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the formation of a unitary state
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This is not a unitary polity, where the president decides for everyone, but 50 sovereign states that joined in union.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
On February 5, Gwynne Wilcox filed a lawsuit challenging her firing by Trump, setting up a vehicle the Supreme Court’s Republican majority could use to fully implement the unitary executive theory — and potentially give Trump full control over the Federal Reserve.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
That’s the general theory of the unitary executive.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
That's because, under Trump's version of the unitary executive theory, Congress has no power to mandate anything about the president's treatment of federal executive branch employees who make up virtually all of the 2 million federal employees.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
On February 5, Gwynne Wilcox filed a lawsuit challenging her firing by Trump, setting up a vehicle the Supreme Court’s Republican majority could use to fully implement the unitary executive theory — and potentially give Trump full control over the Federal Reserve.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
That’s the general theory of the unitary executive.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
That's because, under Trump's version of the unitary executive theory, Congress has no power to mandate anything about the president's treatment of federal executive branch employees who make up virtually all of the 2 million federal employees.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Unitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unitary. Accessed 16 Feb. 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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