not done uet but nice she has colour now :3
December 20, 2024 at 1:09 PM
not done uet but nice she has colour now :3
THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
You can have UET or you can have executive officials with judicial functions. You don’t have to take either, but you cannot take both.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:27 PM
You can have UET or you can have executive officials with judicial functions. You don’t have to take either, but you cannot take both.
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What sport does an amphibian play?
"Croak-uet"
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Put the tomatoes down.
"Croak-uet"
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Put the tomatoes down.
March 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What sport does an amphibian play?
"Croak-uet"
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Put the tomatoes down.
"Croak-uet"
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Put the tomatoes down.
As for Cook - like Learning Resources, the basic rule here is the UET doesn’t apply when business interests don’t want it to. That’s it.
June 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
As for Cook - like Learning Resources, the basic rule here is the UET doesn’t apply when business interests don’t want it to. That’s it.
3/ The Vought White House, which has adopted UET on steroids, is extending this to the proposition that only the president can identify national priorities, even in the teeth of countervailing statutory language.
That is personalist rule; it has nothing to do with rule by law.
That is personalist rule; it has nothing to do with rule by law.
May 29, 2026 at 11:52 AM
3/ The Vought White House, which has adopted UET on steroids, is extending this to the proposition that only the president can identify national priorities, even in the teeth of countervailing statutory language.
That is personalist rule; it has nothing to do with rule by law.
That is personalist rule; it has nothing to do with rule by law.
4/4 Anyway, I've got more to say about this in the removals context in a forthcoming piece, but it is notable that the underlying UET logic has moved out of the removals context and into the entirety of policymaking.
May 29, 2026 at 11:53 AM
4/4 Anyway, I've got more to say about this in the removals context in a forthcoming piece, but it is notable that the underlying UET logic has moved out of the removals context and into the entirety of policymaking.
Tbc this is a brand new argument. I’ve been reading UET stuff for a long time and I’ve never seen this move made. In all seriousness, it should immediately be added to the standard repertoire in the litany of problems with UET
great 🧵 identifying yet another textual problem with the unitary executive.
Per Justice Thomas, 18c dictionaries had a verb meaning “to assign for EXCLUSIVE use”—ie, the exact thing imperial presidency fans wish the vesting clause said.
But that verb was NOT “to vest.” It was “to appropriate.” 🤔
Per Justice Thomas, 18c dictionaries had a verb meaning “to assign for EXCLUSIVE use”—ie, the exact thing imperial presidency fans wish the vesting clause said.
But that verb was NOT “to vest.” It was “to appropriate.” 🤔
I just published a blog post on the terrific Yale JREG Blog that draws an interesting--and potentially important--connection between Congress's power to "appropriate" and the three "Vesting" clauses in the Constitution.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/vesting-v...
www.yalejreg.com/nc/vesting-v...
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Tbc this is a brand new argument. I’ve been reading UET stuff for a long time and I’ve never seen this move made. In all seriousness, it should immediately be added to the standard repertoire in the litany of problems with UET
no one has captured me and cut my achilles tendon to keep me from being able to escape uet and that's extremely transphobic
October 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
no one has captured me and cut my achilles tendon to keep me from being able to escape uet and that's extremely transphobic
UET-EWIAT: "Unitary Executive Theory—Except When it Actually Matters"
January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
UET-EWIAT: "Unitary Executive Theory—Except When it Actually Matters"
8/ UET is a one-way ratchet for presidential power. Under Trump, the UET is now the justification for Project 2025’s plan for mass “Schedule F” firings of civil servants and for ending the independence of regulatory commissions.
July 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
8/ UET is a one-way ratchet for presidential power. Under Trump, the UET is now the justification for Project 2025’s plan for mass “Schedule F” firings of civil servants and for ending the independence of regulatory commissions.
From the Ea-nāṣir archive:
UET 5, 471 is a list of silver amounts regarding entry into Dilmun, an escort fee, and associated costs / rates for oil, barley, a slave and her child, milk and textiles. The milk belonged to Atta, the textiles to Sin-mude, two other merchants.
UET 5, 471 is a list of silver amounts regarding entry into Dilmun, an escort fee, and associated costs / rates for oil, barley, a slave and her child, milk and textiles. The milk belonged to Atta, the textiles to Sin-mude, two other merchants.
March 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
From the Ea-nāṣir archive:
UET 5, 471 is a list of silver amounts regarding entry into Dilmun, an escort fee, and associated costs / rates for oil, barley, a slave and her child, milk and textiles. The milk belonged to Atta, the textiles to Sin-mude, two other merchants.
UET 5, 471 is a list of silver amounts regarding entry into Dilmun, an escort fee, and associated costs / rates for oil, barley, a slave and her child, milk and textiles. The milk belonged to Atta, the textiles to Sin-mude, two other merchants.
Indeed, Roberts is likely to create a bespoke carve-out from the unitary executive theory for the Federal Reserve, revealing the profound intellectual dishonesty driving this whole endeavor. When he sees an agency he doesn’t want Trump to control, he suddenly discovers a magical UET exception!
June 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Indeed, Roberts is likely to create a bespoke carve-out from the unitary executive theory for the Federal Reserve, revealing the profound intellectual dishonesty driving this whole endeavor. When he sees an agency he doesn’t want Trump to control, he suddenly discovers a magical UET exception!
3/ This means independent agencies like the Federal Reserve or FTC are considered unconstitutional by UET proponents. Their leaders are protected by "for cause" removal statutes, which proponents of UET aim to eliminate and SCOTUS appears open to.
July 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
3/ This means independent agencies like the Federal Reserve or FTC are considered unconstitutional by UET proponents. Their leaders are protected by "for cause" removal statutes, which proponents of UET aim to eliminate and SCOTUS appears open to.
7/6 Anyhoo, I may be writing something on UET and the idea of democratic accountability. Watch this space!
September 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
7/6 Anyhoo, I may be writing something on UET and the idea of democratic accountability. Watch this space!
Thank you for sharing the news, I hadn't heard this uet — bluesky really is the place of the future.
January 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Thank you for sharing the news, I hadn't heard this uet — bluesky really is the place of the future.
2/ What is UET? In its strongest form, the unitary executive theory (UET) argues that Article II vests all executive power in the president. Proponents claim this gives the president absolute authority to direct and, most importantly, fire any official in the executive branch at will.
July 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
2/ What is UET? In its strongest form, the unitary executive theory (UET) argues that Article II vests all executive power in the president. Proponents claim this gives the president absolute authority to direct and, most importantly, fire any official in the executive branch at will.
Come join me for pleasures you have not uet experienced..
June 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Come join me for pleasures you have not uet experienced..
From the Ea-nāṣir archive:
UET 5, 643 is a list of fifty folks investing in four traders. These traders sailed from southern Iraq to Bahrain and back via Gulf. These coffers may have been literal reed baskets or something more abstract. Ea-nasir was one of those investors.
UET 5, 643 is a list of fifty folks investing in four traders. These traders sailed from southern Iraq to Bahrain and back via Gulf. These coffers may have been literal reed baskets or something more abstract. Ea-nasir was one of those investors.
March 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
From the Ea-nāṣir archive:
UET 5, 643 is a list of fifty folks investing in four traders. These traders sailed from southern Iraq to Bahrain and back via Gulf. These coffers may have been literal reed baskets or something more abstract. Ea-nasir was one of those investors.
UET 5, 643 is a list of fifty folks investing in four traders. These traders sailed from southern Iraq to Bahrain and back via Gulf. These coffers may have been literal reed baskets or something more abstract. Ea-nasir was one of those investors.
What has happened—for quite a bit—is that administrative law scholars suppressed our inclinations that UET was a crackpot theory because scholarship lets a thousands flowers flourish. Now, I am like: UET is a crackpot theory, based on a weird version of Rousseau’s General Will.
April 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
What has happened—for quite a bit—is that administrative law scholars suppressed our inclinations that UET was a crackpot theory because scholarship lets a thousands flowers flourish. Now, I am like: UET is a crackpot theory, based on a weird version of Rousseau’s General Will.
Interesting amicus brief by @democracyforward.org in Trump's $10b tax lawuit. They convincingly make the claim that there is no case or controversy if the President is on both sides of the litigation.
Interesting consequence of the UET.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
Interesting consequence of the UET.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Interesting amicus brief by @democracyforward.org in Trump's $10b tax lawuit. They convincingly make the claim that there is no case or controversy if the President is on both sides of the litigation.
Interesting consequence of the UET.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
Interesting consequence of the UET.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
Aaaand, this is why I am concerned about UET: it is fantasy. Congress drafts the law that is executed by the President. The President has leeway in interpreting the law, but at the end of day, he can’t completely ignore it.
October 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Aaaand, this is why I am concerned about UET: it is fantasy. Congress drafts the law that is executed by the President. The President has leeway in interpreting the law, but at the end of day, he can’t completely ignore it.
Rereading my UET notes from 18 years ago…
February 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Rereading my UET notes from 18 years ago…
1/ Authoritarian movements often come cloaked in legal justifications. There is even a term for it: “autocratic legalism.” I’d argue that this is the proper context to understand “unitary executive theory” (UET), the engine behind Project 2025 and several recent SCOTUS rulings. Here’s why: 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
1/ Authoritarian movements often come cloaked in legal justifications. There is even a term for it: “autocratic legalism.” I’d argue that this is the proper context to understand “unitary executive theory” (UET), the engine behind Project 2025 and several recent SCOTUS rulings. Here’s why: 🧵
Chrimbal happen, am tired, not ovar uet
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Chrimbal happen, am tired, not ovar uet