At the Blog
On Monday, six policy scholars and scholars of the right – Daniel Martinez HoSang, Lindsay Owens, David Austin Walsh, Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Todd Tucker, and Dessie Zagorcheva – shared their perspectives about potential fissures in the Trump coalition.
On Wednesday, Jed Kroncke explained how trust law – originally devised as a way to protect the assets of vulnerable parties – now provides the wealthy with a new form of super-property, insulated from taxation, reporting requirements, and creditor claims.
And on Thursday, Ben Sachs considered whether, by removing Gwynne Wilcox from her seat on the National Labor Relations Board, Trump unintentionally empowered states and cities to engage in labor lawmaking.
In LPE Land
Nathan Tankus has been a one-stop shop for breaking news and analysis on the Trump-Musk Treasury payments crisis.
At Bloomberg Law, Graham Steele and Emily DiVito explain how the Treasury incursion puts the entire financial system at risk.
In Liberal Currents, Beth Popp Berman discusses how operational control over payments would afford Trump unprecedented ideological control over spending, while opening up new avenues for corruption.
At Lawfare, Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman discuss how DOGE is trying to weaponize the U.S. government’s payment, information, and physical infrastructure.
On Marketplace, Blake Emerson discusses the systemic constitutional violations taking place in the executive branch under Trump and Musk.
On his Blog, Samuel Bagenstos reflects on why it’s important to write about the illegality of what Trump and Musk are doing.
On his Blog, JW Mason reflects on writing about policy in the Trump Era.
In the NYT, Jameel Jaffer argues that powerful media institutions are weakening press freedoms by agreeing to settlements with Trump.
Cool New Job Alert: The Housing Rights team at TakeRoot Justice is seeking a staff attorney.
In the land of scholarship (what sweet relief), the Journal of Law and Political Economy released its latest issue.
Also in the land of scholarship, David Pozen and Daryl Levinson have what looks to be a fascinating new paper on how the rise of neoliberalism has led to greater reliance on consent throughout U.S. law, while at the same time leading to greater doubts about its moral efficacy and empirical feasibility.
