Republicanism and the Unitary Executive – Andy Smarick

Republicanism and the Unitary Executive – Andy Smarick

The unitary executive is one legitimate answer to a fundamental challenge of American republicanism: How do we protect liberty and popular sovereignty while giving the state sufficient authority and efficiency to govern well? There are illegitimate answers, like contemporary federal arrangements that allow for a collection of muscular, independent agencies that sit above or between the branches. That approach violates republicanism by expanding …