Fee-based governance as a response to the political difficulty of money taxes remains undefeated. We are so back (to the 19th century)!

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Institutionally, the fact that officers faced liability actions and made independent decisions made it difficult for early Presidents to direct them. You can see this in the case of Little v. Barreme, where a ship captain was held liable for following Presidential orders (9/

An “officer” had duties to law, rather than superiors' orders. Officers were expected to make independent decisions, and were individually accountable in tort/crim for not doing so. In this scene, for instance, an officer faced threat of prosecution for failing to clear snow. (3/

Hi Folks! I wanted to share a 🧵about my JMP in @yalelawjournal.bsky.social
(now on SSRN). It reconstructs the law of officeholding in early US, arguing that it is inconsistent with the unitary executive theory. (1/

What are they trying to hide from us about the Kennedy assassination?

Domestic sparkling wine producers be like:

Jenny Rivera on the NY court of appeals showing us how state courts can be a place to develop an alternative to the Supreme Court’s constitutional jurisprudence. A good reminder at a moment when legal argument can feel hopeless.

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Reading about Elon Musk this morning and thinking about that time James Madison helped a constituent “farm the exclusive privilege of transporting the mail.”

For whatever reason.

New way of spelling “potatoes” just dropped!

I personally am partial to “potoooooooo,” but “pot8oes” has a kind of early 2000s charm

Glad to see strong Langdellian representation among my favorite podcasts! @profschleich.bsky.social