David Driesen
@daviddriesen.bsky.social
University Professor, Syracuse University. Author, The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power (2021); The Economic Dynamics of Law, The Economic Dynamics of Environmental Law; Environmental Law: A Conceptual and Pragmatic Approach
The parties should have challenged Trump's declaration of an emergency in the tariff case. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Trump Tariff Trouble
His doublethink may be too much even for the supine Supremes
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The parties should have challenged Trump's declaration of an emergency in the tariff case. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The New York Times published an article on Trump's authoritarianism today. It said that Trump was following other authoritarians in defying or evading court orders. Is it true that authoritarians defy court orders? Or is Trump breaking new ground in this respect? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The New York Times published an article on Trump's authoritarianism today. It said that Trump was following other authoritarians in defying or evading court orders. Is it true that authoritarians defy court orders? Or is Trump breaking new ground in this respect? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“The rule of law has collapsed in the executive branch because Trump has established a unitary executive theory and supplemented this with the abuse of emergency powers,” said Member Scholar David Driesen, of @syracuselaw.bsky.social.
✍ @paulblumenthal.bsky.social
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The Huffington Post quoted me on the Trump dictatorship:
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
How Trump Broke The Presidency
Trump’s quest to claim all power for himself is drastically reshaping not just his presidency, but American democracy writ large.
www.huffpost.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“The rule of law has collapsed in the executive branch because Trump has established a unitary executive theory and supplemented this with the abuse of emergency powers,” said Member Scholar David Driesen, of @syracuselaw.bsky.social.
✍ @paulblumenthal.bsky.social
✍ @paulblumenthal.bsky.social
The Huffington Post quoted me on the Trump dictatorship:
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
How Trump Broke The Presidency
Trump’s quest to claim all power for himself is drastically reshaping not just his presidency, but American democracy writ large.
www.huffpost.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Huffington Post quoted me on the Trump dictatorship:
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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August 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Mother Jones published a fine article on the unitary executive theory, which quotes me, Noah Rosenbloom, Jed Shugerman, and Jack Goldsmith: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The dangerous legal theory behind Trump’s power grabs
There was no "unitary executive" until some dudes made the idea up to save Nixon.
www.motherjones.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Mother Jones published a fine article on the unitary executive theory, which quotes me, Noah Rosenbloom, Jed Shugerman, and Jack Goldsmith: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is the most cogent analysis I've seen of Trump's construction of a police state.
July 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is the most cogent analysis I've seen of Trump's construction of a police state.
Constitutional Commentary just published my article examining Justice Story's views on presidential removal of executive branch officials. The analysis suggests that the Supreme Court practices selective living originalism,. constitutionalcommentary.lib.umn.edu/article/does...
Does a Removal Power Exist? Joseph Story and Selective Living Originalism – Constitutional Commentary
constitutionalcommentary.lib.umn.edu
July 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Constitutional Commentary just published my article examining Justice Story's views on presidential removal of executive branch officials. The analysis suggests that the Supreme Court practices selective living originalism,. constitutionalcommentary.lib.umn.edu/article/does...
The Albany Law Review just published my critique of Justice Barrett's claim that "common sense" supports the major questions doctrine. www.albanylawreview.org/article/1412...
CONTEXT, COMMON SENSE, AND THE MAJOR QUESTIONS DOCTRINE: A RESPONSE TO JUSTICE BARRETT | Published in Albany Law Review
By David M. Driesen. This Essay evaluates Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s invocation of context and common sense in her approach to the major questions doctrine and statutory interpretation.
www.albanylawreview.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Albany Law Review just published my critique of Justice Barrett's claim that "common sense" supports the major questions doctrine. www.albanylawreview.org/article/1412...
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House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
May 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
Mother Jones published a fine article on the unitary executive theory, which quotes me, Noah Rosenbloom, Jed Shugerman, and Jack Goldsmith: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The dangerous legal theory behind Trump’s power grabs
There was no "unitary executive" until some dudes made the idea up to save Nixon.
www.motherjones.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Mother Jones published a fine article on the unitary executive theory, which quotes me, Noah Rosenbloom, Jed Shugerman, and Jack Goldsmith: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A threat to one is a threat to all.
My statement on Trump’s outrageous attack on due process and the rule of law:
My statement on Trump’s outrageous attack on due process and the rule of law:
April 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A threat to one is a threat to all.
My statement on Trump’s outrageous attack on due process and the rule of law:
My statement on Trump’s outrageous attack on due process and the rule of law:
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Schumer: "They've actually put tariffs on penguins but not Putin."
April 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Schumer: "They've actually put tariffs on penguins but not Putin."
This blogpost argues that some of the D.C. Circuit judges adjudicating preliminary orders in the cases about firing independent agency board members are living in a "dream world" by imagining that these actions are part of faithful law execution. www.theregreview.org/2025/04/09/d...
The Judges’ Dream World | The Regulatory Review
President Trump’s removal of agency heads without cause threatens the rule of law.
www.theregreview.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This blogpost argues that some of the D.C. Circuit judges adjudicating preliminary orders in the cases about firing independent agency board members are living in a "dream world" by imagining that these actions are part of faithful law execution. www.theregreview.org/2025/04/09/d...
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk want a shutdown to destroy vital government services faster.
It would be a disaster.
And we have to alert everyone how much pain it would cause the American people.
From my interview on @allinwithchris.bsky.social:
It would be a disaster.
And we have to alert everyone how much pain it would cause the American people.
From my interview on @allinwithchris.bsky.social:
March 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want a shutdown to destroy vital government services faster.
It would be a disaster.
And we have to alert everyone how much pain it would cause the American people.
From my interview on @allinwithchris.bsky.social:
It would be a disaster.
And we have to alert everyone how much pain it would cause the American people.
From my interview on @allinwithchris.bsky.social:
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Trump, Musk, and DOGE would use the power of a shutdown to shift into overdrive.
And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money.
We can’t let this happen.
And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money.
We can’t let this happen.
March 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump, Musk, and DOGE would use the power of a shutdown to shift into overdrive.
And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money.
We can’t let this happen.
And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money.
We can’t let this happen.
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Today on this Medicaid Day of Action, I headed to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. It’s the only hospital in the Bronx providing comprehensive cancer services, and 2/3s of patients rely on Medicaid and Medicare.
Trump is trying to rip away this lifeline so he can give tax breaks to billionaires.
Trump is trying to rip away this lifeline so he can give tax breaks to billionaires.
March 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Today on this Medicaid Day of Action, I headed to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. It’s the only hospital in the Bronx providing comprehensive cancer services, and 2/3s of patients rely on Medicaid and Medicare.
Trump is trying to rip away this lifeline so he can give tax breaks to billionaires.
Trump is trying to rip away this lifeline so he can give tax breaks to billionaires.
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AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
March 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
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Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
March 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
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Trump said that he would lower costs “on day one,” but he hasn’t done a thing to bring down prices, no matter what he claims tonight.
⬆️Wholesale egg prices are up.
⬆️Wholesale coffee prices are up.
⬆️Lumber prices are up.
We need lower costs, not tax cuts for billionaires.
⬆️Wholesale egg prices are up.
⬆️Wholesale coffee prices are up.
⬆️Lumber prices are up.
We need lower costs, not tax cuts for billionaires.
March 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Trump said that he would lower costs “on day one,” but he hasn’t done a thing to bring down prices, no matter what he claims tonight.
⬆️Wholesale egg prices are up.
⬆️Wholesale coffee prices are up.
⬆️Lumber prices are up.
We need lower costs, not tax cuts for billionaires.
⬆️Wholesale egg prices are up.
⬆️Wholesale coffee prices are up.
⬆️Lumber prices are up.
We need lower costs, not tax cuts for billionaires.
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THE TRUTH COMES OUT
Trump’s White House says the veterans his admin fired were perhaps “not fit” for their jobs.
An obscene way to talk about America’s veterans. They put their lives on the line for us. We owe them a debt we can never repay.
Dems are fighting for them.
Trump is mocking them.
Trump’s White House says the veterans his admin fired were perhaps “not fit” for their jobs.
An obscene way to talk about America’s veterans. They put their lives on the line for us. We owe them a debt we can never repay.
Dems are fighting for them.
Trump is mocking them.
March 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
THE TRUTH COMES OUT
Trump’s White House says the veterans his admin fired were perhaps “not fit” for their jobs.
An obscene way to talk about America’s veterans. They put their lives on the line for us. We owe them a debt we can never repay.
Dems are fighting for them.
Trump is mocking them.
Trump’s White House says the veterans his admin fired were perhaps “not fit” for their jobs.
An obscene way to talk about America’s veterans. They put their lives on the line for us. We owe them a debt we can never repay.
Dems are fighting for them.
Trump is mocking them.
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Trump won’t say a thing tonight about his broken promise to bring inflation down on DAY ONE.
Trump won’t talk about how his policies are raising costs for American families.
All to lower taxes for billionaires.
Democrats are fighting for families.
Trump won’t talk about how his policies are raising costs for American families.
All to lower taxes for billionaires.
Democrats are fighting for families.
March 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trump won’t say a thing tonight about his broken promise to bring inflation down on DAY ONE.
Trump won’t talk about how his policies are raising costs for American families.
All to lower taxes for billionaires.
Democrats are fighting for families.
Trump won’t talk about how his policies are raising costs for American families.
All to lower taxes for billionaires.
Democrats are fighting for families.
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Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico mean Americans families could see $2,000 more in expenses every year.
Trump is starting a trade war with our closest trade partners.
And all so he can cut taxes for his billionaires' club.
Democrats will not stop fighting for families.
Trump is starting a trade war with our closest trade partners.
And all so he can cut taxes for his billionaires' club.
Democrats will not stop fighting for families.
March 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico mean Americans families could see $2,000 more in expenses every year.
Trump is starting a trade war with our closest trade partners.
And all so he can cut taxes for his billionaires' club.
Democrats will not stop fighting for families.
Trump is starting a trade war with our closest trade partners.
And all so he can cut taxes for his billionaires' club.
Democrats will not stop fighting for families.
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Correct. Boycott if you want to protest, but don't heckle like you're Marge Greene.
I'm glad to see Dems boycotting the SOTU and would prefer they just present a huge section of empty seats rather than hooting or walking out--that's the kind of stuff Trump loves, and just gives him another big photo opportunity to play victim ("did you see them DISRESPECTING this great nation?")
March 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Correct. Boycott if you want to protest, but don't heckle like you're Marge Greene.