John Marini

John Marini
Alma mater	University of California, Davis
Occupation	Political scientist
Employer	University of Nevada, Reno

John Marini is an American political scientist. He is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute. He is the author of one book about the administrative state and the co-editor of two more books.

Early life

John Marini earned a PhD from the University of California, Davis.

Career

Marini taught Political Science at the University of Dallas and Ohio University. He is now a full professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is also a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank.

Marini is the editor of two books and the author a third one called The Politics Of Budget Control: Congress, The Presidency And Growth Of The Administrative State. In the book, Marini argues that the growth of governmental bureaucracy is unlimited due to the absence of budgetary restraint; and that it is unconstitutional because it arrogates all powers. He adds that Congress is the main locus of the administrative state. In a review for the Journal of Political Analysis and Management, William A. Niskanen of the Cato Institute suggested it was "an elegant, profound, and disturbing book", but he regretted the lack of quantitative data or public choice theory in Marini's analysis.

In an essay for the Claremont Review of Books published in July 2016 and entitled Donald Trump and the American Crisis, Marini suggested then-presidential candidate Donald Trump should be commended for his recognition that neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party represented the American people any more.

Works

• Jones, Gordon S.; Marini, John, eds. (1989). The Imperial Congress: Crisis in the Separation of Powers. New York: World Almanac.
• Marini, John (1992). The Politics Of Budget Control: Congress, The Presidency And Growth Of The Administrative State. Taylor & Francis.
• Marini, John; Masugi, Ken, eds. (2005). The Progressive Revolution in Politics and Political Science: Transforming the American Regime. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742549739. OCLC 232005427.