Pathbreaking Scholarship by Cass Sunstein

While I have a host of policy disagreements with Cass Sunstein (who currently is a law professor at Harvard and formerly was chosen by President Obama to head up the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs), the fact of the matter is that Sunstein is a superb scholar. I once even urged President Obama to nominate him for the Supreme Court, and in similar circumstances, I would have no hesitation in making the same recommendation.

With that as my prelude, I am going to urge people to read Sunstein's latest article, courtesy of Larry Solum. Yes, I know that this is legal geekery, but it is very good legal geekery. Be sure to read it--and be especially sure to take the time to read it today.

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More Shameless Self-Promotion

From SSRN:

Dear Pejman Yousefzadeh:

Your paper, “DICK CHENEY AND THE ROBUST CONCEPTION OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER (BOOK REVIEW OF IN MY TIME: A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL MEMOIR BY DICK CHENEY)”, was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for: Political Institutions eJournals.

As of 03/10/2013, your paper has been downloaded 147 times.

Very happy news. Again, keep downloading. Previous bit of shameless self-promotion found here.

Happy News from SSRN

Dear Pejman Yousefzadeh:
Your paper, “DICK CHENEY AND THE ROBUST CONCEPTION OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER (BOOK REVIEW OF IN MY TIME: A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL MEMOIR BY DICK CHENEY)”, was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for: LSN: Structure of Government & Political Theory (Topic), LSN: Structure of Government & Separation of Powers (Topic), Law & Politics eJournal, Law & Society: Public Law - Constitutional Law eJournal, PRN: Political Processes, Public Policies, Individual & Social Well-Being (Topic), PSN: Executive Authority (Topic) and Political Institutions: The President & Executives eJournal.

Keep downloading.

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As Larry Solum Might Say …

“Download [my article] while it’s hot!” From the abstract:

The memoirs of former Vice President Dick Cheney advance — among other things — his expansive view of executive power. This Book Review discusses Cheney’s those views. It depicts Cheney’s Nixon Administration experience, his time as a member of Congress, and his service as secretary of defense and vice president. In all of his years of public service, Cheney did not become a skeptic of executive power. On the contrary, even as a member of Congress, he sought to safeguard executive power against what he — and others around him — saw as encroachment by Congress. This Book Review also highlights two notable instances in which Cheney, as a member of the Executive Branch, sought to protect presidential power — and one instance in which he worked to preserve the autonomy of the Vice President from the President and his staff.

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