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Author: Christopher J. Walker

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CFP: Chapman Law Review’s Constraining the Executive Branch Symposium

Here’s the call for papers: The Chapman Law Review is pleased to invite article submissions on the theme: “Constraining the Executive Branch.” Publications will appear in a symposium edition, and authors will receive an honorarium. The executive branch is often criticized for overreaching its powers. Legal issues arise regarding constraining such powers through legislation and […]

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Gorsuch on Chevron Deference, Round II

In a post entitled Gorsuch on Chevron, Eric Posner has posted the brief Q&A on Chevron deference from the first round of questioning of Judge Gorsuch before the Senate Judiciary Committee. For adlaw geeks, this exchange is definitely fascinating. During secound round, however, Judge Gorsuch went into much greater detail regarding his views on Chevron deference. […]

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Bull & Ellig on Improving Regulatory Impact Analysis via Judicial Review (AdLaw Bridge Series)

Earlier this month the Center for the Study of the Administrative State hosted a terrific public policy conference on the Hill entitled The Time for Regulatory Reform in Congress. We discussed most of the  legislative regulatory reform proposals pending in Congress as well as a number of additional ideas that scholars have suggested. Video of the panels and […]

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Exciting New Comparative Administrative Law Blog

If the first blog post by Susan Rose-Ackerman is any indication, the new Admin Law Blog (on comparative administrative law) should be really terrific. From the welcome post: Welcome to the Admin Law Blog! This is a forum for the discussion of ideas and developments of interest to scholars of administrative law across the common law world. It […]

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Symposium Issue: A Future Without the Administrative State? (AdLaw Bridge Series)

Last March the Missouri Law Review hosted a terrific symposium, organized by Professor Erin Morrow Hawley, entitled A Future Without the Administrative State? (video here). The published issue from the symposium was just posted to the Law Review‘s website. I tweeted out thread of summaries/links to each piece here. Professor Hawley’s introduction is definitely a […]

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Nominate Your Favorite AdLaw Article/Book, Student Note & Agency Official for Annual ABA AdLaw Section Awards

Here’s the nomination information for each of these three awesome administrative law awards from the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. From the call for nominations: Nominations for 2017 are open! Visit the Awards page on our website to learn more about requirements and submitting nominations.   Award for Scholarship in Administrative Law […]

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Surly Subgroup Mini-Symposium on The Future of Tax Administration and Enforcement

Over at The Surly Subgroup blog, Leandra Lederman just wrapped up hosting a terrific mini-symposium entitled The Future of Tax Administration and Enforcement. This online symposium grew out of an in-person discussion group at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools last month. Professor Lederman has some concluding thoughts here, and my […]

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Administrative Law SSRN Reading List, January 2017

It’s a new year for administrative law scholarship, one full of promise with so many fascinating adlaw issues arising with a change in presidential administration. We have new executive orders and other executive actions, chatter about the removal of the CFPB director, agencies with new leadership with new agendas, unified government with perhaps unusual alliances for […]

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A Personal Programming Note

Today I start a semester-long academic fellowship in Senator Orrin Hatch’s Office to work on judicial nominations and regulatory reform legislation. Due to joining the Senate staff, my blogging (and tweeting) will be limited to conform to these new professional obligations (and the Senate ethics rules). For instance, I won’t be blogging about any potential regulatory reform […]

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The Stages of Administrative Law Exceptionalism

At the American Bar Association’s annual Administrative Law Conference in December, I had the privilege of moderating a panel entitled Your Agency Is Not That Special: The Decline of Administrative Law Exceptionalism. The panel consisted of leading experts on administrative law exceptionalism from three distinct regulatory fields: Jill Family for immigration, Kristin Hickman for tax, […]