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the formation of a unitary state
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Now, with a president who cares nothing for existing rules and seeks total control over not just the executive branch but the entire government, the theory of the unitary executive has become uniquely dangerous.
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Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
Many of the Supreme Court's conservative justices have expressed support for the idea known as unitary executive theory, which holds that the Constitution gives the president broad authority to fire officials that Congress cannot limit.
—Justin Jouvenal The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2025
Warming up to a unitary executive In a series of cases over the past 15 years, the Supreme Court has moved in an unambiguously unitarian, pro-presidential direction.
—Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Underlying all of this is the unitary executive theory that says executive power lies solely with the president, and the people who wield it on his behalf should be able to be fired by him.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
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Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
Many of the Supreme Court's conservative justices have expressed support for the idea known as unitary executive theory, which holds that the Constitution gives the president broad authority to fire officials that Congress cannot limit.
—Justin Jouvenal The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2025
Warming up to a unitary executive In a series of cases over the past 15 years, the Supreme Court has moved in an unambiguously unitarian, pro-presidential direction.
—Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Underlying all of this is the unitary executive theory that says executive power lies solely with the president, and the people who wield it on his behalf should be able to be fired by him.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unitary
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“Unitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unitary. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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unitary
adjective
uni·tary
ˈyü-nə-ˌter-ē 
1
a
: of or relating to a unit
b
: based on or marked by unity or units
2
: having the character of a unit : whole
Legal Definition
unitary
adjective
uni·tary
ˈyü-nə-ˌter-ē
1
: having the character of a single thing that is a constituent of a whole
specifically
: of, relating to, or being a business with subsidiaries in other states or nations that has its state income tax figured by including the subsidiaries' income, determining the portion of that income attributable to activities within the state, and taxing that percentage
a unitary business operating throughout the U.S.
imposed a unitary tax on a multinational corporation
2
: marked by unity : not dual or segregated : integrated sense 3
a unitary school district
unitariness
noun
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