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Behemoth or Leviathan?

State and Unstate

John Ganz
Jul 30, 2025
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In a recent post on his Substack, historian Adam Tooze has an interesting set of reflections on the deal foisted on Columbia University by the Trump administration. His colleague, David Pozen, thinks it raises the specter of “regulation by deal,” a regime of ad hoc rulemaking dictated by whoever is in power. “….[T]he agreement gives legal form to an ext…

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