Blake Emerson
@blakeprof.bsky.social
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law.
Administrative law, political theory. Author: The Public’s Law. Personal views only. https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/blake-emerson
Administrative law, political theory. Author: The Public’s Law. Personal views only. https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/blake-emerson
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Blake Emerson
@blakeprof.bsky.social
· Feb 11
THE PUBLIC’S LAW is out now in paperback. The book identifies the dangers of the plebiscitary presidency and develops a participatory alternative grounded in the Progressives’ democratic transformation of Hegelian state theory. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Not sure fat shaming is a great move with (checks notes) the American people.
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Not sure fat shaming is a great move with (checks notes) the American people.
Based appointments clause
Read the Ruling Dismissing the Charges Against Letitia James
A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, after finding that the prosecutor President Trump handpicked to bring the cases had been illegally ap...
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Based appointments clause
Who wore it better?
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Who wore it better?
Nothing inflationary about a bunch of people moving to escape inflation.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Nothing inflationary about a bunch of people moving to escape inflation.
Buckle up for the speedy production of some vast literatures.
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Buckle up for the speedy production of some vast literatures.
Anti-corruption has real political juice
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Anti-corruption has real political juice
Reposted by Blake Emerson
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
It’s a good thing everyone is on the same page about how many hooks should be on a shower curtain
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It’s a good thing everyone is on the same page about how many hooks should be on a shower curtain
Reposted by Blake Emerson
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
I mean, this moment is a win for American political culture.
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I mean, this moment is a win for American political culture.
Reposted by Blake Emerson
The federal government is demanding that Penn hand over the names ***and contact information*** of most Jewish faculty and staff.
The demands include anyone who showed up at some sessions about antisemitism and anyone who received a campus survey that Penn likely was trying to send widely to Jews.
The demands include anyone who showed up at some sessions about antisemitism and anyone who received a campus survey that Penn likely was trying to send widely to Jews.
The government, in going after Penn to "fight antisemitism," has asked for "a list of members of Jewish-related campus groups and the names of employees in the school's Jewish Studies Program."
We do not believe that turning over lists of Jews is helpful to the fight against antisemitism.
We do not believe that turning over lists of Jews is helpful to the fight against antisemitism.
www.reuters.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The federal government is demanding that Penn hand over the names ***and contact information*** of most Jewish faculty and staff.
The demands include anyone who showed up at some sessions about antisemitism and anyone who received a campus survey that Penn likely was trying to send widely to Jews.
The demands include anyone who showed up at some sessions about antisemitism and anyone who received a campus survey that Penn likely was trying to send widely to Jews.
I think we’ve found Trump’s successor!
Picture is worth a thousand words and you couldn't pay for copy as good as this
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I think we’ve found Trump’s successor!
SHOWDOWN WITH SOCIALISM (not sure how it will go so keep the press out)
1. lol
2. today's White House meeting with Mamdani is currently scheduled as "closed press," which means it might not be much of a showdown
2. today's White House meeting with Mamdani is currently scheduled as "closed press," which means it might not be much of a showdown
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
SHOWDOWN WITH SOCIALISM (not sure how it will go so keep the press out)
Seems like evidence of a pattern or practice of due process violations to advertise the position of “Immigration judge” (real title) as “deportation judge”
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Seems like evidence of a pattern or practice of due process violations to advertise the position of “Immigration judge” (real title) as “deportation judge”
It's up! www.yalejreg.com/nc/trump-reg...
Trump Regulatory Policy: 2025 Compendium - Yale Journal on Regulation
As part of my prep for this year’s ABA Administrative Law Conference, I put together a list of the regulatory policy documents that have been issued since the start of President Trump’s second term. L...
www.yalejreg.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The NYT has a twisted nostalgia problem.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The NYT has a twisted nostalgia problem.
Lots of flip flopping on the whole swastika issue.
According to a press release posted on the Coast Guard website: “This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any misinformation and double down that the U.S. Coast Guard forbids these symbols.”
Coast Guard Again Classifies Swastikas, Nooses As Hate Symbols
According to a press release posted on the Coast Guard website: “This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any misinformation and double down that the U.S. Coast Guard forbids these symbols.”
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Lots of flip flopping on the whole swastika issue.
Reposted by Blake Emerson
This is a really good essay, but (1) Republicans spent the Obama years pretty much saying DON'T GIVE HIM THAT MUCH EXECUTIVE POWER BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH IT WHEN WE HOLD THE PRESIDENCY, and (2) Trump wants to be reconstructive, but he's disjunctive.
academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is a really good essay, but (1) Republicans spent the Obama years pretty much saying DON'T GIVE HIM THAT MUCH EXECUTIVE POWER BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH IT WHEN WE HOLD THE PRESIDENCY, and (2) Trump wants to be reconstructive, but he's disjunctive.
academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
Hazony, you sweet summer child.
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hazony, you sweet summer child.
We are going to win
This week’s scorecard of German Idealism in legal documents:
Kant 1
Hegel ?
Left: Hunter Biden motion for default judgment
Right: Judge Smith’s dissent in Texas redistricting case
(Smith’s reference is obviously meant to be negative, but given the tenor of the dissent, how to score?)
Kant 1
Hegel ?
Left: Hunter Biden motion for default judgment
Right: Judge Smith’s dissent in Texas redistricting case
(Smith’s reference is obviously meant to be negative, but given the tenor of the dissent, how to score?)
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We are going to win
This seems like a lagging indicator. Of course Nvidia is raking it in because people with lots of money are still in the grips of ecstasy over its potential to shed labor cost and increase control over information-production. I’d be more curious about the profits of businesses that sell AI products
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This seems like a lagging indicator. Of course Nvidia is raking it in because people with lots of money are still in the grips of ecstasy over its potential to shed labor cost and increase control over information-production. I’d be more curious about the profits of businesses that sell AI products
A prominent political function of antisemitism is to dismiss all minority interests as a smokescreen for the intrigues of global cabal (i.e., the Jews). Portray the oppression of minorities as an underdog fight against secretive, pernicious forces
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A prominent political function of antisemitism is to dismiss all minority interests as a smokescreen for the intrigues of global cabal (i.e., the Jews). Portray the oppression of minorities as an underdog fight against secretive, pernicious forces
Breaking from Pop Base
Donald Trump announces he has signed the bill to release the Epstein files.
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Breaking from Pop Base