The Institute for the Study of States of Exception
A Washington, DC-based nonprofit (non-partisan, IRS designated 501c3) meant to serve as a global center for scholarship and discussion on abuses of executive emergency powers, both contemporary and historical.
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- Jul 14, 2026
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Under Exception, Issue #16 (opens the original)
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Carl Schmitt in the Middle East: Unstable Decisionism and the Failure of Political Orders (opens the original)
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Under Exception, Issue #15 (opens the original)
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Upcoming Office Hours - Trump v. Slaughter and the Future of U.S. Executive Power (Thursday, July 16, 11:00 AM ET) (opens the original)
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Last month, our ISSE Office Hours examined the Unitary Executive Theory as the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to decide Trump v. Slaughter. We explored the theory’s origins, its constitutional foundations, and the competing arguments advanced by its proponents and critics.The Court has now spoken.In one of the most consequential separation-of-powers decisions in decades, the Supreme Court substantially expanded presidential authority over much of the executive branch by holding that Congress cannot
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