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The Kavanaugh Court And The Schechter-To-Chevron Spectrum: How The New Supreme Court Will Make The Administrative State More Democratically Accountable, Justin Walker
Indiana Law Journal
In a typical year, Congress passes roughly 800 pages of law—that’s about a seveninch
stack of paper. But in the same year, federal administrative agencies promulgate
80,000 pages of regulations—which makes an eleven-foot paper pillar. This move
toward electorally unaccountable administrators deciding federal policy began in
1935, accelerated in the 1940s, and has peaked in the recent decades. Rather than
elected representatives, unelected bureaucrats increasingly make the vast majority
of the nation’s laws—a trend facilitated by the Supreme Court’s decisions in three
areas: delegation, deference, and independence.
This trend is about to be reversed. In the coming years, Congress will …
Executive Branch Fact Deference As A Separation Of Powers Principle, Emily A. Kile
Executive Branch Fact Deference As A Separation Of Powers Principle, Emily A. Kile
Indiana Law Journal
This Note concludes that, although Zivotofsky I provides a basis for judicial review of the legality of the Obama Administration’s “hostilities” determination (and, by extension, other questions of statutory interpretation related to foreign affairs), that review could be blunted by judicial deference to the executive branch’s factual determinations relevant to whether the Libyan airstrikes constituted “hostilities” within the War Powers Resolution. By addressing the political question doctrine’s history and the response to Zivotofsky I, this Note will explore whether the political question doctrine—particularly in cases of statutory interpretation—has lost some of its force as a justiciability doctrine. This Note will …
Separation, Politics And Judicial Activism, Wallace Mendelson
Separation, Politics And Judicial Activism, Wallace Mendelson
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Separation of Powers
Introduction To The Separation Of Powers Symposium
Introduction To The Separation Of Powers Symposium
Indiana Law Journal
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Separation Of Powers And International Executive Agreements, Arthur W. Rovine
Separation Of Powers And International Executive Agreements, Arthur W. Rovine
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Separation of Powers