Samuel Moyn
@samuelmoyn.bsky.social
“Gerontocracy in America” (2026)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/
http://campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/
http://campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
Before Joe Biden and the Democrats made it unavoidable, the critique of gerontocracy was coopted by neoliberals out to end the "entitlements" state. But what if only expanding the promise of care can allow for transferring of power and wealth away from those who retain them too long?
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Before Joe Biden and the Democrats made it unavoidable, the critique of gerontocracy was coopted by neoliberals out to end the "entitlements" state. But what if only expanding the promise of care can allow for transferring of power and wealth away from those who retain them too long?
Wait, maybe Weimar is relevant
“Ullrich emphasizes that the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.”
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“Ullrich emphasizes that the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.”
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What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t
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November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Wait, maybe Weimar is relevant
“Ullrich emphasizes that the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
“Ullrich emphasizes that the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Next Friday: epic. If you’re a Yalie, rsvp! @ryandoerfler.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social @olatij.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Next Friday: epic. If you’re a Yalie, rsvp! @ryandoerfler.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social @olatij.bsky.social
"Conservatism against itself"
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Opinion | Reagan, Not Trump, Is the Real G.O.P. Aberration
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November 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Conservatism against itself"
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Wednesday for Yalies…
Register and come!
Register and come!
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Wednesday for Yalies…
Register and come!
Register and come!
No it's not
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
No it's not
TOC, "Gerontocracy in America" (June 2026)
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November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
TOC, "Gerontocracy in America" (June 2026)
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Seizing the opportunity to reimagine the presidency, after Americans of all stripes built its authority over a century, is critical — which means a plan and promise to make Congress great again,” Samuel Moyn writes.
“Seizing the opportunity to reimagine the presidency, after Americans of all stripes built its authority over a century, is critical — which means a plan and promise to make Congress great again,” Samuel Moyn writes.
Opinion | Resistance to Trump Isn’t Enough
Why liberals need a plan and promise to make Congress great again.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Seizing the opportunity to reimagine the presidency, after Americans of all stripes built its authority over a century, is critical — which means a plan and promise to make Congress great again,” Samuel Moyn writes.
“Seizing the opportunity to reimagine the presidency, after Americans of all stripes built its authority over a century, is critical — which means a plan and promise to make Congress great again,” Samuel Moyn writes.
Reposted by Samuel Moyn
The imperial presidency wasn’t built in a term - my latest
Comment, denounce, retweet!
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Comment, denounce, retweet!
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Opinion | Resistance to Trump Isn’t Enough
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October 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The imperial presidency wasn’t built in a term - my latest
Comment, denounce, retweet!
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Comment, denounce, retweet!
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The imperial presidency wasn’t built in a term - my latest
Comment, denounce, retweet!
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Comment, denounce, retweet!
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Opinion | Resistance to Trump Isn’t Enough
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October 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The imperial presidency wasn’t built in a term - my latest
Comment, denounce, retweet!
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Comment, denounce, retweet!
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Opinion | Resistance to Trump Isn’t Enough
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October 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“Wheatley, an Australian-born professor at Princeton University, has a penchant for metaphor and an inventive flair that make her legal histories come alive.” Fantastic kudos from the great Linda Kinstler. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Falling Off the Map | Linda Kinstler
World War I set the stage a century ago for new ways of thinking about where states come from and what happens when they disappear.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“Wheatley, an Australian-born professor at Princeton University, has a penchant for metaphor and an inventive flair that make her legal histories come alive.” Fantastic kudos from the great Linda Kinstler. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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🚨🚨New Pod!! 🚨🚨 We have @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social on the pod!!! @samuelmoyn.bsky.social and I talk with John about his amazing and must read new book, The Radical Fund podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast
Social Sciences Podcast · Yale Law School professors Samuel Moyn and David Schleicher interview legal scholars and dig into the debates heard inside law school halls.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨🚨New Pod!! 🚨🚨 We have @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social on the pod!!! @samuelmoyn.bsky.social and I talk with John about his amazing and must read new book, The Radical Fund podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Democrats reckon with how they are implicated - wow newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer.
A new Biden administration autopsy, based on internal assessments from many government insiders, has crystal clear lessons for the future.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Democrats reckon with how they are implicated - wow newrepublic.com/article/2023...
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New book, coming soon!
Duncan Bell & Douglas Mao, Utopia (Oxford UP, 2026)
It's a short interdisciplinary volume in the recently launched OUP Literature and Politics series.
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Duncan Bell & Douglas Mao, Utopia (Oxford UP, 2026)
It's a short interdisciplinary volume in the recently launched OUP Literature and Politics series.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New book, coming soon!
Duncan Bell & Douglas Mao, Utopia (Oxford UP, 2026)
It's a short interdisciplinary volume in the recently launched OUP Literature and Politics series.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Duncan Bell & Douglas Mao, Utopia (Oxford UP, 2026)
It's a short interdisciplinary volume in the recently launched OUP Literature and Politics series.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Apparently there is “a structural weakness of law as a check on the American presidency.” And it took Donald Trump to reveal it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
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October 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Apparently there is “a structural weakness of law as a check on the American presidency.” And it took Donald Trump to reveal it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
The Radical Fund is optimistic about cross-camp creativity, but its deeper moral is institutional. Build power with pluralism in mind, or the answer to “who decides” will, all too quickly, become “the powerful.” balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Balkinization: The Power to Decide
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Radical Fund is optimistic about cross-camp creativity, but its deeper moral is institutional. Build power with pluralism in mind, or the answer to “who decides” will, all too quickly, become “the powerful.” balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Epic and necessary. We have traveled light years from the premature analyses 2016-17. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Rural Power Behind Trump’s Assault on Blue Cities
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 10/21/2025 · 1h 4m
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October 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Epic and necessary. We have traveled light years from the premature analyses 2016-17. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
‘The tactical choice to center Trump in advertising in 2025’s closing stretch left party strategists concerned about a missed opportunity to forge a more forward-looking vision. “I worry Trump is like crack cocaine for our party,” said a pollster.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
It’s 2025, and Democrats Are Still Running Against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/democratic-campaign-ads-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
October 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
‘The tactical choice to center Trump in advertising in 2025’s closing stretch left party strategists concerned about a missed opportunity to forge a more forward-looking vision. “I worry Trump is like crack cocaine for our party,” said a pollster.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Attend the launch of the great New York Area Legal History Consortium, this time on @JohnFabianWitt’s masterpiece, October 30 at 5:30 p.m. RSVP below.
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RSVP for John Fabian Witt Book Talk
Fill out the information below to attend the inaugural event of the New York Area Legal History Consortium, a book talk featuring Professor John Fabian Witt in dialogue with Professors Jeremy Kessler ...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Attend the launch of the great New York Area Legal History Consortium, this time on @JohnFabianWitt’s masterpiece, October 30 at 5:30 p.m. RSVP below.
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