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/3mrdgywhlvc2tTrump’s greatest contribution as President will be accidentally accelerating the abandonment of dirty energy.23 Jul 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdgywhlvc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr7n3wetas2nI can’t help you with stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but can I interest you in giving one to the Saudis?22 Jul 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7n3wetas2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr7agbvz4c25I appreciate both Mamdani’s (accurate) description of Netanyahu as a war criminal and his seriousness about the limits of the Mayor’s actual legal authority. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7agbvz4c25https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr76w7sokk25I’ve seen this headline about a dozen times this summer.22 Jul 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr76w7sokk25https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr6dbntk5k2dCheck out Seyla Benhabib’s incisive critique of Roberts’ Barbara opinion, which deployed Hannah Arendt’s phrase “the right to have rights” (without citation, of course), while the Court in Mullin v. Doe effectively deprives refugees of such rights. https://medium.com/@arendt_center/hannah-arendt-v-the-roberts-court-fa7a1ff461dd21 Jul 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6dbntk5k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr6a3rpyn22dThis is what the “voter fraud” stuff is about - the claim isn’t that people are voting illegally, but that most democratic voters (especially the non-white ones) aren’t really Americans. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6a3rpyn22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr47hmais22n20 Jul 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr47hmais22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr46apopyc2nHeadline needs to go through a few more drafts, no idea what this means20 Jul 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr46apopyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr3ikxcrek2hDid the oil futures market write this?20 Jul 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3ikxcrek2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr3i4lu4yk2hI’ll say it: the whole World Cup thing was a little much.20 Jul 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3i4lu4yk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mr3fw6riqk2hThis is getting silly20 Jul 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3fw6riqk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqwk6ekuhs25We need to move all of administrative adjudication, not just immigration courts, to Article III, with article III judges appointing what are currently administrative judges as magistrate judges. I outline the case in part III of this article: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-law-journal/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2025/12/Emerson_The-Existential-Challenge-to-the-Administrative-State.pdf18 Jul 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwk6ekuhs25https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqqdtnr4fc2gLet me guess16 Jul 2026 03:58 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqdtnr4fc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqowmxglss25Now should be a moment when a few senators decide Trump is too unpopular to abet his unhinged lawlessness, and not confirm Blanche. I’m not optimistic, but we’ll see15 Jul 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqowmxglss25https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqmsqp6b4s2pIt’s not a “minefield” is just rank corruption. Speak plainly please.14 Jul 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmsqp6b4s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqmi4egc6c2aI just watched the Israeli ambassador to the US say J Street wasn’t actually Jewish in the course of refusing to apologize for the army helping a settler militia to detain Senator Khanna. What a deft diplomatic touch!14 Jul 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmi4egc6c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqlbqdvnhc2aDidn’t take long for “protecting women’s sports” to become “getting rid of women’s sports” did it? [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlbqdvnhc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqkuwa4dqc26I’m sure the (illegal) 20 percent toll on ships going through the straight of Hormuz will help with gas prices.13 Jul 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkuwa4dqc26https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqjwmjxmnc2lThey year is 2026. No one has a flying car but everyone is cheating on their homework. https://davidgraeber.org/articles/of-flying-cars-and-the-declining-rate-of-profit/13 Jul 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjwmjxmnc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqixljmj5k2qMajor questions [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqixljmj5k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqhseztvrc27In what sense could a senator be “deployed” to Iraq and Afghanistan?12 Jul 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhseztvrc27https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqf7udlcjk2cSummertime11 Jul 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqf7udlcjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqezivmzxc26That’s why we fired them! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqezivmzxc26https://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqd725ycxc2pLander is great at this and, while I’m no longer a Zionist, liberal or otherwise, his liberal conception of Zionism deserves a respected place in our political discourse. It is unfortunately true that the term is now sometimes used as an antisemitic slur, which is scary and sad. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqd725ycxc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/blakeprof.bsky.social/post/3mqcqcnmcuc2eK10 Jul 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:bcsjnmnthpmcedj6hfwpd52b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcqcnmcuc2e