President Trump established the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in order to, as he stated, “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” Seven months into his second term as president, to what extent has DOGE accomplished these goals? What, exactly, is DOGE, and is it pursuing these goals unlawfully? And finally, how does DOGE reflect a broader concern and argument about the legitimacy of America’s administrative state?
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About the Speaker
Joseph Postell
Joseph Postell is Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College. Prior to arriving at Hillsdale, he was Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. His research and teaching focus on American political institutions, particularly Congress, political parties, and the administrative state. He is the author of Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State's Challenge to Constitutional Government, and the editor of several books on American political thought. His scholarly writings have appeared in a variety of academic journals and law reviews, including American Political Thought, Constitutional Studies, the Review of Politics, the NYU Journal of Law and Liberty, and the Georgetown Review of Law and Public Policy. He is also a frequent contributor to popular journals such as the Claremont Review of Books, Law and Liberty, and National Review.
