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Agency Genesis And The Energy Transition, Sharon B. Jacobs Jan 2021

Agency Genesis And The Energy Transition, Sharon B. Jacobs

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Commentators and policymakers frequently propose new government agencies in response to novel or intractable problems. New agencies can refocus public attention on the problems they regulate. They can attract new talent and bypass calcified or captured channels. But they are also costly, and there is no guarantee that they will be more successful than their predecessors.

This Article examines agency genesis at the state level. In the process, it expands recent thinking about the administrative separation of powers to the states. At the federal level, setting up agency rivalries within the executive branch can be an effective tool for mitigating …


"At Bears Ears We Can Hear The Voices Of Our Ancestors In Every Canyon And On Every Mesa Top": The Creation Of The First Native National Monument, Charles Wilkinson Jan 2018

"At Bears Ears We Can Hear The Voices Of Our Ancestors In Every Canyon And On Every Mesa Top": The Creation Of The First Native National Monument, Charles Wilkinson

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Administrative Dissents, Sharon B. Jacobs Jan 2017

Administrative Dissents, Sharon B. Jacobs

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Commissioners, like judges, dissent. They do so at length, with vigor, and with persistence. Yet while separate judicial decisions are the subject of a rich literature, their administrative counterparts have long languished in obscurity. A closer look is warranted, however, because studying administrative dissent can enhance our understanding of internal agency operations as well as the relationships between agencies and other actors. This Article presents the results of an original review of separate statements at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission dating back four decades. It uses these findings to move beyond two common generalizations about …


The Forgotten Core Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996, Philip J. Weiser Jan 2016

The Forgotten Core Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996, Philip J. Weiser

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Tax Planning And Policy Drift, Sloan G. Speck Jan 2016

Tax Planning And Policy Drift, Sloan G. Speck

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This Article proposes a framework for analyzing how private-sector legal interpretations influence public policy. Political scientists and legal scholars use the terms “bureaucratic drift” and “legislative drift” to describe how administrative agencies and future legislative coalitions affect public policy enacted by Congress. This Article identifies a third category of policy drift: “planning drift.” Planning drift describes deviations from an enacting legislature’s policy preferences that result from private experts’ interpretations of existing law. After Congress enacts a statute, the first people to interpret and apply the new legislation generally are not regulators or judges, but instead are private experts, such as …


Language Rights As A Legacy Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Ming Hsu Chen Jan 2014

Language Rights As A Legacy Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Ming Hsu Chen

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The fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 offers an important opportunity to reflect on an earlier moment when civil rights evolved to accommodate new waves of immigration. This essay seeks to explain how civil rights laws evolved to include rights for immigrants and non-English speakers. More specifically, it seeks to explain how policy entrepreneurs in agencies read an affirmative right to language access.


Governing By Guidance: Civil Rights Agencies And The Emergence Of Language Rights, Ming Hsu Chen Jan 2014

Governing By Guidance: Civil Rights Agencies And The Emergence Of Language Rights, Ming Hsu Chen

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On the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, this Article asks how federal civil rights laws evolved to incorporate the needs of non-English speakers following landmark immigration reform (the 1965 Hart-Cellar Act) that led to unprecedented migration from Asia and Latin America. Based on a comparative study of the emergence of language rights in schools and workplaces from 1965 to 1980, the Article demonstrates that regulatory agencies used nonbinding guidances to interpret the undefined statutory term "national origin discrimination" during their implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Their efforts facilitated the creation of language rights, …


A Case Study In The Intersection Of Law And Science: The 1999 Report Of The Committee Of Scientists, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 2000

A Case Study In The Intersection Of Law And Science: The 1999 Report Of The Committee Of Scientists, Charles F. Wilkinson

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Chevron, Cooperative Federalism, And Telecommunications Reform, Philip J. Weiser Jan 1999

Chevron, Cooperative Federalism, And Telecommunications Reform, Philip J. Weiser

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That The Laws Shall Bind Equally On All: Congressional And Executive Roles In Applying Laws To Congress, Harold H. Bruff Jan 1995

That The Laws Shall Bind Equally On All: Congressional And Executive Roles In Applying Laws To Congress, Harold H. Bruff

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Specialized Courts In Administrative Law, Harold H. Bruff Jan 1991

Specialized Courts In Administrative Law, Harold H. Bruff

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Separation Of Powers Under The Texas Constitution, Harold H. Bruff Jan 1990

Separation Of Powers Under The Texas Constitution, Harold H. Bruff

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A Critical Look At Wyoming Water Law, Mark Squillace Jan 1989

A Critical Look At Wyoming Water Law, Mark Squillace

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The Field Of Public Land Law -- A Ten-Year Retrospective, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1989

The Field Of Public Land Law -- A Ten-Year Retrospective, Charles F. Wilkinson

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On The Constitutional Status Of The Administrative Agencies, Harold H. Bruff Jan 1987

On The Constitutional Status Of The Administrative Agencies, Harold H. Bruff

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Cooperative Federalism Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act: Is This Any Way To Run A Government?, Mark Squillace Jan 1985

Cooperative Federalism Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act: Is This Any Way To Run A Government?, Mark Squillace

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The Forest Service: A Call For A Return To First Principles, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1984

The Forest Service: A Call For A Return To First Principles, Charles F. Wilkinson

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Liberty And Property In The Supreme Court: A Defense Of Roth And Perry, Peter N. Simon Jan 1983

Liberty And Property In The Supreme Court: A Defense Of Roth And Perry, Peter N. Simon

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The Field Of Public Land Law: Some Connecting Threads And Future Directions, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1980

The Field Of Public Land Law: Some Connecting Threads And Future Directions, Charles F. Wilkinson

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The Public Trust Doctrine In Public Land Law, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1980

The Public Trust Doctrine In Public Land Law, Charles F. Wilkinson

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Book Review, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1977

Book Review, Charles F. Wilkinson

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Presidential Exemption From Mandatory Retirement Of Members Of The Independent Regulatory Commissions, Harold H. Bruff Jan 1976

Presidential Exemption From Mandatory Retirement Of Members Of The Independent Regulatory Commissions, Harold H. Bruff

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The North Slope Borough, Oil, And The Future Of Local Government In Alaska, David H. Getches Jan 1973

The North Slope Borough, Oil, And The Future Of Local Government In Alaska, David H. Getches

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English Registered Conveyancing: A Study In Effective Land Transfer, Ted J. Fiflis Jan 1964

English Registered Conveyancing: A Study In Effective Land Transfer, Ted J. Fiflis

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