John Dearborn

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Great lecture! If you couldn't make it, cosponsorship with the newly launched Cornerstone Institute on Civic Thought allowed us to record this one: youtube.com/watch?v=NXy9sR…

Thanks to @jcrohsaine and Sebastian Graham for putting together such a wonderful visit. With PAIR and the Cornerstone Institute for Civic Thought (CICT), Purdue is doing amazing things to support the study of American political institutions, thought, and development.

Thanks so much to the Purdue Program On American Institutional Renewal for the opportunity last week to give a Politics in PAIR-Spective Lecture about my book project, Presidential Power after the Rights Revolution! linkedin.com/posts/purdue-p…

Research.

Know someone (perhaps yourself!) who presented a great paper on a Presidents and Executive Politics panel at APSA in 2025? Submit a nomination for the Founders Best Paper Award by February 2!

Scenes from #Calgary and #Canmore

Today's CNN piece by @JoanBiskupic on the upcoming Trump v. Slaughter case includes some thoughts from me on rise of the unitary executive theory and Chief Justice John Roberts's ideas from his time in the Reagan administration. cnn.com/2025/12/05/pol…

Enjoyed my first @socscihist conference. Until next time, Chicago.

Thanks so much to Lilly Goren for interviewing @jb_greenberg and me about 'Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint' on the @NewBooksNetwork Political Science podcast. newbooksnetwork.com/congressional-…

We chat with @SLSkowronek about his new book "The Adaptability Paradox" and how American democracy may have outgrown the Constitution: bit.ly/3WODXPz

Today's article in @knoxnews about the Trump administration's messaging during the government shutdown includes some thoughts from me about the importance of the Hatch Act. knoxnews.com/story/news/pol…

Until next time, Vancouver. #APSA2025

@MikeCrespin What a missed opportunity!

@johnadearborn Sure that looks nice but do you know the gift shop doesn’t sell socks the cat socks?

Scenes from an archival research trip to the Clinton Library. #LittleRock

This HuffPost article by @PaulBlu on how the second Trump administration is transforming the presidency includes some thoughts from me. huffpost.com/entry/donald-t…

Until next time, #Austin

(1) Hi y’all 👋 I’m on the academic hiring market this year!! I’m a PhD at Yale. My job talk is a timely piece of legal history exploring Myers, Humphrey’s Executor, and the future of the unitary executive (not in the news at all 😅). Happy to send a copy! My top five courses were con law, admin law, civil procedure, immigration law, and legislation.

New at #firstview with open access, David Mayhew @d_r_mayhew and Ethan Yan!

Grateful to have been part of this fantastic interdisciplinary conference. There is so much great, timely research happening on the administrative state.

Then, finally, this *extremely* topical piece by @johnadearborn: “Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution: The Reagan Administration and the Unitary Executive” cambridge.org/core/journals/…