Dan Walters

Most predictable thing ever. SCOTUS owns this.

I don't know how there's a single soul out there that takes this guy seriously anymore.

Once again, one might legitimately wonder what is going through the conservative 5th Circuit judges' minds that let's them treat their treasured concepts of liberty so cavalierly when it comes to force agencies.

Corruption abounds but the godfather does not know what is happening. Heard that one before.

A new piece from me, a provocation really: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

There's about to be an epic intraparty fight over this new permitting reform and energy infrastructure bill. But the last line strikes me as right: you either strike a deal here or all these data center developers build their own BTM generation that will probably not be climate friendly.

Check out my latest @slate.com with @profdanwalters.bsky.social on Suncor v. Boulder. This could be the biggest case of the Supreme Court's next term. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Look at those numbers for neither or both equally. Together, they equal if not exceed either party's numbers--there is absolutely a window of opportunity here for a third party even with the winner take all incentive.

Glad to see this. Trump’s actions are a flagrant violation of the First Amendment—an outrageous attack on press freedom as well as the public’s right to independent information about government. I assume the news organizations will ask for emergency relief. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

One of the great joys in American life--the road trip--has indeed become a sad reminder not only of how much damage climate change is doing, but also of how unequal and unkept the country is becoming. We're like frogs boiling in a pot, but it hits you in the face when you venture out there.

There are some mornings when I wake up Post-Slaughter and think... "Wait.... Is THAT now unconstitutional?" And, frankly, I don't like it.

A real eye opener for me was reading about how intelligence is an evolved trait rewarding manipulation of other people (in pro-social ways, generally, but still...).

Remember when we learned that CJ Roberts made his decision about the Clean Power Plan in about two seconds because of the unthinkable consequences of leaving utilities thinking they might have to eventually comply with a regulation? Yup, same guy.

Among many remarkable things about this moving essay, it stands out that so many people in both the first and second Trump administration (including Mike Pence) understood the value of administrative competence and service and were not going to throw that away to score points with the base.

While this is not very surprising (students, after all, can think), I think it's a mistake to treat this as an important question that needs to be established. Had the opposite been found, it wouldn't change anything because the point of education is not to be fed "balance," it's to be challenged.

Practical originalism? I'm so ashamed this guy is a fellow Phillies fan.

SCOTUS should not have expected any other response from the administration--BSers gonna spot BS, like the Federal Reserve carveout.

I refuse to live in a world where the only way we retain our humanity is to deliberately make things worse.

Perhaps they're dropping the pool indictment on a Friday so that they can sneak this by? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...

Also, the person who said it was vandals was the President. So enough with blaming a different agency. You wanted unitary, you got unitary.

New draft paper on SSRN: "Fact Avoidance," forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review Supreme Court Issue. This Essay identifies a recurring feature where the Court decides presidential power cases entirely on legal grounds without engaging at all with the facts /1 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

What actually triggered people was that over half the population followed the recommendations because they were trying to be good people contributing to the welfare of the nation. People don't like feeling like they're selfish, and you can't help but feel that in that situation.

You do you, bro, but I'm just saying I simply couldn't live with myself if I was this full of contradiction.

This is not (or should not be) surprising to anyone who has been paying attention, but it is nevertheless stunning to have it in court records. It represents, without any exaggeration, a betrayal of the nation (not to mention the millions of Trump voters in many of these ostensibly "blue" states).

Yes, and 99 percent of coal plants failed when there was no more coal on hand... I am truly at a loss for words to describe how obtuse and/or manipulative this message from the Department of Energy is.

It is such a shame that this kind of wealth and power couldn't have found itself in the hands of someone with an ounce of character and foresight.

The problem with writing an op-ed about this kind of thing is that two days later you've got so many great new examples--this, the White House intervening on behalf of Taylor Farms, selling access to advance information from POTUS. It's a dark time indeed. thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Slaughter was not just about removal--it was a "conceptual revolution." Taken seriously, it implies one of two futures: an ineffective government hobbled by courts limiting the president's power, or courts holding back and enabling a power grab. What a choice. www.theregreview.org/2026/07/22/b...

This is what happens when you give a corrupt president the power to micromanage agency statements on exigent threats to public safety. Just saying.

It's like the political manifestation of Munchausen by Proxy.

I'm in the Hill today with @hdamonfeng.bsky.social on how the Trump v. Slaughter opinion undermines public trust in the information conveyed by agencies, which could be catastrophic for society and economy alike. thehill.com/opinion/whit...

I simply can't wait to hear what kinds of convoluted, and heretofore unheard of, reasons for an exception the Court and its bar dream up.

@nicholasbednar.bsky.social and @tphillips.bsky.social argue that President Trump's removal of the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission defeats his duty to faithfully execute the law and exceeds his removal power under the Take Care Clause.

No wonder they think civilian universities are off the rails; even military academies are too lefty for them. This just goes to show you how little credibility the entire movement has as a genuine complaint about ideological diversity.

England France third place match taking place in Florida. get your Seven Years' War jokes ready

This series always has some great essays. www.theregreview.org/2026/07/13/s...

Even more alarmingly, 23 percent of people who think Trump is using his office for personal gain strongly or somewhat approve of his job performance--implying, of course, that they view the graft as entirely appropriate, or as irrelevant to job performance. Not sure what you do with that...

It's really stunning to read JD Vance, a grown man and second in line to lead out country, admitting that he sees the world and our country's political divides in terms of a battle between literal angels and demons.

I really do think that there needs to be a movement--every bit as sustained and well-organized as the movement leading to Slaughter--to invigorate the positive requirements of the Take Care Clause of Article II. It's sitting there in plain sight and it means what it says.