Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law. Administrative law, political theory. Author: The Public’s Law. Personal views only. https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/blake-emersonhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mycx27s7uk2wKind of wild that JFK made his brother attorney general, no?20 Oct 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycx27s7uk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3my6g6lwx3c2iRelaxing Sunday afternoon with UCLA’s 2 hour long, required online training.18 Oct 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6g6lwx3c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3my4jol5tpk2jFundamentally, we are where we are: the government is run by malicious morons. What’s the solution for the problem we have right now? [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Oct 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3my4jol5tpk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3my3jrxxl4c2qIntroduced my son to Independence Day today. One of my favorite parts is when they cut to the Russian pilots getting ready to fight the aliens, and the main musical theme reprises in a minor key as a Soviet-style march. It’s the details that make a classic.17 Oct 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3jrxxl4c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxzvxs4rt22fI don’t know about these settler guys. Seems bad, maybe we should not let them do whatever they want forever [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Oct 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzvxs4rt22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxs5mayrs22t“Alignment” is totalitarian send skeet13 Oct 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxs5mayrs22thttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxs54p7pd22tWe used to be a proper country13 Oct 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxs54p7pd22thttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxpumbom6k2vThe untold (and obviously, most important) story here is that many classic parkland golf courses have been on a craze lately of cutting down their trees and pretending to be Scottish links courses, which is both gauche and un-American, send skeet. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Oct 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpumbom6k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxpecvtdjs2oDem Leadership’s “serious questions” t-shirt has people asking questions already answered by their “serious questions” t-shirt.12 Oct 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpecvtdjs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxp3y3qwbk24This Article is the first to apply the major questions doctrine to one-of-a-kind singing bird automatons.12 Oct 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxp3y3qwbk24https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxkh2p6zg223And too often we act as though all legal judgments are criminal ones [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Oct 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxkh2p6zg223https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxjrmn2v3s2qIt’s striking that the GOP has a massive cash advantage even when Trump is currently causing lasting harm to the US and global economy. What does that say about the interests of capital?10 Oct 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxjrmn2v3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxhd7jz5zs2sLA baby09 Oct 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxhd7jz5zs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxfsyooyk226I like how Mike Collins just acts like he’s writing something very important down while Ossoff rips him to shreds. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Oct 2026 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxfsyooyk226https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxfrqokcgc26Why09 Oct 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxfrqokcgc26https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxflhlrcm22sHmmmm08 Oct 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxflhlrcm22shttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxew2a6wxk2cGetting advertisements for flannel trousers when it’s 95 degrees is violence08 Oct 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxew2a6wxk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxeulbyvqs2cYale Law School should have enrolled at least one more foreigner so as not to waste a spot on this moron. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxeulbyvqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxeruefijc2cSay what you will, but this is quite the backdrop for a presidential launch speech, especially at a time when the right is constantly classics-maxxing. Too bad the man is rizzless. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxeruefijc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxdqvwfc2s2dWhenever I see an instagram post from Vance I expect it to be an Onion headline.08 Oct 2026 05:43 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdqvwfc2s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxdgszkxjc2yIt remains a problem (as it was after 10/7 in 2023) that some fringe parts of the pro-Palestinian camp are incapable of recognizing, or hostile to, grief and mourning for the death of Israeli civilians.08 Oct 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdgszkxjc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxdehovwt22oOne more time with feeling [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdehovwt22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxad4vac3s2qIs Russ Vought going to bomb Los Angeles? [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Oct 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxad4vac3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mxacjcxkf22qTrump is surely aware San Diego has a giant navy and marine base, yes? He’s not just fantasizing sbout the destruction of California cities, right?06 Oct 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxacjcxkf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mx7xydqpnc23What a choice cultural moment for the NYT to keep publishing Jeffrey Toobin—surely one of the only people who could write a column about the Supreme Court.06 Oct 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7xydqpnc23https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mx7pwowq5c23POV: your global strategic footprint is imperiled by marginally upgraded toy airplanes.06 Oct 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7pwowq5c23https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mwyrpraqb22kIf you think the unitary executive theory is driven by originalism, you haven’t been reading the relevant scholarship on the topic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyrpraqb22khttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mwwkujonjk2oDon’t be a hyperventilating resistance lib and read anything at all into Hegseth’s “department of war” creating a “FASCOM.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwkujonjk2o