction “Here an appropriation is less a grant of money than an act of duty, to which the Constitution, that is, the will of the nation, obliges us.” “We need to handle our financial situation.” ...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
For my part, I focus on the separation of powers side of shutdowns in my Columbia Law Review paper, Disappropriation. tinyurl.com/mr45twe5
And I talk about who pays for shutdowns in my @yalelawjournal.bsky.social paper, Subordination and Separation of Powers. tinyurl.com/bp8j3tnk
And I talk about who pays for shutdowns in my @yalelawjournal.bsky.social paper, Subordination and Separation of Powers. tinyurl.com/bp8j3tnk