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Mending Holes In The Rule Of (Administrative) Law, Evan J. Criddle
Mending Holes In The Rule Of (Administrative) Law, Evan J. Criddle
Evan J. Criddle
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The Constitution Of Agency Statutory Interpretation, Evan J. Criddle
The Constitution Of Agency Statutory Interpretation, Evan J. Criddle
Evan J. Criddle
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Fiduciary Administration: Rethinking Popular Representation In Agency Rulemaking, Evan J. Criddle
Fiduciary Administration: Rethinking Popular Representation In Agency Rulemaking, Evan J. Criddle
Evan J. Criddle
Do administrative agencies undermine popular sovereignty when they make federal law? Over the last several decades, some scholars have argued that rulemaking by unelected agency officials imperils popular sovereignty and that federal law should resolve the apparent tension between regulatory practice and democratic principle by allowing the President to serve as a proxy for the "will of the people" in the administrative state. According to this view, placing federal rulemaking power firmly within the President's managerial control would advance popular preferences throughout the federal system.
This conventional wisdom is misguided. As political scientists have long recognized, the electorate's relative disengagement …
Chevron's Consensus, Evan J. Criddle
Hierarchically Variable Deference To Agency Interpretations, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
Hierarchically Variable Deference To Agency Interpretations, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
When courts review agency action, they typically accord agency decisions a degree of deference. As many courts and commentators have recognized, the law in this area is complicated because it features numerous standards of review, including several distinct regimes for evaluating agencies’ legal interpretations. There is, however, at least one important respect in which uniformity rather than variety prevails: the applicable standards of review do not vary depending on which court is reviewing the agency. Whichever standard governs a particular case—Chevron, Skidmore, or something else—all courts in the judicial hierarchy are supposed to apply that same standard.
This Article proposes …