Mitchel Sollenberger, PhD

PhD Institution: Politics, Catholic University, 2006

Books:

• The Unitary Executive Theory: A Danger to Constitutional Government (University Press of Kansas, 2020) (With Jeff Crouch and Mark J. Rozell)
• Executive Privilege: Presidential Power, Secrecy, and Accountability (University Press of Kansas, 2020) (With Mark J. Rozell)
• The President’s Czars: Undermining Congress and the Constitution (University Press of Kansas, 2012) (With Mark J. Rozell)
• Judicial Appointments and Democratic Controls (Carolina Academic Press, 2011)
• The President Shall Nominate: How Congress Trumps Executive Power (University Press of Kansas, 2008)

Articles:

• “DOGE and the Modern Czar: Executive Power, Accountability, and the Trump Administration,” Congress & the Presidency (online publication fall 2026) (With Mark J. Rozell)
• “Executive Privilege in the States: Judicial Construction, Gubernatorial Power, and Transparency,” State and Local Government Review (online publication fall 2026)
• “Opposing Congress: Alternative Ways to Benefit from Executive Privilege Protections,” Political Science Quarterly, vol. 141, Summer 2026 (With Mark J. Rozell)
• “Congressional Investigations and Presidential Power – An Assessment of Executive Privilege During Donald Trump’s First Term,” Congress & the Presidency, vol. 52, Fall 2025 (With Mark J. Rozell).
• “President Biden’s Influence on the use of Executive Privilege,” Kentucky Law Journal, vol. 113, Fall 2025 (With Mark J. Rozell)
• “The Unitary Executive Theory and President Donald J. Trump,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 47, Sept. 2017 (With Jeffrey Crouch and Mark J. Rozell)

Book Chapters: 

• “Michigan’s Governor and Executive Branch,” in John S. Klemanski and David A. Dulio, eds., Michigan Government, Politics and Policy (University of Michigan Press, 2017)
• “The Power to Advise and Consent,” in Brien Hallett, ed., The Powers of U.S. Congress: Where Constitutional Authority Begins and Ends (ABC-CLIO, 2016)
• “Presidential and Congressional Relations: An Evolution of Military Appointments,” in Colton Campbell and David Auerswald eds., Congress and Civil-Military Relations (Georgetown University Press, 2015)
• “Resolved, Presidential ‘Czars’ Undermine Congress and the Constitution,” in Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson, eds., Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive (CQ Press 2014) (With Mark J. Rozell)
• “The Unitary Executive Theory and the Bush Legacy” in Taking the Measure: The Presidency of George W. Bush, Donald R. Kelley and Todd G. Shields, eds. (Texas A&M University Press, 2013) (With Mark J. Rozell)

Additional Writings:  

• “The Trump administration is taking executive privilege too far,” The Hill, Sept. 9, 2026 (With Mark J. Rozell)
• “Trump Wants to Privatize His Presidential Records,” Project Syndicate, June 3, 2026 (With Mark J. Rozell)
• “Amici Curiae Brief in Opposition to Defendants’ Notice Invoking State Secrets Privilege,” in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia case of J.G.G. v. Donald J. Trump, April 2, 2025 (with Heidi Kitrosser and Mark J. Rozell)
• “Hubris and conceit: Why Musk is having so much trouble as czar,” The Hill, March 4, 2025 (With Mark J. Rozell)
• “Brief for Amici Curiae in Support of Affirmance,” in the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit case of United States of America v. Peter Navarro, September 20, 2024 (With Heidi Kitrosser and Mark J. Rozell)
• “Presidential immunity from prosecution is now a dead argument,” The Hill, Feb. 7, 2024 (With Mark J. Rozell)
• “Executive privilege for ex-presidents? Not this time,” The Hill, May 23, 2022 (With Mark J. Rozell)
• “Brief of Amici Curiae in Opposition to Certiorari,” in the Supreme Court of the United States, Donald J. Trump v. Bennie G. Thompson, January 5, 2022 (With Government Accountability Project, Government Information Watch, National Security Counselors, Jason R. Baron, Norman Eisen, Louis Fisher, Heidi Kitrosser, and Mark J. Rozell)
   

Distinguished Research Award, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2012