Nathaniel Donahue
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Nathaniel Donahue
@nwdonahue.bsky.social
Golieb Fellow @ NYU. Yale legal history JD-PhD candidate. Goat aficionado. Grackle enthusiast.
I think it’s a both and situation? The steady accumulation of power has made the UET a greater threat to the rule of law. But even by the 1820s and 30s folks like Kent and Story were worried that too much presidential control would lead to patronage that would threaten democracy.
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We’re almost there!
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Stay strong!
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
We (our talented team of attorneys) are putting the finishing touches on it as we speak! Indebted to the conversations we’ve had with you among others!
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I wonder what evidence convinced him
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Aww, thanks Maggie!
October 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Gotcha
October 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I’m curious what you mean here. That the big privately funded schools turn out to be vulnerable to the feds (because they happen also to be the big winners for federal funding too)? Or is there something about the private funding that makes them vulnerable to the feds?
October 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
That’s why they called him tail gunner joe!
September 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Otoh maybe it would stop him from dismantling them?
September 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
When I taught 1Ls about the structure of American courts, I literally did a virgin/chad meme with federal/state courts.
September 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM