Yesterday in a short statement respecting the denial of certiorari in Whitman v. United States, Justice Scalia — joined by Justice Thomas — raised an interesting question about whether “a court owe[s] deference to an executive agency’s interpretation of a law that contemplates both criminal and administrative enforcement.” Here are some highlights (citations omitted): I doubt the […]
On Monday the Fordham Law Review published a symposium entitled Chevron at 30: Looking Back and Looking Forward, which my colleague Peter Shane and I organized to commemorate Chevron‘s thirtieth anniversary. I previously blogged about the Foreword we penned here, and the final version of that Foreword can be found here. To get a full introduction […]
The effect of legal representation is a topic near and dear to those who study and work in the agency adjudication context, whether that be immigration, social security, special education, tax, or veterans benefits — just to name a few. For instance, my colleague Stephanie Hoffer and I explore those issues in the tax context with respect […]
In my first AdLaw Bridge Series post, I reviewed David Pozen‘s Self-Help and the Separation of Powers, which was just published in the Yale Law Journal. As I mentioned in that post, the article’s practical (and political) implications should not be overlooked. Professor Pozen is careful to note, repeatedly, that the purpose of the paper is not to […]
Over at the Journal of Things We Like (Lots) — aka Jotwell, which I explain further here — Linda Jellum has a solid reviewof Nicholas Parrillo ‘s terrific book Against the Profit Motive: The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780-1940 (2013). The Law and Society Association provides a great summary of the book: Against the Profit Motive traces […]
This morning the Supreme Court issued orders from its October 31st Conference. At this Conference the Court considered the cert petition in King v. Burwell, the challenge to a critical Obamacare regulation that “extend[s] tax-credit subsidies to coverage purchased through exchanges established by the federal government under Section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable […]
Here is the October 2014 Edition of the most-downloaded recent papers (those announced in the last 60 days) from SSRN‘s U.S. Administrative Law eJournal, which is edited by William Funk. For more on why SSRN and this eJournal are such terrific resources for administrative law scholars and practitioners, check out my first post on the subject […]
One of the most effective ways to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of administrative law is for theorists to actually practice administrative law and then reflect on that practice experience. Indeed, some of the most important contributions to the administrative law literature have come from law professors upon their return from stints […]
As I mentioned in a prior post, I plan on blogging more about the results of my empirical study inside agency statutory interpretation, which is forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review and an updated draft of which is available on SSRN here. In the interim, Reeve Bull has done an excellent post and overview of the […]
Today my colleague Stephanie Hoffer and I will be presenting our paper, “The Death of Tax Court Exceptionalism,” which is forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review, at the University of Kentucky College of Law Faculty Workshop. Stephanie and I have already blogged about this paper elsewhere (here, here, and here), but I wanted to highlight a […]
As my colleague Paul Rose and I have explored elsewhere, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank) has raised the stakes for financial regulation by requiring more than twenty federal agencies to promulgate hundreds of new rules and regulations. Not only has it kept the financial regulators busy, but it […]
There is a growing trend among law schools to add Legislation and Regulation (“Leg-Reg”) to the required first-year curriculum. Professor Edward Richards keeps a running list of the schools that offer some sort of legislation or administrative law course in the 1L curriculum, and to date at least 27 schools require a 1L course in […]
Last Thursday I had the privilege of presenting my empirical study on agency statutory interpretation to roughly fifty agency officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as part of DHS’s Regulatory Affairs Practice Group Roundtable (“DHS Roundtable”), which is sponsored by the DHS Office of General Counsel. It was a terrific group, and I enjoyed […]
Being at the ABA Administrative Law Conference this week has me thinking more about the terrific empirical work scholars are carrying out to better understand real-world administrative law. One of my favorite such empirical projects from this year is entitled “Justice on the Fly: The Danger of Errant Deportations” by Fatma Marouf, Michael Kagan , and Rebecca […]
One of the most frequent questions I get from other junior administrative law professors is whether they should attend the Administrative Law Conference held each October and sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. My answer is always a resounding YES, and that applies to anyone who researches, teaches, […]