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A primer on the unitary executive theory

And how it's morphing into a rationale for dictatorship in America

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Kim Wehle
Mar 27, 2025
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I was recently on NPR’s podcast, Consider This, where I explained the “unitary executive” theory. People on the far-right, like Stephen Miller, are attempting to bootstrap this theory into a rationale for unlimited power in the presidency.

But you don’t have to be a constitutional law professor to know that this country was founded on the principle of “…

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