Josh Chafetz
@joshchafetz
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Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law & Politics, @GeorgetownLaw. Author of _Congress's Constitution_: https://t.co/0q8QfVPMJu Find me on Bluesky @joshchafetz
Washington, D.C.
Joined December 2015
If you happen to be interested in the separation of powers, Congress, government shutdowns, contempt of Congress, the filibuster, and more, have I got the book for you!
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Congress is widely supposed to be the least effective branch of the federal government. But as Josh Chafetz shows in this boldly original analysis, Congress in fact has numerous powerful tools at its...
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This @joshchafetz draft on Chadha, the legislative veto, and Trump is excellent. https://t.co/3Iagu3Uynn
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Not deleting this account, but I think I'll mostly be over at Bluesky from now on. The vibe over there has trended close enough to ~ 2015 Twitter that it seems a better fit. Come find me over there (same handle)!
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The House "cannot collude with the president to deprive the Senate of its constitutional power to advise and consent on appointments. That would make a mockery of the Constitution’s text," Akhil Reed Amar, @joshchafetz, and Thomas P. Schmidt write:
theatlantic.com
The threat from House Republicans should be seen and called out for what it is: an autocratic move that is not just unlawful but contemptuous of constitutionalism.
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Akhil Amar, Tom Schmidt, and I have a piece in the Atlantic on why Trump + the GOP House cannot adjourn the Senate against its will in order to give Trump recess appointments. (Gift link)
theatlantic.com
The threat from House Republicans should be seen and called out for what it is: an autocratic move that is not just unlawful but contemptuous of constitutionalism.
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The House "cannot collude with the president to deprive the Senate of its constitutional power to advise and consent on appointments. That would make a mockery of the Constitution’s text," Akhil Reed Amar, @joshchafetz, and Thomas P. Schmidt write:
theatlantic.com
The threat from House Republicans should be seen and called out for what it is: an autocratic move that is not just unlawful but contemptuous of constitutionalism.
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Akhil Amar, Tom Schmidt, and I have a piece in the Atlantic on why Trump + the GOP House cannot adjourn the Senate against its will in order to give Trump recess appointments. (Gift link)
theatlantic.com
The threat from House Republicans should be seen and called out for what it is: an autocratic move that is not just unlawful but contemptuous of constitutionalism.
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If the Senate determined that it was not midnight, it was the business of the Senate, and not of the presiding officer.
The goal is to drag this out past midnight tonight so that the “intervening day” is pushed back, thereby delaying nom votes by a full day
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Not deleting this account, but I think I'll mostly be over at Bluesky from now on. The vibe over there has trended close enough to ~ 2015 Twitter that it seems a better fit. Come find me over there (same handle)!
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In January West Virginia will have 4 different governors in 10 days! On Jan 3 Gov Jim Justice (R) will leave office to be worn in as a US Senator. Current LG/Senate President Craig Blair (R), who lost re-election, will be governor from Jan 3-8. The winner of GOP caucus race
Race for Senate president comes down to Randy Smith, Tom Takubo and Eric Tarr - WV MetroNews
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Looks like I'm gonna be on @chrislhayes's show tonight at around 8:20 talking about all things recess appointment-y ...
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Stubbs is being coy about whether or not he'll put in an appearance
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Looks like I'm gonna be on @chrislhayes's show tonight at around 8:20 talking about all things recess appointment-y ...
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(This was my job-talk paper, in fact, and I got a *ton* of pushback about why I would write about a topic with basically no practical significance.)
Holy cow, of course @joshchafetz has an entire law review piece on whether Members of the House have the right to resign their seats. https://t.co/tywyrWMmGC
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Holy cow, of course @joshchafetz has an entire law review piece on whether Members of the House have the right to resign their seats. https://t.co/tywyrWMmGC
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(This was my job-talk paper, in fact, and I got a *ton* of pushback about why I would write about a topic with basically no practical significance.)
Holy cow, of course @joshchafetz has an entire law review piece on whether Members of the House have the right to resign their seats. https://t.co/tywyrWMmGC
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Niche post, but ... If Casey pulls this out, I think Todd Young will be the Joe Manchin of the 119th?
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Put another way: Dems have won statewide races in at least 5 of the 7 swing states. If Harris had won those states, she'd be president-elect.
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I'll be honest: if you'd told me that Harris was going to lose all 7 swing states, no way I'd have believed that Dems would have held the Senate seats in at least 4 of the 5 of those states that had Senate elections.
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