Pat Sobkowski
@patsobkowski.com
Political Science Professor at Marquette. APD, Constitutional Law + history & Administrative Law. Writing a book on the Steel Seizure case. Contributor, @liberalcurrents.com
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Pat Sobkowski
@patsobkowski.com
· May 6
The Unitary Executive and Politics
The Unitary Executive Theory has inspired debate for nearly half a century. The meaning of Article II of the Constitution has been debated within the academy, t
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My article, "The Unitary Executive and Politics," is forthcoming in the Ohio Northern University Law Review!
I'm very excited to work with the student editors at ONU.
Link to the paper below; comments are welcome.
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I'm very excited to work with the student editors at ONU.
Link to the paper below; comments are welcome.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Cancelled.
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Cancelled.
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Great Know Your Enemy interview with @lkatfield.bsky.social on her new book.
Really captures the idealism of so many MAGA intellectuals. The love of high falutin critiques of liberal rights while rarely addressing just whose rights are getting chopped.
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Really captures the idealism of so many MAGA intellectuals. The love of high falutin critiques of liberal rights while rarely addressing just whose rights are getting chopped.
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The Furious Minds of MAGA (w/ Laura Field)
Podcast Episode · Know Your Enemy · 11/24/2025 · 1h 10m
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November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great Know Your Enemy interview with @lkatfield.bsky.social on her new book.
Really captures the idealism of so many MAGA intellectuals. The love of high falutin critiques of liberal rights while rarely addressing just whose rights are getting chopped.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Really captures the idealism of so many MAGA intellectuals. The love of high falutin critiques of liberal rights while rarely addressing just whose rights are getting chopped.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
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Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
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Presidential Control of the Civil Service
<p>Conventional wisdom treats the federal civil service as largely beyond the president’s reach. This Article challenges that assumption. Legal scholars too oft
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November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Abe is ready for thanksgiving.
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Abe is ready for thanksgiving.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Jones should be in the convo for the next Dem Attorney General. Should’ve been him instead of Garland.
Former Senator Doug Jones is running for Alabama governor, setting up a possible rematch with Senator Tommy Tuberville. nyti.ms/3XLPfVh
Former Senator Doug Jones Enters Alabama Governor’s Race
The move sets up a possible rematch between Mr. Jones, the last Democrat to win statewide office in Alabama, and Tommy Tuberville, the Republican who ousted him from the Senate in 2020.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Jones should be in the convo for the next Dem Attorney General. Should’ve been him instead of Garland.
I refuse to acknowledge the existence of Episodes VII-IX.
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. ROTJ
4. RoTS
5. Rogue One
6. Solo
7. Phantom
8. Attack of the Clones
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. ROTJ
4. RoTS
5. Rogue One
6. Solo
7. Phantom
8. Attack of the Clones
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I refuse to acknowledge the existence of Episodes VII-IX.
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. ROTJ
4. RoTS
5. Rogue One
6. Solo
7. Phantom
8. Attack of the Clones
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. ROTJ
4. RoTS
5. Rogue One
6. Solo
7. Phantom
8. Attack of the Clones
I still have my Twitter but I’ve rebranded it as a Notre Dame football fan account. Even the sports content consists of trolling and clickbait.
The political discourse is much of the same.
The political discourse is much of the same.
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I still have my Twitter but I’ve rebranded it as a Notre Dame football fan account. Even the sports content consists of trolling and clickbait.
The political discourse is much of the same.
The political discourse is much of the same.
Larry. Please don’t.
The Constitution specifies qualifications for President, Vice President, and members of Congress. These qualifications arguably imply that these offices can only be held by humans. But this is not the case with judges and Justices of the Supreme Court.
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Larry. Please don’t.
It was late
At night
I was feelin’ something wasn’t right
There was not another soul in sight
Only youuuuuuuuuuu
At night
I was feelin’ something wasn’t right
There was not another soul in sight
Only youuuuuuuuuuu
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It was late
At night
I was feelin’ something wasn’t right
There was not another soul in sight
Only youuuuuuuuuuu
At night
I was feelin’ something wasn’t right
There was not another soul in sight
Only youuuuuuuuuuu
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To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
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November 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Movie theater popcorn is the best snack. Argue with a wall.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Movie theater popcorn is the best snack. Argue with a wall.
Jeremiyah Love is a multi-generational player. He’s the best college player I’ve seen since Reggie Bush, and the best player I’ve seen at Notre Dame. I will miss him so much next year.
Thanks, JLove, for the memories. ☘️
Thanks, JLove, for the memories. ☘️
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Jeremiyah Love is a multi-generational player. He’s the best college player I’ve seen since Reggie Bush, and the best player I’ve seen at Notre Dame. I will miss him so much next year.
Thanks, JLove, for the memories. ☘️
Thanks, JLove, for the memories. ☘️
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one of these teams has held the ball for 25 minutes and one of them has held it for less than 10 and the only reason you’re going to guess which is which is the way I’m writing this post
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
one of these teams has held the ball for 25 minutes and one of them has held it for less than 10 and the only reason you’re going to guess which is which is the way I’m writing this post
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"The Furious Minds of the MAGA Right": @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com with @lkatfield.bsky.social, on our Neon Liberalism podcast www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
Neon Liberalism #52: The Furious Minds of the MAGA Right
Join Samantha and guest Laura Field, author of the new book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln ...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"The Furious Minds of the MAGA Right": @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com with @lkatfield.bsky.social, on our Neon Liberalism podcast www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
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Excited to see my paper "What Are We Debating When We Debate Legal Interpretation?" published today in the B.U. L. Rev. (@bulawreview.bsky.social)! Published next to it is a terrific and constructive response by Francisco Urbina. Both the paper and the response are here: www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Excited to see my paper "What Are We Debating When We Debate Legal Interpretation?" published today in the B.U. L. Rev. (@bulawreview.bsky.social)! Published next to it is a terrific and constructive response by Francisco Urbina. Both the paper and the response are here: www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...
@jamellebouie.net this is even more ridiculous with the entire quote. Donald Trump = FDR is insane brain rot stuff.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
@jamellebouie.net this is even more ridiculous with the entire quote. Donald Trump = FDR is insane brain rot stuff.
Really excited for this one. My copy should arrive tomorrow.
Today is the release date for my new book The Constitution of Conflict, published by @univpressofkansas.bsky.social! The book argues that the separation of powers is better understood as a political architecture than a judicially-enforced legal doctrine.
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The Constitution of Conflict: How the Supreme Court Undermines the Separation of Powers (Constitutional Thinking)
The Constitution of Conflict: How the Supreme Court Undermines the Separation of Powers (Constitutional Thinking) [Bell, Thomas] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Constitution of Conflict: How the Supreme Court Undermines the Separation of Powers (Constitutional Thinking)
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November 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Really excited for this one. My copy should arrive tomorrow.
Scrolling through Twitter, and it seems that some conservatives think it’s fine—even “extraordinary”—for a Senior Circuit judge to peddle antisemitic conspiracy theories in a published opinion.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Scrolling through Twitter, and it seems that some conservatives think it’s fine—even “extraordinary”—for a Senior Circuit judge to peddle antisemitic conspiracy theories in a published opinion.
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Indictment (cleaned up)
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Indictment (cleaned up)
Smith has been on the bench since 1987. Hear me out, guys… I’m starting to think life tenure for all federal judges is a bad idea.
Judge Jerry Smith (Reagan appointee) is out with his dissent in the Texas redistricting case, and it is WILD
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November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Smith has been on the bench since 1987. Hear me out, guys… I’m starting to think life tenure for all federal judges is a bad idea.
Ummmmmm
Judge Jerry Smith (Reagan appointee) is out with his dissent in the Texas redistricting case, and it is WILD
www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
Teaching Trump v. US tomorrow and every time it makes my blood boil.
Worst decision of my lifetime.
Worst decision of my lifetime.
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Teaching Trump v. US tomorrow and every time it makes my blood boil.
Worst decision of my lifetime.
Worst decision of my lifetime.
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My book was reviewed in Christian Century today, and I think it's a very well-done and fair analysis of my project.
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
Who gets to define Christianity?
David Congdon links postliberal theology to the exclusionary politics of the Christian...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My book was reviewed in Christian Century today, and I think it's a very well-done and fair analysis of my project.
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...